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Chesterfield Procurement Hosting Buyers/Sellers Conference June 2

Procurement

March 31, 2023

The Chesterfield County Procurement Department is hosting the first Chesterfield Buyers/Sellers Connection Conference on Friday, June 2 at the Thomas R. Fulghum Center in Midlothian (13900 Hull Street Road).

The Buyers/Se...

Board of Supervisors to Meet April 5

Board of Supervisors

March 31, 2023

The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors will meet on Wednesday, April 5 at 6 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room (10001 Iron Bridge Road).

The online comment form is available for citizens to s...

Chesterfield Seeks Citizen Input on Route 60, Village of Midlothian, Corridor Improvement Study

March 29, 2023

Department of Transportation

The Chesterfield County Department of Transportation is seeking input from citizens on the Route 60, Village of Midlothian, Corridor Improvement Study, which identifies improvements consistent with the vision and ...

Chesterfield to Host Inaugural Earth Day Festival

March 28, 2023

Citizen Information and Resources

Chesterfield will host its inaugural Earth Day Festival on Saturday, April 15, bringing together county departments, businesses and nonprofits to promote and encourage protecting the local environment.

The fam...

Dale District Supervisor James Holland to Hold Community Conversations

Dale District Supervisor James Holland will be hosting a series of community conversations with Dale District residents. Citizens will have the opportunity to ask questions, share thoughts about topics or issues in the community, and discuss solutions.

The...

Citizens’ Advisory Committee Supports Proposed FY24 Budget

Budget and Management

March 27, 2023

Members of Chesterfield’s Citizens’ Budget Advisory Committee (CBAC) have endorsed the county administrator’s proposed fiscal year 2024 budget, which includes continued increases in funding ...

Chesterfield Offering Free Medication Disposal Pouches, Locking Storage Bags This Spring

Mental Health Support Services

March 13, 2023

Prescription drug abuse is a national epidemic and this spring Chesterfield County is once again promoting the proper disposal and storage of expired or unused medications through its “Don’t ...

Bermuda District Supervisor Jim Ingle to Hold Community Conversations

Bermuda District Supervisor Jim Ingle will be hosting a series of community conversations with Bermuda District residents. Citizens will have the opportunity to ask questions, share thoughts about topics or issues in the community, and discuss solutions.

T...

Families First, Infant & Toddler Connection Launches 10th Annual Diaper Drive

Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Families First

Infant & Toddler Connection of Chesterfield

March 1, 2023

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA --- Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Families First and Infant, and Toddler Connection of Chesterfield are seeking the co...

Six Chesterfield High School Seniors Recognized with Leadership for the 21st Century Scholarships

Feb. 17, 2023

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — Chesterfield County and Chesterfield County Public Schools, in partnership with Virginia State University, presented six local high school seniors with Leadership for the 21^st Century scholarships today, Feb. 17, dur...

My Chesterfield Academy Accepting Applications for 2023 Session

Citizen Information and Resources

Feb. 10, 2023

In partnership with the Asian and Latino Solidarity Alliance of Central Virginia (ALSACV), the county is accepting applications through Friday, March 3 for this year’s installment o...

Chesterfield Again Earns National Honor from Top Workplaces

Human Resources

Jan. 6, 2023

TopWorkplaces.com has for the second year in a row tabbed Chesterfield County among its honorees as a Top Workplaces USA National Award winner. 

The county was among the Top 100 employers out of more than 300 o...

New Citizen Tax Portal Available to Chesterfield Residents, Businesses

Commissioner of the Revenue

Jan. 9, 2023

Chesterfield County and Commissioner of the Revenue Jenefer Hughes are excited to announce the official opening of the county’s new Citizen Tax Portal.

For those in Chesterfield who need to apply f...

Board of Supervisors elects Carroll, Ingle to serve in leadership roles this year

Jan. 4, 2023

Board of Supervisors

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA. -- Matoaca District Supervisor Kevin Carroll was elected by his fellow board members Wednesday evening to serve as chair of the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors through the end of 2023.

Carroll, a r...

