Government

The approval provides the 1-acre property to the group for $10, a point of contention for some opponents as well as supporters of the project who were among 40 people who spoke in a hearing before the vote.

The eight legislators who represent the county in the General Assembly are calling on the CEO of Churchill Downs Inc. to withdraw the company’s plan for a casino-like parlor with historical horse racing machines at Staples Mill Shopping Center.

Churchill Downs Inc. submitted plans last month to convert part of the Staples Mill Shopping Center into a casino-like parlor with 175 “historical horse racing” game machines, drawing the ire of a Henrico supervisor.

The entirety of three historic African American cemeteries are now in the hands of the City of Richmond, ending a struggle between public and private players over ownership of the burial grounds in the wake of the collapse of the Enrichmond Foundation.

The Virginia League of Planned Parenthood has struck a deal with the city to acquire the former Brook Hill School at Chamberlayne and Azalea avenues, which would be razed to make way for the new facility.

Chandra Briggman’s departure follows a series of closed-door meetings held by Activation Capital’s board, which had been set to vote on a pre-development budget for the planned building on the biotech park campus.

Six months since a new development plan for Jackson Ward was finalized, city officials have set a catalyst of the revitalization effort into motion.

The city said the loss of the $24 million in state sales tax incentives does not jeopardize the stadium or the Diamond District project overall, which remains scheduled to break ground next month.

Maggie Walker Community Land Trust issued a statement that it had withdrawn its rezoning application for the proposed Bensley Agrihood project after multiple deferrals by the Planning Commission to hear the case.

A senior policy advisor for planning and economic development for seven years, Welch was named to the post following the departure this month of previous director Leonard Sledge.