The Agenda

Richmond joins its neighbors in entering the state’s Phase One reopening guidelines, Chesterfield launches a grant program for businesses and gives a controversial development project a thumbs-up, and Petersburg sets aside street space to help restaurants provide outdoor dining.

The Town of Ashland launches two initiatives aimed at helping businesses during the pandemic, a quarry operator looks to relocate its plant in Goochland, and some sizable developments are up for review this week in Chesterfield, Hanover and Richmond.

Hanover supervisors approve a Wegmans distribution facility amid opposition from neighbors, a 100-acre mixed-use development is planned in Varina, and budgets for Richmond and Henrico are slated for adoption this week.

A county effort to prepare for the phased reopening of the state economy seeks industry representatives to participate in work groups, a controversial zoning request for a Wegmans facility in Hanover is up for a deciding vote, and applications continue to be accepted for the city’s small business disaster loan program.

City Council holds the first of two budget hearings this week, Ashland rolls out its proposed fiscal plan and Henrico weighs a proposed increase to its business license tax exemption threshold.

A shopping center slated for a new Trader Joe’s is primed for more tenants, a local homebuilder eyes a townhome development in Midlothian, and area governments roll out more programs to support businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Richmond sells nine figures’ worth of public utility bonds and reduces its debt service through bond refinancing, a packed agenda in Henrico includes a hearing on the county’s proposed budget, and an NFL player native to Richmond donates $100,000 to support city relief efforts.

Applications start today for the city’s small business disaster loan program, Chesterfield tweaks its budget proposal by $50 million, and an appeal of a site plan for an industrial park in Hanover is up for a vote this week.

County governments launch programs to support local restaurants in response to COVID-19, Hanover hires Goochland’s county administrator, and RRHA’s CEO resigns a year after he arrived.

Several boards resume meetings this week, though with public attendance limited and some business continued in light of coronavirus precautions. Chesterfield sets up a call center for non-virus-response operations inquiries, and Henrico eyes another increase to its business license tax exemption threshold.