Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation is seeking input on the master plan for Fairgrounds Park, located at the intersection of Krause and Courthouse roads. The public is invited to attend a public information meeting on the draft master plan from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, at the Community Development Building, meeting rooms A and B, 9800 Government Center Parkway. The public is welcome to comment on the plan during the meeting. Department staff will be present to answer questions and receive comments. The Fairgrounds Park Master Plan will be finalized after this meeting. For more information, call (804)…
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Travis AkinsLt. Jason ElmoreJeff Katz It’s been almost a year since Chesterfield’s Growth Through Opportunity cadet academy began. On Friday, Nov. 8, the organization’s founder, Travis Akins, and others hosted the program’s second graduation ceremony. Included were seven graduates of the 16-week program: Camari Cobb, Benjamin Cunningham, Richard Dabney, Robert Hopkins, Tavon Macklin, David Witt and Samantha Zschaber. The cadets participated in hands-on learning experiences with mentors from Chesterfield County departments including sheriff, fire and EMS, police and general services, and vocational counselors from the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. GTO provides young people with intellectual and developmental…
By Hannah Eason and Sravan Gannavarapu (VCU Capital News Service) Days after Virginia’s legislative elections, anti-Muslim comments flooded news stories about Ghazala Hashmi becoming the first Muslim to serve in the state Senate, with hundreds of Facebook users linking her to terrorism and saying it was a “sad day” for Virginia. Hashmi, 55, D-Midlothian, defeated incumbent Republican Glen Sturtevant by 8 percentage points, 54-46. Sturtevant won Chesterfield, 51-48, and Powhatan, 77-23, but lost Richmond, 25-75. The state House has two Muslim men: Sam Rasoul, 38, D-Roanoke, who was born in Warren, Ohio, and Ibraheem Samireh, 27, D-Herndon. Samireh, who was…
After a nationwide recruitment effort, Chesterfield County announced last week that it has hired Ronald W. Clements Jr. as its new director of the Building Inspection Department. Clements currently serves as the county’s assistant building inspection director. He began his new role Nov. 1 at a salary of $140,000. He replaced Richard C. Witt, who retired after 34 years with the county, including nine as the director of the department. Clements has been with the department since 1999, during which time he has contributed to numerous process improvements, technology enhancements and staff development initiatives. He has served since 2011 as…
Chesterfield County was recently honored by the Virginia Government Finance Officers’ Association with the Innovations in Government Finance Award. The county was recognized for excellence in e-government and technology and in budgeting and financial planning. The award was presented Oct. 11 to staff of the county’s Budget and Management Department. Within e-government and technology, the county was recognized for innovative development of Bluefield Chesterfield, a brand centered upon an engaging, interactive new website designed to share and host strategic conversation with the community on key topics related to budget, planning and programmatic services and investment. Within budgeting and financial planning,…
MorrisseyRoss State Senate District 16 doesn’t feature conventional candidates. Disbarred attorney Joe Morrissey, 62, and his former employee, Waylin Ross, are squaring off Nov. 5 in a race to replace state Sen. Rosalyn Dance, whom Morrissey dispatched in the Democratic Party primary on June 11. Ross, 29, filed signatures to run as an independent at the proverbial “last minute” –June 11 – to give anti-Morrissey voters a choice in the general election. Ross – who said he wants to reorganize the defunct Readjuster Party – and Morrissey participated in a VPM forum Oct. 11 in Petersburg. Not shying away from…
Jeff Driskill is the county’s new EMC. By a 4-1 vote with Jim Holland dissenting, the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors approved the Carvana project last week. The Tempe, Ariz.-based developer plans to build a car inspection and storage facility at the 184-acre site on Woods Edge Road. The supervisors had delayed the vote for a month in October. “I feel like there are proffers in here to address [citizens’] issues,” Bermuda District supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle said. “We have the challenge of balancing out residential, commercial and industrial so we can have a reasonable tax base.” Referring to buffers along…
Shajuan Mason, Matoaca (D) I would balance development by having more data surrounding the needs of the community and how the proposed development will address that need. I would have a separate commission conduct a needs assessment. The needs assessment would address how the proposed development would impact neighborhoods, schools, traffic, transportation, roads, infrastructure, and the impact on public safety. More importantly, the feedback from the citizens would be considered throughout the project. It is also important to look at the development that has already been approved but hasn’t manifested. This way, we are utilizing a more proactive approach versus…
MilesDavenport Stacey Davenport Age: 42 Status: Married with two children Why I should be elected? I am the only candidate in this race who supports keeping School Resource Officers in our schools to keep our children and teachers safe. I am the only candidate with the ability to rebuild the trust with our law enforcement and work cooperatively with Sheriff Karl Leonard, Police Chief Jeff Katz and the men and women in his department, and other leaders in our criminal justice system. I will evaluate each case individually and make decisions based on the facts of that case, rather than…
PohlChase A woman who calls herself a “liberal Christian” and campaigned last week with Alec Baldwin in western Matoaca is challenging an incumbent gun-toting woman who defied party politicos and recently got kicked out of a county Republican Party committee. The Senate District 11 race pits Democrat Amanda Pohl vs. Republican Amanda Chase in a district that includes most of Chesterfield County along with Colonial Heights and Amelia County. The district leans Republican, and Chase said her campaign’s internal polls have her up by 4 percentage points. On Oct. 16, Pohl told Joe Morrissey on his 100.5 FM WJFN radio…