The City Council considers a condo project in Carver and changes to a business zoning district, condos near Twin Hickory face a vote in Henrico, and Hanover planners face a full agenda this week.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 10.12.20
Government
Richmond 300 plan, B-3 zoning changes advance; city to acquire Social Services building
The city’s master land-use plan — intended as a blueprint for growth through the city’s tricentennial in 2037 — will go to the City Council for a vote Nov. 9.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 10.5.20
Goochland weighs a proposal for a 1,000-acre events venue and airstrip, a 200-acre solar farm is floated in Powhatan, Richmond delays a vote on Pulse zoning changes, and city planners face a full agenda this week.
Pulse rezonings head for council vote despite opposition over heights
“City Hall is 19 stories tall. Can you imagine that next to the Fan? It just doesn’t make any sense,” said a West Grace Street resident.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 9.28.20
West Creek is eyed for a 335-unit apartment complex, city-initiated rezonings and a renaming of Jefferson Davis Highway are on the City Council’s agenda, and a downtown nonprofit withdraws its proposal for a Black Lives Matter street mural.
City’s master land use plan update entering homestretch
A so-called “pre-final” version of the Richmond 300 plan that was released in draft form earlier this year is to be presented to the Planning Commission at its regular meeting today.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 9.21.20
A second phase of apartments in the Boulders is up for a vote in Chesterfield, a multiuse development in Hanover is deferred again, Petersburg breaks ground on a park-and-ride facility and Richmond projects a larger fiscal-year surplus.
Goochland County brings Chamber, Economic Development under one roof
The center had operated at an existing county-owned building since March, but delayed its formal opening due to health concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Henrico shopping center to be razed for 350-unit mixed-use project
New York-based Aurelie Capital is planning to redevelop 16 acres at 2314 Hungary Road, where the 56-year-old Laurel Park Shopping Center currently stands.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 9.14.20
The City Council considers a grant for a local cidery facility and holds off on rezoning proposed along the Pulse, a former Loudon County official is Goochland’s new county administrator, new voter registrar offices open in Goochland and Richmond, and Henrico names its new aquatics center for a longtime supervisor.