Posted on: November 17, 2023
In case you missed the Nov. 15 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
COURTHOUSE ROAD EXTENSION
The board authorized county staff to proceed with the design of the Courthous...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: November 16, 2023
J.C. Poma, executive director of the Sports, Visitation and Entertainment Department, gives a presentation to the Board of Supervisors.
When it comes to recreation in its many forms, Chesterfield has a solid foundation – “good bones,&am...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: November 13, 2023
Chesterfield County and the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia held the county’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 11 in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Building at the county fairgrounds.
Several hundred attendees, including many veter...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: November 9, 2023
Chesterfield Sheriff Karl Leonard with his wife, Karen, and twin daughters Conor and Lauren
Nature or nurture?
It’s a question that has been long debated among psychologists. Some believe a person’s character is determined by innate biological factors, i.e....
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 30, 2023
Several members of Cornelius Mimms' family attended Chesterfield's exhibit unveiling ceremony last Saturday.
Born into slavery in the shadow of the capital of the Confederacy, Cornelius Mimms overcame countless obstacles to leave a towering legacy of publi...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 26, 2023
In case you missed the Oct. 25 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
RIDGEDALE SPECIAL FOCUS AREA PLAN
Following a public hearing, the board approved the Ridgedale Special ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 23, 2023
Chessa Walker, interim director for the Chesterfield Department of Transportation (CDOT), recently gave an extensive presentation to the Board of Supervisors about transportation infrastructure improvements that are either ongoing or in various stages of ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 17, 2023
Chesterfield's historic Castlewood property
Chesterfield, as it turns out, is something of a hotbed for paranormal activity. That’s not surprising to Bryan Truzzie, historic sites and programs manager for the county’s Parks and...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 11, 2023
It’s become an all-too-common scene during central Chesterfield’s peak morning commuting hours: a long line of motorists queueing along northbound Beach Road, waiting for a green light and an opportunity to turn left onto Route 10.
Now ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 9, 2023
Chesterfield Firefighter Carl Coppedge
Many children grow up wearing firefighter costumes for Halloween and dreaming of the day when they can ride a fire engine, sirens blaring, to the scene of an emergency call.
With help from some friendly neighborhood fi...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 4, 2023
Chesterfield's conceptual plan for improvements to Daniel Park's softball facilities
Based on the success of River City Sportsplex as both a community amenity and a sports tourism asset that drives economic activity through visitor spendi...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 2, 2023
The third annual Community Cup took place last Saturday at Chesterfield’s River City Sportsplex.
The event brings together first responders and multicultural communities from across the Richmond region in positive community building on the soccer...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 29, 2023
In case you missed the Sept. 27 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
APPROPRIATION OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
Following a public hearing, the board appropriated $67.1 milli...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 28, 2023
Mark Gribbin, chief legislative analyst for the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC), presents findings from the agency's study of Virginia's K-12 school funding formula to Chesterfield's Audit and Finance Committee.
A study conducted by t...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 26, 2023
A FIFA-sanctioned international soccer friendly brought thousands of fans to River City Sportsplex in July.
Another year, another new record for visitor spending in Chesterfield.
According to an annual study released today by the Virginia Tourism...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 25, 2023
Chesterfield firefighter/paramedic and peer recovery specialist Dan Athey
Every so often, somebody unexpected comes into your life and helps change it for the better.
For Richie Wilson, all it took was a phone call.
Back in July, Wilson was experiencing symp...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 21, 2023
What “American Idol” has done for singers, Darwin and Anthony Murrillo are trying to do for youth soccer players.
Recognizing there are many talented young people in America, particularly among its growing Latino population, that never ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 18, 2023
After opening the 2023 season with three consecutive road games, Monacan High School’s football team finally christened its new turf field last Friday night prior to its home opener against Cosby.
Monacan is one of two Chesterfield high schools to have the...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 13, 2023
Roadway improvements are in progress across Chesterfield, providing the infrastructure needed to alleviate congestion in one of Virginia’s fastest-growing localities – and more are on the way.