Chesterfield Fire and EMS to Dedicate New Midlothian Station 5

Fire and EMS

Dec. 5, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — Chesterfield Fire and EMS will dedicate the new Midlothian Fire Station No. 5 during a ceremony Monday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m.

The public is invited to attend. Parking is available at Winfree Church, 13617 Midl...

Dr. Mark S. Miller Sworn In As Midlothian District Supervisor

Board of Supervisors

Nov. 16, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — Following last week’s General Election, Mark S. Miller, Ph.D. was sworn in Wednesday morning as the new Midlothian District representative on the Chesterfield Board of Supervis...

CCPL Launches Oral History Project

Chesterfield County Public Library

Nov. 11, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — Chesterfield County Public Library (CCPL) has launched Chesterfield Remembers, an oral history project to collect and share stories about the people, places and events of Ch...

Chesterfield Voters Overwhelmingly Support Bond Plan

Nov. 10, 2022

County Administration

Voters in Chesterfield have overwhelmingly approved the Community Facilities Bond Plan, formally authorizing the county to move forward with the capital improvement projects.

As part of the Nov. 8 General Electio...

Chesterfield Receives GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for 37th Year

Oct. 27, 2022

Budget and Management

Once again, Chesterfield County has been recognized by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) with the group’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. 

The award represents a signi...

Chesterfield to Dedicate Enon Library Building in Honor of Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker

Oct. 14, 2022

Chesterfield County Public Library

On Friday, Oct. 21 at 10 a.m., Chesterfield will hold a ceremony at Enon Library dedicating the building in honor of the late Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, a pastor, humanitarian, theologian and cultural historian wh...

Chesterfield, Maggie Walker Community Land Trust to Break Ground on Ettrick Landing Project

Oct. 12, 2022

Community Enhancement

Chesterfield and the nonprofit Maggie Walker Community Land Trust will cohost a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, for a first-of-its-kind residential project in the South Chesterfield village of Et...

Chesterfield Named a GFOA Triple Crown Winner for FY2020

Oct. 11, 2022

Accounting/Budget and Management

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has named Chesterfield County as a 2020 Triple Crown winner.

The GFOA Triple Crown designation recognizes governments ...

Chesterfield’s Fleet Named One of Nation’s Best For Green Initiatives

Chesterfield County’s Fleet Services Division has been named the 42^nd best Green Fleet in the nation by the National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA), which is the county’s highest ranking ever and the third time in four years that it has made t...

Communications and Media to launch new weekly segment called This Week In Chesterfield

The Department of Communications and Media is launching a new weekly video segment called This Week In Chesterfield, which will highlight things to do around the county.

Each Monday, the one- to two-minute video will point residents to t...

Chesterfield to Host Community Meeting on Roseland Project

August 31, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA -- Fourteen years after it was rezoned as a master-planned community with a mix of residential and commercial uses, Chesterfield’s Department of Planning is seeking citizen input on a document that would guide future...

Chesterfield To Break Ground On New Midlothian Library

Chesterfield County Public Library

Aug. 30, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — Chesterfield County and Chesterfield County Public Library will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Midlothian Library (521 Coalfield Road) on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at ...

Chesterfield Takes Home Five VACo Achievement Awards

County Administration

Aug. 11, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — This week the Virginia Association of Counties (VACo)  named Chesterfield County as the recipient of five 2022 Achievement Awards, including the program’s highest rec...

County, School Officials Unveil 2022 Bond Referendum

County AdministrationBudget and Management

July 28, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — Chesterfield County government and school officials presented a planned bond referendum package and fielded questions from assembled media during a joint news confe...

Chesterfield Names New Director of Accounting

Accounting

July 27, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — After more than two decades of service to Chesterfield, including the past 20 months as assistant director of accounting, Consuela Y. Wilson has been promoted to lead the county’s Accoun...

Vera Sworn in as General Registrar and Director of Elections

General Registrar

July 25, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — Missy Vera was sworn in Monday morning as Chesterfield’s new general registrar and director of elections.

Vera had held the position on an acting basis since March, when Constance Hargrove resigned to...

