Posted on: June 27, 2022
The LEGO Group plans to build a precision manufacturing facility on 340 acres at Meadowville Technology Park.
When the LEGO Group began looking for a location to construct its new U.S.-based plant, Chesterfield had an ideal site to offer: a 340-acre parcel...
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Posted on: June 21, 2022
Senior Volunteer Hall of Fame Inductee Sarah Gregory
Sarah Gregory has always had a soft spot for volunteering – it’s what she loves about living in Chesterfield County.
“My whole life has been associated with 4-H and...
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Posted on: June 13, 2022
Passengers at the Ettrick station prepare to board an Amtrak train heading northbound.
The nearly 70-year-old train station in the South Chesterfield village of Ettrick is slated for a much-needed facelift, with more than $14 million in federal, state and ...
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Posted on: June 6, 2022
Chesterfield CERT members provide first aid to a "patient" during a training exercise.
Spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Florence, multiple tornadoes touched down in Chesterfield in September 2018, resulting in one fatality and causing extensi...
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Posted on: May 27, 2022
Chesterfield County’s annual Memorial Day Ceremony, which is sponsored by the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia (CHSV), was held on Monday, May 30 at the county’s Historic 1917 Courthouse Green on Iron Bridge Road.
Chesterfield residents of all a...
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Posted on: May 31, 2022
In case you missed the May 26 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
POWHITE PARKWAY EXTENSION PHASE II
The board voted to appropriate $8 million for Phase II of t...
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Posted on: May 27, 2022
After months of community input, which culminated with a pair of public hearings Thursday night, the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors approved both zoning cases that will guide development of the 2,400-acre Upper Magnolia Green property.
The board voted 3...
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Posted on: May 23, 2022
Over the past seven years, thousands of second-graders have learned water safety skills through SwimRVA's program.
As we come to the end of National Water Safety Month, the statistics are sobering:
* 70% of Black children and 66% of Black adults d...
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Posted on: May 16, 2022
Magnolia Grange was purchased by Chesterfield in 1984 and opened to the public two years later as a historic house museum.
Constructed in 1822 by William Winfree, a stately white Federal period home once was the crown jewel of a sprawling Chester...
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Posted on: May 9, 2022
Chesterfield’s magisterial redistricting plan has been finalized, as well as its remedy for voting precinct splits that were created by the magisterial redistricting and changes to the county’s congressional and state legislative district boundaries made ...
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Posted on: May 4, 2022
This is a statement from Chesterfield County Commissioner of the Revenue Jenefer Hughes regarding the increase in vehicle tax bills from 2021 to 2022.
The Commissioner of the Revenue is a constitutional officer who is elected and operates indepen...
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Posted on: April 29, 2022
In case you missed the April 27 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
NEW TAX PAYMENT KIOSKS
Chesterfield Treasurer Rebecca Longnaker announced that her office is...
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Posted on: April 25, 2022
Full-time staff at Chesterfield's Child Advocacy Center are (left to right) Lisa Johnston, Jenelle Beverly and Carolyn Kelley
There’s a rainbow-colored mat just outside the front door inscribed with the words “Everyone is welcome.” The lobby is painted sky...
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Posted on: April 22, 2022
Sixteen months after the Chesterfield Economic Development Authority purchased the sprawling Upper Magnolia Green property with permission and funding from the Board of Supervisors, and following a series of community meetings, the county’s Plan...
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Posted on: April 18, 2022
Spring Rock Green shopping center is located at the intersection of Route 60 and Chippenham Parkway
Following unanimous approval by the Chesterfield Planning Commission, the proposed redevelopment of an underutilized shopping center at the intersection of ...
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Posted on: April 13, 2022
Chesterfield’s historic investment in teacher compensation last year had a significant, and immediate, positive impact on its competitive position within the region.
By allocating $23 million in the fiscal year 2022 budget to implement a new pay plan, Ches...
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Posted on: April 11, 2022
If you were awakened at 2:30 a.m. by the sound of smoke alarms activating, would you know how to get yourself and all family members quickly and safely out of a burning house?
If the answer is “no,” you need to have a plan.
“When you hear the smoke alarm go...
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Posted on: April 5, 2022
Chesterfield Police Department
The fiscal year 2023 budget that will be voted on by the Board of Supervisors at its April 6 meeting is devoted primarily to the recruitment and retention of a high-quality workforce – particularly the thousands of front-line...