Here is a roundup of the county’s ongoing and planned major tra...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 8, 2023
Jen Surber was 22 years old and fresh out of college when she went to work for a nonprofit, People Inc., that was looking to develop affordable housing in southwest Virginia but had zero institutional experience with the process of applying for low-income...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 28, 2023
With the eastern seaboard firmly in the midst of hurricane season, but also considering the expectation for more snow coming this winter, now is the time for residents to familiarize themselves with all of the different ways that Chesterfield County puts ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 25, 2023
Prior to the start of L.C. Bird High School’s season-opening football game against James River Thursday evening, Chesterfield school and county officials participated in a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the Skyhawks’ new synthetic turf f...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 24, 2023
In case you missed the Aug. 23 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
NASH ROAD EXTENSION
The board authorized the Director of Procurement to award a $25.1 million...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 23, 2023
The new, 1,800-seat Falling Creek Middle School is currently under construction in the Dale District.
Since August 2018, when students and staff walked into the new Beulah Elementary School for the first time, school construction in Chesterfield has been a...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 18, 2023
Mary Romanello was born with a heart for helping people.
As early as second grade, Romanello began donating the proceeds of her neighborhood lemonade stand to charitable organizations. In middle school, she organized bake sales to raise money for various c...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 15, 2023
The Central Virginia Transportation Authority (CVTA) recently approved GRTC’s Regional Public Transportation Plan for Fiscal Year 2024, which includes expanded service on two bus routes in Chesterfield.
Most significant is GRTC’s planned extension of Route...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 9, 2023
New schools don’t get built overnight. The process of funding a project, locating and acquiring (and if necessary, rezoning) a suitable parcel, designing the building, making any needed road improvements and constructing the school can be quite time-consu...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 2, 2023
Across Chesterfield, residents came together Tuesday for the 40th National Night Out, an annual event that promotes community-police partnerships to make our neighborhoods safer.
National Night Out was launched in August 1984 through a network of law enfor...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: July 28, 2023
In case you missed the July 26 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
OPIOID ABATEMENT GRANTS
The board authorized staff to accept and appropriate two grants totaling $1.7 m...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: July 27, 2023
Since Chesterfield acquired River City Sportsplex in 2016, the 105-acre athletic facility has hosted thousands of athletes, coaches and families for a variety of sports tournaments.
It has never come close, however, to the atmosphere that existed there Wed...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: July 25, 2023
As recently as eight years ago, Chesterfield had no dedicated public pickleball courts. The number is now 40.
It all began back in 2015, when the county’s Parks and Recreation Department converted three of the nine asphalt tennis courts at Rockwood Park in...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: July 20, 2023
Audrey Ross with Dr. James Worsley, Chesterfield's deputy county administrator for human services
“The history of Midlothian's African American community has been told, but limitedly, and I always knew there was so much missing,” said Audrey Ross, a 2023 S...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: July 10, 2023
Linda Hudgens with Dr. James Worsley, Chesterfield's deputy county administrator for human services
As a retired pediatric nurse, Linda Hudgens has always enjoyed serving the community of Chesterfield.
“It’s a passion. It’s what drives us all to do what we ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: June 30, 2023
In case you missed the June 28 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
DISSOLUTION OF CHIPPENHAM PLACE CDA
The board approved a resolution dissolving a community development ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: June 29, 2023
Since 2018, River City Sportsplex has had a $276.5 million economic impact on the Richmond region.
Over the better part of the last decade, Chesterfield has become one of the top tourist destinations in Virginia and the broader mid-Atlantic.
In 2021, the mo...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: June 28, 2023
There’s a new musical act coming to perform at Chesterfield’s annual Fourth of July celebration next week, and its name – The Tight Slacks – has absolutely nothing to do with an ill-fitting pair of dress pants.
