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  • County officials and staff continue to work with Crosland LLC to redevelop Cloverleaf Mall into a mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented project to be called Stonebridge. The county paid $16 million for the property, which will be sold at the same price to Crosland. The county will invest $11.3 million in infrastructure improvements by selling Community Development Authority bonds. The project is moving forward and a Kroger store will anchor the commercial component. It will be the largest Kroger on the East Coast at 123,000 square feet. Crosland also has announced that three stores totaling 65,000 square feet have committed to the project.
  • The Security Alliance Command Center purchased the 31,625-square-foot building at 14121 Justice Road in Midlothian from Beldin Wire & Cable Co. The industrial building will serve as the headquarters for the alarm company, which currently occupies space at 6829 Atmore Drive.
  • Five interpretive signs have been installed at Mid-Lothian Mines Park. The parking lot has been completed, and the reconstruction of a trestle bridge will begin next spring. The park will be completed in phases during a four-year period. Other projects include adding an observation tower, interpretive facilities and walking trails.
  • Ryan Oppenheim, an eighth-grade student at Robious Middle, won the regional spelling bee. A total of 33 spelling champs from Central Virginia school systems competed in the regional bee. He will compete May 31-June 5 at the national spelling bee in Washington, D.C.
  • Robious Elementary and Robious Middle schools hosted a national Expeditionary Learning site seminar in April. Between 80-100 educators from throughout the United States visited the schools to see how they have developed a unique K-8 community of learners through consistent instructional practices, a common language and character development.
  • A 2004 bond-referendum project for sidewalks in the Midlothian district is expected to begin construction next year.
  • Construction is expected to begin next year on a county-funded bond project that will provide a four-lane roadway from James River Road to Riverdowns South Drive.
  • The county was successful in obtaining bike and pedestrian safety funds for construction of a sidewalk on the east side of Turner Road in the vicinity of Chalkley Elementary School. Construction is expected to begin this summer.