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Mrs. Durfee hosted two public workshops for the comprehensive plan on Oct. 5 and 6. Sessions were offered in each of the five magisterial districts to get citizen input that will be incorporated into the plan. The plan will be shaped during the next 18 months by a 34-member resident steering committee, county staff and a team of planners.
The Board of Supervisors approved a new 52,000-square-foot bowling and entertainment center at the Sept. 26 meeting. Uptown Alley, with 40 bowling lanes, two restaurants, arcades and private party rooms, will be built on a 12-acre site at Commonwealth Centre. The $17 million project would have 100 employees and is estimated to attract 250,000 people annually.
This summer, the county’s conservation area and trail at the John J. Radcliffe Appomattox River Conservation Area was dedicated. The county acquired 80 acres of land, adjacent to the Appomattox Canoe Launch with bond-referendum funds and a $280,000 grant from the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation. Three-quarters of a mile of the trail has been completed and another half-mile section will be finished next spring.
The U.S. Department of Education has named Grange Hall Elementary a National Blue Ribbon School. Only 314 schools were honored nationwide, and Grange Hall is the only school in central Virginia to achieve Blue Ribbon status in 2009. The Blue Ribbon program honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that are either academically superior or that have made dramatic gains in student achievement to high levels. Grange Hall Elementary is the fourth Chesterfield school to achieve Blue Ribbon status: Robious Elementary in 2005, Clover Hill Elementary in 2003 and James River High in 2000. The 2009 Blue Ribbon schools will be honored Nov. 2-3 in Washington.
At the Clover Hill Athletic Complex, a new roadway and soccer parking lot were completed this summer. Construction will begin in the spring on improvements to Horner Park, adjacent to the Clover Hill Athletic Complex.
At Lake Chesdin Park, a picnic area and fishing piers were completed this summer.
A VDOT project to reconstruct Bailey Bridge Road as a two-lane road from Claypoint Road to Manchester High School will begin next year. Plans have been developed and right-of-way acquisition is under way.
A project replacing the bridge on Otterdale Road, south of Genito, over Otterdale Branch with box culverts was recently completed.
The Appomattox Canoe Launch has been completed. The project expanded the park and developed a river-access trail system. The Boy Scouts are building benches to install along the trail.
The second phase of improvements at Lake Chesdin Park, including a picnic area and fishing piers, has been completed.
A VDOT project to reconstruct a substandard curve on Spring Run Road at McEnnally Road will begin next spring.

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