“It’s a play on words,” explained Joshua Scol...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: June 26, 2023
The word “Beulah” originated from Hebrew, in the book of Isaiah, as a reference to the promised land of Israel. In Chesterfield, dating back to the naming of the original Beulah Church in the 1800s, it has been associated with a place to belong.
So it was ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: June 21, 2023
Several students joined county and school officials at an event formally launching Chesterfield's solar energy initiative Wednesday.
Chesterfield held an event Wednesday to “flip the switch” on solar energy use in the county with 11 so...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: June 12, 2023
A replacement for Chester Fire and EMS Station 1 is one of the projects that will be funded with this week's $105 million bond issuance.
Chesterfield will issue about $105 million in General Obligation bonds this week to begin work on a slate of county and...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: June 7, 2023
U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman (second from left) and Virginia Secretary of Transportation Shep Miller (center) joined Board of Supervisors Chair Kevin Carroll (second from right) and County Administrator Dr. Joe Casey (right) on a helicopter flight over western C...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: June 6, 2023
Chesterfield County Administrator Dr. Joe Casey speaks at the May 25 Fort Gregg-Adams Civilian Military Council luncheon.
Chesterfield played host to the Fort Gregg-Adams Civilian Military Council's quarterly luncheon May 25 at the Chesterfield C...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: May 30, 2023
When he joined the U.S. Army, Ohio native Stephan Ruppel-Lee requested an Infantry assignment in Korea because he thought it would give him the best chance to eventually be selected for the demanding Ranger School.
The Army had other plans.
One day near the...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: May 26, 2023
In case you missed the May 25 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING $105M BOND ISSUANCE
At the request of staff, the board adopted a resolution autho...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: May 25, 2023
Nicholas Pappas, at home in North Chesterfield, was a member of the county's Community Services Board for nine years.
Nicholas Pappas had nowhere else to turn.
Unemployed and on the verge of homelessness, feeling isolated and despondent and overcome with de...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: May 11, 2023
County officials dedicate the Treasurer's Office's new tax payment kiosk at Clover Hill Library.
Chesterfield held a ribbon cutting Thursday for the new payment kiosk at Clover Hill Library, the county’s fourth fully automated kiosk where residents can pay...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: May 10, 2023
Clover Hill District Supervisor Chris Winslow serves as honorary starter for a one-lap fun run.
About four years ago, Steve Alexander with the Chesterfield Quarterback League contacted Clover Hill District Supervisor Chris Winslow and inquired about the po...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: May 3, 2023
River City Sportsplex brings thousands of athletes, coaches and families to Chesterfield annually for tournaments.
Imagine, for a moment, a day in the life of a visitor to Chesterfield. Perhaps they start the day with a hike at Pocahontas State Park, have ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: May 1, 2023
NBC12 anchor Sarah Bloom (right), Chesterfield's 2023 Diaper Drive Ambassador, celebrates the record-setting success of this year's drive with (left to right) NBC12 videographer Jennifer Warnick, Infant & Toddler of Chesterfield Manager Leslie Pakula ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: April 28, 2023
In case you missed the April 26 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ON RECREATIONAL SUBSTANCES
Following a public hearing, the board approved changes ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: April 27, 2023
600 additional students will be able to participate in career and technical education programs at CTC@Hull.
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors approved an agreement Wednesday to lease space in a new office building planned at the intersection of Midloth...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: April 26, 2023
Dr. Roger Loria speaks about his experiences as a Holocaust survivor last week at Chesterfield Baptist Church.
Reflecting on the Holocaust some 80 years later, Dr. Roger Loria knows he was “one of the lucky ones.” But for a couple of extremely close calls,...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: April 20, 2023
Chesterfield held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting Wednesday afternoon for its new Volunteer Walk of Fame, which is comprised of bricks engraved with the names of volunteers who have provided at least 25 years of service to the county government.
By the end of ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: April 14, 2023
LEGO held a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday morning on its 1.7 million square-foot precision manufacturing facility in Chesterfield's Meadowville Technology Park, a $1 billion investment that will create more than 1,760 jobs.
