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Andrew Webster and His Team Make an Environmental Difference

Andrew’s passion for the environment has reflected in his desire to clean up parts of Chesterfield County with a team of his friends.  The first cleanup event was in October 2019 resulting in 50 pounds of litter collected near Clover Hi...

Community Enhancement Employees "Give Back" to the Community

On November 25, Community Enhancement employees worked two hours assisting a senior with leaf raking in Fuqua Farms Subdivision.  Community Enhancement coordinates diverse volunteer opportunities and provides resources that will improve the quali...

Emma is Making a Difference in the Matoaca District

Emma, age 5, is passionate about keeping her neighborhood clean.  While riding in a jogging stroller, Emma became driven to clean up all the trash along the roadway and in the ditches in her neighborhood.  Emma is now an active member of...

Enhancing Community!

Community Enhancement staff collected new school supplies to help 24 children in partnership with Communities in Schools of Chesterfield. Staff came together to fill two large boxes with paper, pads, pencils, crayons, scissors, pencil holders, glue sticks...

Maggie Walker Community Land Trust Buys First Home in Chesterfield.

Five months after receiving $500,000 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding form Chesterfield, the Land Trust has closed on the acquisition of its first residential property in the county.  The nonprofit purchased a vacant single-fam...

project:HOMES repair home in Chesterfield

project:HOMES repair home in Chesterfield

The Department of Community Enhancement annually allocates federal grant funding to a nonprofit organization, project: HOMES, for home repairs to income-eligible homeowners in Chesterfield.  The photos to ...