 | HHHunt plans more than 2,000 homes beside Westchester CommonsJuly 19, 2021As Westchester Commons continues its transition to more mixed-use with residential components, hundreds of acres beside the shopping center are being planned for a new development totaling more than 2,000 homes. Read more » |
 | Barracks and Emmet street intersection undergoes changesJuly 12, 2021CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Those who travel the Emmet Street and Barracks Road intersection in Charlottesville may be familiar with how backed up it can get. The Virginia Department of Transportation, Charlottesville, and the engineering firm Timmons Group are partnering to make this area less congested. Read more » |
 | Proposed improvements to Barracks-Emmet intersection include right-turn lanesJuly 10, 2021Charlottesville officials gave updates on the proposed Barracks Road-Emmet Street intersection improvement project at a public hearing this past week. The project, fully funded by the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Smart Scale program, is part of a multi-year plan to improve transportation throughout the city. Read more » |
 | River Mill by HHHunt Named Community of the Year by HBAVJuly 10, 2021River Mill, a master planned new home community in Glen Allen being built by HHHunt, recently was named Community of the Year by the Home Builders Association of Virginia. The award was presented at HBAV’s 2021 Annual Conference June 26. The award recognizes a community’s overall neighborhood design, unique design features, implementation and creativity of the marketing plan, effectiveness and continuity of marketing phases, overall quality of presentation and overall sales success. Read more » |
 | Two big grants for Shannon Hill Business ParkJuly 02, 2021The state Commonwealth Transportation Board approved a $787,223 grant at their June 23 meeting to pay for the main entrance and roadway into the property, located near Exit 148 on Interstate 64. The funds will also be used to pave a five-foot-wide shoulder on each side of Shannon Hill Road between the interstate and the business park, and to widen travel lanes to 12 feet. In addition, the roadway will get full-depth pavement. Read more » |
 | Bellemeade Green Street Project UnderwayJune 23, 20213North Architects partnered with the James River Association, Timmons Group, the City of Richmond, and Groundwork RVA to design and implement a “green street” to improve walkability and add green infrastructure to a 1/2 mile stretch of roadway in Richmond’s Bellemeade neighborhood. Read more » |
|
| Dormant Petersburg schoolhouse slated for $24M redevelopment | Richmond BizSenseJune 17, 2021Virginia Avenue Elementary School in Petersburg’s Ward 5 has stood in disarray for more than a decade, becoming an eyesore in the neighborhood. Now, with a planned transfer of the site to a developer nearing completion, a transformation of the city-owned property into low-income housing is in store. Read more » |
 | Mecklenburg County gets funds to pave 15 rural roads | SoVaNow.comJune 16, 2021Residents who live on Greenwood, Bowers, Allgoods and Staunton River roads turned out for the Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors meeting Monday night to learn whether their roads would be recommended for paving under the county’s current Six-Year Road Improvement Plan. Read more » |
 | County exploring median maintenance tax in Midlothian | Chesterfield ObserverJune 16, 2021Chesterfield County is exploring the creation of a service district in the village of Midlothian to fund ongoing maintenance of landscaped medians planned along U.S. Route 60. Read more » |
|
| Casino referendum, Southern States silos rezoning get City Council approval | Richmond BizSenseJune 16, 2021On a busy night with a packed agenda, the Richmond City Council on Monday signed off on several development projects and formally gave city residents the ultimate say on the future of a proposed Southside casino. The council voted to put a referendum on the Nov. 2 ballot, through which city residents will decide whether to grant a casino license to Urban One. Read more » |