Learn more about the projec...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: April 14, 2023
For the first time tomorrow, Chesterfield is hosting a special event to highlight its ongoing commitment to environmental stewardship.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds, the inaugural Earth Day Festival will bring together count...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: April 7, 2023
Mindful of the ongoing impact inflation and rising property assessments are having on household finances, the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to amend county code to permit refunds of surplus real estate tax revenue.
The action applies to...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: April 5, 2023
Local government is a people-intensive operation. From teachers in Chesterfield’s classrooms, to police officers, firefighters and sheriff’s deputies keeping our community safe, to utility workers providing access to clean drinking water, thousands of pub...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: March 30, 2023
Since the late 1980s, Chesterfield’s countywide thoroughfare plan has included a dotted line that represents a future extension of Powhite Parkway southwest from its current terminus near Route 288 all the way to Hull Street Road.
Now county leaders are ta...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: March 23, 2023
Chesterfield County held a ribbon cutting on Thursday for the new Fleet Services facility, which opened for business earlier this year. The 16-bay, roughly 34,000-square foot structure, located at 9722 Lori Lane on the former fire training grounds, is a s...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: March 21, 2023
More than a decade ago, Chesterfield entered into a public-private partnership that transformed the dormant Cloverleaf Mall site into a thriving mixed-use development known as Stonebridge.
The success of that project convinced county leaders that Chesterfi...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: March 20, 2023
Few topics associated with Chesterfield government are more misunderstood than funding for public K-12 education. As the Board of Supervisors prepares to hold public hearings on the county’s proposed FY2024 budget at its meeting Wednesday evening, we thin...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: March 13, 2023
NBC12 anchor Sarah Bloom (left) interviews Chesterfield employees Ashley Rogers and Leslie Pakula.
NBC12 anchor and TV personality Sarah Bloom is joining Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Families First and Infant & Toddler Connection of Chesterfield in it...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: March 9, 2023
In case you missed the March 8 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
PUBLIC HEARING SET ON SURPLUS REAL ESTATE TAX REFUNDS
The board set a public hearing for Wedn...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: March 7, 2023
Throughout the process of crafting Chesterfield’s proposed fiscal year 2024 budget, county administration refused to settle for either making necessary investments in core public services or providing meaningful tax relief to households and businesses.
The...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: March 6, 2023
As they allocate funding for vital services – including schools and public safety – during a period of rapidly rising costs for labor and materials, the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors and county administration remain mindful of the adverse impact that ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: March 1, 2023
Congresswoman-elect Jennifer McClellan, who grew up in South Chesterfield, stopped off for lunch at Ettrick Deli last December.
As the daughter of educators and civil rights activists who were raised in the segregated South, Jennifer McClellan learned at a...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: February 24, 2023
In case you missed the Feb. 22 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s monthly work session and business meeting:
ADVERTISEMENT OF LOCAL TAX RATES, PUBLIC HEARINGS ON BUDGET AND UTILITY RATES
The board authori...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: February 23, 2023
The notion of segregated schools in Chesterfield feels like a remnant of the distant past, long ago relegated to oral tradition as just one of many horrors visited upon Black people across the Jim Crow South.
To Charlotte Wood, the passage of time has done...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: February 16, 2023
Five years after it opened as a safe, secure place where physically or sexually abused children can meet privately with a specially trained forensic interviewer while a family advocate meets with caregivers, Chesterfield’s Davis Child Advocacy Center (CAC...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: February 13, 2023
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.'s Chesterfield chapter donate supplies to Falling Creek Elementary School.
The first intercollegiate fraternity founded by Black men was established more than a century ago, not at one of America’s most prominent ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: February 9, 2023
The Chesterfield County Fair was recently recognized by its peers statewide with 13 communications awards, including two “Best in Show” honors, at the annual Virginia Association of Fairs conference in Williamsburg.
