It has been almost eight years since American Mobile Home Park, on Jefferson Davis Highway, was closed to make way for a large retail and multi-family development. The massive project could be returning. Before the project started in 2008, the primary property owner, Trollingwood Land LLC, died as the economy went south and money dried up. Now the project is back. Moore’s Lake Apartments, LLC is in the site-plan stage, which is the last step before a building permit and the residential portion will be the first to be built. Three buildings are proposed for the rear of the property…
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Work has begun on a Comprehensive Plan for the Northern Jefferson Davis Highway corridor. Tourist courts, motels and family entertainment venues are not what you think of while driving on Jefferson Davis Highway. Until the late 1950s, what was known as the Pike was a bucolic route for those traveling along the east coast. Once Interstate 95 was built, the decline of the Pike was not far behind. The Interstate robbed the businesses on the parallel strip of highway by being a quicker way to travel. Now, Chesterfield County, as part of “Moving Forward – The Comprehensive Plan for Chesterfield…
Those who travel on West Hundred Road from Jefferson Davis Highway west to Interstate 95 know that there needs to be work done to relieve traffic snarls on that short section of highway. A new project by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), managed by Chesterfield’s transportation department, should relieve at least some of the congestion. According to the Chesterfield County Department of Transportation (CDOT), “A Design Public Hearing will be held on Dec. 15, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the cafeteria at Thomas Dale High School located at 3626 W. Hundred Rd. The purpose of the hearing is…
A space facing the Village Green in Chester has been vacant since an accident took place while building there in 2008. The property is 0.6 acres and is located in the southwest corner of Fountain Square Plaza and Chester Village Drive. Now, after a lot of discussion over what type of building should replace it, a final plan for the building has been approved. While the building is ready to be started, McBar Industries has to have an amendment to the original zoning case approved. The amendment will be presented to the Chesterfield County Planning Commission on Dec. 15. The…
The Bike & Trail plan was considered this week by the Chesterfield Planning Commission. There are currently 40 miles of bikeways and trails on the ground today, with an additional eight miles of projects currently underway and 28 miles would be added to the network over the next 10 years (figures according to the draft plan). The Board of Supervisors will be holding a series of community meetings before their public hearing scheduled for November 18 starting at 6:30 p.m. to ascertain that citizen are on board with the project while getting additional input. BIKE, TRAIL MEETING DATES Tuesday, October…
Two community workshops are planned this month to gather community input for the Northern Jefferson Davis Corridor Special Area Plan.
The county intends to apply for funds allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board and Richmond Area Metropolitan Planning Organization to cover costs for a number of programs involving safe routes for non drivers, historic assets, vegetation management and wild life preservation. The Transportation Alternatives Projects will weighed by the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors at a a public hearing at its regular meeting on October 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the County Public Meeting Room at the Chesterfield Government Complex, at 10031 Iron Bridge Road, Chesterfield. The county intends to apply for funds allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board and Richmond Area…
Chester could see some improvements just north of Route 10. Two separate developments, one a combination retail and multifamily, and the other an over 55 development, could be completed in 2017. Shoppes Moore’s Lake is beginning to offer preleases through Thalhimer Real Estate. The retail space will total 300,000 square feet with the smallest spaces to be about 1,200 square feet to the largest at 82,000 square feet, large enough for a grocery store or other large retailer. The property size, formerly the site of American Mobile Home Park, is about 20 acres. Thalhimer reports that the retail space should…
Home building is not always boom or bust. But this year, Chesterfield home-building permits for new houses are not keeping pace with last year. New permits in July this year were up over July of last year – 128 to 112 respectively. But analyzing the year-to-date results, the county numbers look a bit bleak. In 2015 through July the building inspection department reported 755 building permits issued. In 2014 the number of permits outpaced this year by 30 percent – 1,013. Building permits on a yearly basis though July was lower in 2015 than 2014, but there were 979 permits…
The Chesterfield County Preservation Committee will meet on Aug. 25 at 6 p.m. to review two proposed changes to historic properties in the county, called “Certificates of Appropriateness.” Properties to be discussed include Magnolia Grange, 10201 Iron Bridge Rd. that has applied to install a fresh air intake. The owner of the Clarke House, 4515 Centralia Rd., is asking the committee to allow the house to be relocated on a lot in a proposed subdivision and construct a new road for access to said adjacent subdivision The meeting will take place at the Chesterfield Community Development Building, Multipurpose Room 9800…