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Posted on: April 4, 2022
Approved County Redistricting Map
Chesterfield has submitted additional information to the Virginia Attorney General’s Office regarding the countywide redistricting plan approved by the Board of Supervisors last November.
The board adopted a redistricting p...
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Posted on: March 28, 2022
Adam Foster (left), executive director of the Manchester Family Y, and Lisa Ramirez, senior vice president of community impact for the Greater Richmond YMCA, outside the Chesterfield facility's new welcome center
It’s natural for Lisa Ra...
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Posted on: March 25, 2022
In case you missed the March 23 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
PUBLIC HEARINGS ON PROPOSED BUDGET, LOCAL TAX RATES
Chesterfield residents got opportunities to addres...
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Posted on: March 21, 2022
The new Midlothian fire station is under construction at the intersection of Route 60 and Charter Colony Parkway
With Chesterfield planning for its next bond referendum in November, there have been questions about the purpose of such a referendum and how i...
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Posted on: March 14, 2022
Chesterfield resident Carol Cornwell (left) speaks at a March 8 community meeting hosted by Matoaca District Supervisor Kevin Carroll (right)
Amid ongoing citizen concerns about odors generated by the Skinquarter construction demolition debris landfill, Ch...
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Posted on: March 11, 2022
In case you missed the March 9 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET
Chesterfield County Administrator Dr. Joe Casey presented his proposed fiscal y...
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Posted on: March 10, 2022
Because of rising assessments, county administration has proposed cutting the real estate tax rate by 3 cents
Mindful of the impact of inflation and rising property assessments on household finances, Chesterfield leaders remain intentional in their efforts...
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Posted on: March 7, 2022
Niagara Bottling's highly automated plant in Meadowville Technology Park is one of Chesterfield's top commercial taxpayers
Over the past 40-plus years, thousands of people have voted with their feet by relocating to Chesterfield County, c...
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Posted on: February 28, 2022
Chester Fire Station 1 is slated to be replaced with a larger building that can accommodate modern fire apparatus
Postponed by a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chesterfield’s budget staff has submitted a slate of county and school capital...
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Posted on: February 25, 2022
In case you missed the Feb. 23 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s monthly work session and business meeting:
PROPERTY TAX RATE REDUCTION
The board authorized advertisement of Chesterfield&rs...
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Posted on: February 21, 2022
Pleasant View School, the last remaining Black elementary school still owned by Chesterfield County
The one-room schoolhouse sits on the south side of River Road, about a mile and a half from the entrance to Eppington Plantation and 60 feet east ...
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Posted on: February 18, 2022
Swift Creek Reservoir supplies about 20% of Chesterfield's drinking water
In 1997, the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors adopted a set of stringent regulations for land development northwest of the Swift Creek Reservoir to control stormw...
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Posted on: February 14, 2022
Semiconductor manufacturing is one example of the clean, high-tech jobs Chesterfield is pursuing
Ted Raspiller grew up in Aurora, Ill., a blue-collar city outside Chicago where most young men graduated from high school and immediately went to wor...
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Posted on: February 7, 2022
Chesterfield's Ashley Forest subdivision
Following one of the busiest years on record in Chesterfield’s red-hot housing market, 2022 real estate assessments increased by an average of 12% countywide.
That’s three to four times higher than in a typical year....
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Posted on: February 3, 2022
Jason El Koubi, interim president and CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership
How attractive is Chesterfield’s Upper Magnolia Green West property to advanced manufacturers? Even in a “raw” state – forested, with no utility infrastructure or pr...
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Posted on: January 28, 2022
Police Activities League youth bowling league
On a frigid Saturday morning in early January, when they could have been home enjoying a leisurely day off, about a dozen members of the Chesterfield Police Department instead were at Uptown Alley serving as co...
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Posted on: January 28, 2022
In case you missed the Jan. 26 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief roundup of items from the board’s monthly work session and business meeting:
ROUTE 60 TRANSIT PILOT
The board adopted a resolution of support for extending a GR...
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Posted on: January 26, 2022
Motorists travel southbound on Powhite Parkway in Chesterfield
The extension of Powhite Parkway to Hull Street Road has been on Chesterfield County’s thoroughfare plan since 1989, but the project’s cost – currently estimated a...
