The Agenda

The City Council weighs $3.5 million in required upgrades to The Diamond, VUU is awarded a permit to keep illuminated logo signs on its belltower, and budget season gets underway.

A developer tweaks its plan for a residential subdivision on a 161-acre site in Hanover, residential rental inspection districts are proposed in Richmond, and Goochland considers zoning changes for solar facilities.

Richmond’s mayor delivers his annual State of the City address, two massive developments are up for votes in Henrico, and Powhatan considers zoning amendments to allow more retail and light industrial uses in the county.

Hanover discloses details about a new broadband infrastructure initiative, while Henrico is making moves to install a solar panels system on about 2 acres at the closed Springfield Road Landfill.

A massive mixed-use development near Virginia Center Commons is up for an initial vote, Chesterfield weighs redevelopment of an old elementary school, and several area boards elect new leadership.

Chesterfield approves a mixed-use development and presents its ‘State of the County’ report, and Henrico holds a “topping off” ceremony for its sports and events center at Virginia Center Commons.

A 400-unit mixed-use development and a 100-lot subdivision are up for votes in Chesterfield, two subdivisions near Highland Springs are up for a vote, and Richmond considers a onetime 5-cent tax rebate.

Richmond floats a 5 cent real estate tax rebate and prepares a zoning ordinance rewrite, Chesterfield elects a new supervisor, and residential projects in two counties are rejected.

Multimillion-dollar bond referendums pass in two counties, a motorsports consultant analyzes Southside Speedway, and construction progresses on a sports and events center at Virginia Center Commons.

A 120-unit apartment complex is up for a vote in Hanover, Richmond floats a cold weather shelter plan, and Henrico considers a proposed Sheetz across from the Staples Mill train station.