Planning Department Recognized by Virginia APA for Rockwood Special Focus Area Plan

Planning Department

July 19, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — The Chesterfield County Department of Planning has received the 2022 Old Dominion Innovative Approaches Award from the Virginia chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) for its groundbrea...

Chesterfield Cooperative Extension Offers Well Water Testing

Cooperative Extension

July 13, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — Private water sources like wells and springs are unregulated in Virginia, but Chesterfield is offering homeowners an affordable opportunity to find out what’s in their water.&...

Tara Carroll sworn in as interim Midlothian District supervisor

Board of Supervisors

June 30, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — Tara Carroll was sworn in Thursday morning as the Midlothian District’s interim representative on the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors.

Accompanied by her family, Carroll took the oath of office d...

Communications and Media Wins Six 2022 Hermes Awards

Communications and Media

June 10, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA —  The Chesterfield County Department of Communications and Media took home six honors in the 16^th Annual Hermes Creative Awards, which were announced recently.

Among the 6,500...

Upcoming Community Meeting to Focus on Outdoor Advertising Signs

Planning Department

June 1, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA —  The Chesterfield County Planning Department will host a community meeting on Tuesday, June 14 to present information about potential changes to the county’s zoning ordi...

Chesterfield-Colonial Heights DSS Launches New Child Care Initiative

Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Department of Social Services

June 1, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — The Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Department of Social Services (DSS) is launching new effort this month to help connect families and child...

Chesterfield Trio Inducted Into Senior Volunteer Hall of Fame

Aging and Disability Services

May 13, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — Three Chesterfield residents were inducted into the county’s Senior Volunteer Hall of Fame during a virtual ceremony Thursday afternoon. Sarah Gregory, Mary Katterfield...

Chesterfield County Recognized For 15 NACo Achievement Awards

County Administration

May 13, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — Chesterfield County recently received 15 achievement awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo). These awards recognize the ways that local governments are providing better,...

Fifty-one acres of land to be protected at Ware Bottom Church

Parks and Recreation

May 12, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA —  Some 51 acres of in Chesterfield County will now be protected thanks to a conversation easement recorded by the county and the Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC) in order to...

Chesterfield Residents Have Several Options For Tax Payments

Treasurer's Office

May 6, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA —  In an effort to make the payment process easier than ever, Chesterfield County’s Treasurer’s Office is offering a host of options this spring for resid...

Step Back in Time at Mayfaire Festival to Celebrate Magnolia Grange’s Bicentennial

Parks and Recreation and Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia

May 6, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — On Saturday, May 21, Magnolia Grange will kick off its bicentennial celebration with a Mayfaire Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the front...

Registration is Open for Grass Roots and Learn Your Landscape Programs

Cooperative Extension Office

May 5, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA —  Back by popular demand, the Chesterfield County Cooperative Extension Office is gearing up for spring and summer with a pair of programs aimed at helping residents get th...

Chesterfield Cuts Ribbon on New Stratton Park Connector Trail

Transportation Department and Parks and Recreation

May 3, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA —  Today, the Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation and Transportation departments held a ribbon cutting at Stratton Park (5201 Ridgedale Parkway) t...

2022 Chesterfield Community Champions Recognized

Citizen Information and Resources

April 29, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — Six different individuals/groups were recognized by the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors during its April 27 meeting as being Chesterfield Community Champion winner...

North Courthouse Library Trails Wins 2022 Environmental Award

Transportation Department

April 14, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA —  The North Courthouse Library Connector Trail was among 13 winners announced recently by Governor Glenn Youngkin as recipients of the 2022 Governor’s Environment...

Community Services Board Honors Local Partners of Mental Health Support Services Department

Mental Health Support Services

April 1, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — Last week, the Chesterfield Community Services Board (CSB) presented partnership awards to county employees and community members who have enriched the work of the Department o...

Local Congressional Reps Help Secure Funding For Chesterfield

Intergovernmental Relations

March 31, 2022

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA —  With the recent passage and signing of the FY2022 omnibus appropriations package, Congressional representatives Donald McEachin (4th District) and Abigail Spanberger (7...