Donnie Yancey, secre...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: February 6, 2023
Chesterfield judges Travis Williams (left) and Curtis Hairston
As it has grown into one of Virginia’s largest counties, with a dynamic and increasingly diverse population, Chesterfield maintains a reputation within the state bar for having a cadre of knowl...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: January 26, 2023
In case you missed the Jan. 25 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s monthly work session and business meeting:
RAISE GRANT APPLICATIONS
The board authorized county staff to submit three transportation proje...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: January 25, 2023
The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates several times over the past 12 months as part of its ongoing battle against inflation. One of the noteworthy impacts of the rate hikes has been in reducing demand for residential real estate by pricing some po...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: January 23, 2023
As the fastest growing locality in the Richmond region, Chesterfield’s population increased by more than 49,000 people between 2010 and 2020. About one-third of those new residents moved into neighborhoods west of the Swift Creek Reservoir, adding thousan...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: January 9, 2023
One of the foundational principles of Chesterfield Parks and Recreation’s master plan is to think outside the box and increase the diversity of recreational opportunities offered to county residents.
Tanner Rush had an idea that aligned perfectly with that...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: January 4, 2023
On what would have been his father’s 90th birthday, Matoaca District Supervisor Kevin Carroll was elected Wednesday evening to serve as chair of the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors through the end of 2023.
“He really would’v...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: December 30, 2022
After Clover Hill District Supervisor Chris Winslow was handed the gavel as incoming chair of the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors last January, he predicted 2022 would be a “watershed” year for the county and its 370,000 residents. Looking back nearly 1...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: December 22, 2022
Chesterfield was already well under way on a multiyear project to modernize the way its Community Development departments process private-sector construction applications when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020 and prompted the sudden closure of county bui...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: December 16, 2022
In case you missed the Dec. 14 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s monthly work session and business meeting:
REAL ESTATE TAX RATE
The board authorized staff to advertise Chesterfield’s...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: December 14, 2022
Chesterfield County Administrator Dr. Joe Casey delivers his 2022 State of the County address Wednesday.
Dr. Joe Casey, Chesterfield County administrator, divulged the recipe for what he called the county’s “secret sauce” for ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: December 13, 2022
Deputy County Administrator Matt Harris talks to the media about Chesterfield's FY22 surplus.
Mindful of the impact of inflation on household finances, as well as rising assessments for both real estate and vehicles, the Chesterfield Board of Supe...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: December 12, 2022
Nearly 70 years after the Midlothian Volunteer Fire Department built the original Fire Station 5 across Route 60 from what is now Midlothian Middle School, Chesterfield Fire and EMS held a public dedication ceremony Monday morning for its replacement.
The ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: December 5, 2022
While millions of Americans gathered with loved ones on Nov. 24 to eat, drink and watch football, about 4,000 youth field hockey players and their families were traveling to Chesterfield for the Shooting Star Thanksgiving Tournament.
Administered by Andove...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: December 1, 2022
Though it was delayed by nearly two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chesterfield Fire and EMS was finally able to host a formal public dedication Thursday at the site of Magnolia Green Fire Station No. 25.
The three-bay, roughly 15,000 square-...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: November 28, 2022
Chesterfield police officer Justin Richter (left) is following in the footsteps of his father Bruce (center), grandfather Eugene (right) and late great-grandfather Charlie.
When Justin Richter decided to pursue a career in law enforcement, he accepted a po...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: November 18, 2022
In case you missed the Nov. 16 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s monthly work session and business meeting:
GENITO/288 SPECIAL FOCUS AREA PLAN
Following a public hearing, the board approved the...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: November 17, 2022
Consultant Martyn Thake concluded that Southside Speedway needs "significant repair or replacement."
A consultant hired by the Chesterfield Economic Development Authority (EDA) to observe current conditions at the shuttered Southside Speedway pre...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: November 14, 2022
Chesterfield's annual Veterans Day Ceremony, sponsored by Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia (CHSV), was held indoors at the Eanes-Pittman Public Safety Training Center because of inclement weather last Friday.
