Clover Hill District News
- Supervisor Warren and Gov. Bob McDonnell were among the many who attended the groundbreaking ceremony for SportsQuest on March 10. This 250-acre sports and family entertainment center is located at the corner of Powhite Parkway and 288. The facility will enable athletes and the public to participate in 24 Olympic sports, including swimming, cycling, tennis, triathlon, speed skating, figure skating, hockey, hosting national and world championships, and Olympic Trials in most sports. The total investment for the multiplex will exceed $100 million and, when finished, employ more than 500. The first phase is scheduled to open in September.
- Tomahawk Creek Middle School will have athletic lighting and turf/irrigation improvements to football and multipurpose fields, with completion scheduled for this summer.
- At Fernbrook Park, in the Clarendon subdivision off Genito Road, renovations to the bridge, shelter, parking lot and grounds are 98 percent complete. A playground, fence, pathway and security lights will be added.
- Only 40 students were chosen from throughout Virginia to present at the Virginia Junior Science and Humanities Symposium at James Madison University. Five of those 40 students attend the Math and Science High School at Clover Hill High: Thomas Delgado, Connor Spangler, Aakash Sheth, Amanda Schanz and Melanie Wu. Schanz earned an Outstanding Research Award, a Gold Medal Award and third place overall. She advances to the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Bethesda, Md., where she will present her research into removing estrogen pollution from drinking water. Thomas Delgado also earned an Outstanding Research Award.
- Kayleigh Meighan, a seventh-grade student at Manchester Middle, will be one of two county students to compete at the state geography bee after winning a school-level bee, then achieving one of Virginia’s top 100-scores on a geography test. The students will compete against other Virginia students April 9 at Shenandoah University and Virginia’s winner will compete in the National Geographic Bee in May in Washington, D.C.
- The Board of Supervisors provided additional funding for the Rockwood Park Nature Center and is working with the newly formed Friends of the Rockwood Park Nature Center to receive additional assistance from that group in order to offer a complete program at the center.
- In April, the Chesterfield County Department of Utilities released 10,500 sterile triploid grass carp into Swift Creek Reservoir in order to combat the invasive hydrilla plant.
- Federal Regional Surface Transportation Program funds have been allocated toward the construction of turn lanes on Reams Road at Rosegill Road. VDOT is managing this project. The schedule for these improvements has not yet been determined.