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Posted on: January 24, 2022
Jay Stegmaier speaks at a Black History Month event in 2016
Jay Stegmaier began his career with Chesterfield County in 1979 as a budget analyst. Even as he was promoted to increasingly senior positions over the next 37 years, culminating with a 9-year stin...
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Posted on: January 17, 2021
Many areas of Chesterfield received 1 to 2 inches of snow and sleet Sunday, creating slick road conditions
The winter storm that hit Chesterfield County on Sunday came as no surprise to Jess Robison. It literally had been on her radar for the past week.
As ...
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Posted on: January 10, 2022
Following a flurry of major funding commitments last month, momentum is building behind a regional infrastructure project that could bring much-needed commercial investment to two Chesterfield communities.
On Dec. 3, the Central Virginia Transportation Aut...
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Posted on: January 6, 2021
Calling this “a watershed year for Chesterfield citizens,” Clover Hill District Supervisor Chris Winslow took the gavel for the first time Wednesday evening after being chosen by his colleagues to serve as chair of the Board of Supervisors for 2022.
“We wi...
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Posted on: January 3, 2021
Miguel Solla bought a house in Chesterfield County in 2006, shortly after the U.S. Army transferred him from California to Richmond, as an investment in his family’s future.
When Solla received another transfer order three years later, selling the house wa...
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Posted on: December 27, 2021
While COVID remained part of our collective vocabulary this year, the global pandemic didn’t stop Chesterfield County from moving forward in several key areas. Fueled by a vibrant local economy that continues to outperform the region, state and ...
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Posted on: December 20, 2021
Midlothian's Hallsley subdivision
A comprehensive package of local tax relief is coming to Chesterfield County residents and businesses next year.
At its Dec. 15 meeting, the Board of Supervisors approved the advertisement of Chesterfield’s maximum real est...
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Posted on: December 17, 2021
In case you missed the Dec. 15 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief roundup of items from the board’s monthly work session and business meeting:
BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO REALLOCATE SURPLUS FUNDS
Following a public hearing, the board voted in ...
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Posted on: December 13, 2021
Record sales tax collections, conservative budgeting and federal COVID-19 relief funding were key factors that helped Chesterfield County end fiscal year 2021 with a historic $106 million operating surplus.
At its Dec. 15 meeting, the Board of Su...
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Posted on: December 6, 2021
We could use this space to toot our own horn about how Chesterfield is an exceptional place to live, work and play. But it’s so much more meaningful when others do it for us.
Over the past three months, several national organizations have reaffirmed Cheste...
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Posted on: November 22, 2021
Approved County Redistricting Map
Over the past few weeks, some Chesterfield residents have expressed concerns about both the magisterial redistricting plan that was approved by the Board of Supervisors on Nov. 17 and the process by which the county develo...
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Posted on: November 8, 2021
Element at Stonebridge Development Plan
Few of the Chesterfield County’s regulatory powers generate more public attention than its authority to determine what can be built and where. And yet, there are many misconceptions about the zoning process...
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Posted on: November 3, 2021
In case you missed the Oct. 27 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s monthly work session and business meeting:
Redistricting Public Hearing
The board received citizen input during a public hearing on the co...
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Posted on: October 25, 2021
Bonnie Newton, Bermuda Estates resident
Infested with termites, to the point that she once fell through its thin plywood floor, the problems with Bonnie Newton’s 40-year-old trailer weren’t merely cosmetic. It had become a health and safety hazard.
Finding ...
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Posted on: September 17, 2021
Early voting at North Courthouse Library
In the wake of record voter turnout last November and overhauls to the state’s voting processes, Chesterfield is making it easier for residents to cast their ballots this fall.
Following changes to Virginia...
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Posted on: September 8, 2021
Board of Supervisors and School Board Joint Meeting on Sept. 8, 2021
Facing a sudden, sharp economic downturn related to the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, and with lingering uncertainty over its duration and severity, the Chesterfield County Board of Su...
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Posted on: August 16, 2021
Looking for something fun to do with your furry friend in Chesterfield County? Many restaurants, stores and local shops welcome dogs, allowing you to spend even more quality time with your furriest of friends.
If you’re planning on ta...
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