Chesterfield Board of Supervisors Ch...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: November 11, 2022
The former Southside Speedway site is included in Chesterfield's plan for enhancing the Genito Road/Route 288 corridor.
With concurrence from the Board of Supervisors, the Chesterfield Economic Development Authority (EDA) has hired a longtime motorsports c...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: November 9, 2022
Chesterfield resident James Howard in front of Veterans and Athletes United's traveling memorial flag.
Duty, honor and devotion to country are in the DNA of retired U.S. Army Capt. James Howard.
Born into a large military family – his fat...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: November 4, 2022
At an age when many of her classmates are taking the SAT and thinking about where they want to go to college, a talented 17-year-old from Chesterfield is working hard to launch her career as a vocalist and songwriter.
Tonight in Raleigh, North Carolina, th...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: November 3, 2022
Because of changes to Chesterfield’s congressional and state legislative district boundaries made by the Supreme Court of Virginia, as well as a magisterial redistricting plan approved by the Board of Supervisors, county residents may cast their ballot at...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 31, 2022
Last Saturday at Chesterfield's River City Sportsplex, first responders from across the Richmond area played soccer alongside members of the region’s multicultural community during the Community Cup tournament and cultural festival.
The free event -- a reg...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 28, 2022
In case you missed the Oct. 26 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s monthly work session and business meeting:
HARROWGATE PARK PHASE III
The board authorized the award of a $3.56 million construct...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 27, 2022
A rendering of the LEGO Group's planned precision manufacturing facility at Chesterfield's Meadowville Technology Park.
As he prepared to present Chesterfield Economic Development’s annual report to the Board of Supervisors at its Wednesday afternoon work ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 24, 2022
Regional leaders joined HUD's Jemine Bryon (third from right) for a major grant funding announcement Monday morning.
The Richmond region is receiving an influx of federal funding to combat the issue of youth homelessness.
Jemine Bryon, acting general deputy...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 21, 2022
Chesterfield supervisors Jim Ingle (left) and Chris Winslow (right) unveil a sign with Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker's family during Friday's dedication ceremony.
A voracious reader and prodigious author even in his later years, Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker’s name will be ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 20, 2022
Chesterfield leaders participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking for the county's new Fire and EMS station in Matoaca.
Chesterfield Fire and EMS hosted a groundbreaking Thursday morning at the site of the new Matoaca Fire Station No. 8. The new facility, wh...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 19, 2022
Chesterfield leaders participated in Wednesday's groundbreaking alongside representatives from Maggie Walker Community Land Trust, Concerned Citizens of Ettrick and other community partners.
Chesterfield and the nonprofit Maggie Walker Community Land Trust...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 17, 2022
Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker (far right) served as chief of staff to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1960-64.
Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker is remembered by historians as a civil rights icon who served as chief of staff for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., volunteered as a Free...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: October 6, 2022
The former Matoaca Elementary School building has been vacant since last spring.
Matoaca District Supervisor Kevin Carroll hosted a community meeting Wednesday evening to present initial concepts for the adaptive reuse of the former Matoaca Elementary Scho...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 30, 2022
Chesterfield officials joined the Better Housing Coalition for the Winchester Forest groundbreaking this morning.
Chesterfield joined the Better Housing Coalition this morning for a groundbreaking ceremony for Winchester Forest, a 160-unit apartm...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 26, 2022
First responders from across the Richmond region will play alongside representatives of the multicultural community at Saturday's event.
Conceived in 2018, a unique regional event is coming back Saturday after a two-year COVID-induced hiatus.
