Social distancing soon may change the development plan approval process in Henrico, at least as long as mandated social distancing is in place.
Henrico supervisors to consider temporary, looser rules on development plans, subdivision plats
Government
City slashes fiscal plan 5 percent amid downturn
Following suit with neighboring county governments, the City of Richmond is tweaking its previously proposed budget for next fiscal year in response to the coronavirus, reducing revenue projections and expenditures by about 5 percent based on anticipated economic impacts from the pandemic.
Chesterfield County launches online development plan submission system
Developers now can submit plans via email, a move that comes as a response to disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Convention center to serve as Richmond field hospital site
With the spread of coronavirus forecast to surge in Virginia in the next two months, facilities across the state are being assessed for potential use as temporary hospitals, with several options apparent in the Richmond region.
Richmond ends cash payments on Redskins training facility
As the Washington Redskins come to the end of their training camp contract in Richmond, the team and the city are doing away with a controversial provision of the deal. EDA has agreed to let the latter back away from the last of its previously agreed-upon local cash contributions.
Local governments craft efforts aimed at supporting businesses during pandemic
The Richmond Economic Development Authority signed off Thursday on creation of a $1 million loan program aimed at small businesses struggling with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Chesterfield furloughs 500 positions as local governments rework budgets
As area localities revise their fiscal budgets amid plummeting revenues and grim economic forecasts, one local government is going a step further in its response to the coronavirus, furloughing hundreds of employees indefinitely.
Which industries are essential and non-essential in statewide lockdown?
Construction, food and beverage, retail and others are able to continue operating onsite following the governor’s order Monday to shut down non-essential businesses and schools.
Building inspection offices adapting amid virus response
While response to the coronavirus does not appear to have significantly slowed down construction projects in and around Richmond, the social-distancing required by local, state and federal governments is presenting some challenges to securing permits and inspections.
‘It got to a point where we cannot make this right’ – Larson, Lynch look back on Navy Hill
It was a month ago this week that the biggest economic development proposal in the history of Richmond was stopped in its tracks by a divided vote of City Council, bringing an end to the $1.5 billion project known as Navy Hill.
