Government

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Maggie Walker Community Land Trust issued a statement that it had withdrawn its rezoning application for the proposed Bensley Agrihood project after multiple deferrals by the Planning Commission to hear the case.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

A judge on Friday tossed the complaint from local activist Paul Goldman, who alleged that his rights to petition for a referendum of city voters were unfairly burdened due to an unclear process in the city’s charter.

The review suggest eliminating the VCU Health president position currently held by Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao, and changing state law to limit the university president’s role on the health system board, which Rao leads as chairman.

The effort to line up funding for the long planned Powhite Parkway extension in western Chesterfield County took another step forward this month.

The upgrade from the city’s previous AA+ rating was announced Wednesday by Fitch, which assigned the highest-possible AAA rating to two bond series including $130 million in bonds to fund the new Diamond District ballpark.