Begi...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 23, 2022
In case you missed the Sept. 21 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s monthly work session and business meeting:
CODE AMENDMENT FOR LARGE-SCALE SOLAR FACILITIES
Following a public hearing, the boar...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 21, 2022
As a regional leader in environmental stewardship, Chesterfield recognizes the importance of recycling – both through curbside pickup and drop-off opportunities for households and the many businesses that also participate in recycling programs &...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 19, 2022
Chesterfield and GRTC are launching a pilot program to extend Route 1A five miles westward along Midlothian Turnpike.
Chesterfield and the Greater Richmond Transit Co. (GRTC) are working together to implement a pilot program for local transit ser...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 12, 2022
The Community Facilities Bond Plan budgets $12.2 million to expand the Ettrick-Matoaca Library.
Shortly after the spread of COVID-19 was declared a national health emergency in March 2020, a Chesterfield resident began coming into the Central Library every...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: September 6, 2022
The Freedom Flag flies below the American Flag at a school in Delaware as part of its annual Sept. 11 observance.
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Doug Ketcham was working as a bond trader for Cantor Fitzgerald in the North Tower of the World Trade Center...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 29, 2022
The Community Facilities Bond Plan budgets $43 million to replace Grange Hall Elementary School.
When it comes to schools, Chesterfield’s two most recent bond referendums have sought to address very different challenges.
The 2004 referendum was mostly focus...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 26, 2022
In case you missed the Aug. 24 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s monthly work session and business meeting:
ROUTE 60 TRANSIT PILOT
The board appropriated $1.88 million in funding from the Virgi...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 24, 2022
Lake Adventures LLC is planning to construct a mixed-use development on 105 acres at the intersection of Genito Road and Route 288.
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to approve a performance grant agreement with Lake Adventure...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 22, 2022
Brenda White Vaughn has served as general manager of the Chesterfield County Fair since 2014.
It’s Friday afternoon, Aug. 19, a week before the start of the 111th Chesterfield County Fair, and Brenda White Vaughn still has, oh, about a million th...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 15, 2022
The Chesterfield Police Department's Falling Creek station is located in a former barbecue restaurant off Route 60.
As one of the top local government priorities consistently cited by citizens, public safety is in many ways the foundation of why Chesterfie...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 8, 2022
Despite no prior teaching experience, David Peat has served as a volunteer teacher in both English and English as a Second Language (ESL).
After a career of hard work as an engineer, David Peat had no interest in slowing down during the next chap...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: August 1, 2022
Beginning Sept. 23 with early voting for the 2022 general election and continuing through Election Day on Nov. 8, Chesterfield residents will be asked to vote on the Community Facilities Bond Plan to authorize the issuance of $540 million in General Oblig...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: July 29, 2022
In case you missed the July 27 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
COMMUNITY FACILITIES BOND PLAN
Matt Harris, deputy county administrator for finance and administration,...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: July 25, 2022
Volunteers fill shopping carts with groceries during the July 15 food distribution event.
Established 12 years ago in the wake of a global recession that left millions unemployed, the Chesterfield Food Bank Outreach Center recently has ...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: July 18, 2022
Mary Katterfield volunteers in a number of roles at Chesterfield's Stonebridge Recreation Center, which hosts many programs for local seniors.
Accustomed to working long hours over a 40-plus-year career in Washington, Mary Katterfield w...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: July 11, 2022
A draft conceptual plan for the Genito/288 corridor shows potential uses that would be complementary to the county-owned River City Sportsplex.
Nine months after they presented initial concepts for guiding future development in a 437-ac...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: July 5, 2022
Girl Scout Troop #57 made a generous donation of diapers and wipes for the 2022 Diaper Drive.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and surging inflation, many Chesterfield households are finding it increasingly difficult to afford essential ite...
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Chesterfield On Point
Posted on: July 1, 2022
In case you missed the June 29 Board of Supervisors meeting, here is a brief recap of items from the board’s work session and business meeting:
SPECIAL PURPOSE PARK
The board approved the purchase of 38 acres on the Appomattox River for use as a s...
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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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 adding au...
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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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 nation, Ch...
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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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 sa...
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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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Chesterfield On Point
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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