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Panda Express, Popeyes on the way

By Caleb M Soptelean on July 2, 2019 Business, Economic Development

Site plans have been approved for two fast food restaurants on Jefferson Davis Highway. Popeyes and Panda Express received site plan approvals on Dec. 20 and March 20, respectively. The two businesses would be located at 12131 and 12149 Jefferson Davis Highway south of a Dollar Tree store, which is located seven-tenths of a mile north of the Route 10 intersection. Bulldozers were seen on the Panda Express site last week. The site plans call for a 2,200-square-foot Panda Express with a 400-square-foot patio and a 3,185-square-foot Popeyes. Both businesses would be located on a 2.44-acre parcel. Ingenium Enterprises of…

Senter named to int’l board

By Press release on July 2, 2019 Community, Fire & EMS

At its annual meeting earlier this month, the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association elected Chesterfield County Fire & EMS Chief Edward “Loy” Senter Jr. to its 2019-2020 board. Senter was elected by his association peers to serve as an alternate board member. He has been an active member in the association for more than 14 years. Over the next six years, he will advance through the association’s officer positions and serve a one-year term as president of the organization. The Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association brings together fire chiefs from large metropolitan fire departments to share information and focus on major issues…

VN in the Caymans

By Press release on July 2, 2019 Around the World, Community

Cathy and John Kirkland recently visited Grand Cayman Island. They enjoyed snorkeling and reading the Village News in the shade of a palm tree.

Nosbisch gets architectural award

By Press release on July 2, 2019 Community

Chester resident Kate R. Nosbisch was recently recognized with the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. She is pictured above receiving the award from the organization’s president, David L. Hoffman. He commended each of this year’s 12 recipients for their commitment to architectural regulation and NCARB’s mission to protect the public’s health, safety and welfare.

Arts center on the way

By Caleb M Soptelean on June 25, 2019 Chesterfield Government, Entertainment

A rendering of the Baxter Perkinson Center for the Arts.’Crews’ of those who worked on the arts center took turns breaking ground. “What a beautiful day!” With those words, Chesterfield County supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle may have summed up the feelings and thoughts of those who attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the Baxter Perkinson Center for the Arts on Monday morning. The light at the end of the tunnel was evident on the bright sunny day for a project that met with delay after delay over the past 20-plus years since an idea was formed by Larry and Dottie Armstrong, whom…

Amin named Chester’s ‘Businessperson of the Year’

By Caleb M Soptelean on June 25, 2019 Business, Clubs, Economic Development

P.C. Amin, on right, is pictured with Jim Daniels. (Caleb M. Soptelean photo) P.C. Amin was honored as the Chester Business Association’s Businessperson of the Year last week. In receiving the Snead-Stebbins Award for his efforts to promote business in the Chester area, Amin gave the area high praise. Amin, who immigrated to the U.S. from India, said locals have not given him any problems in his almost 50 years in Chester. “Whatever I have done, I could not have done without my wife (Purnima),” he said. Amin initially worked as an engineer with the Virginia Department of Transportation. “He…

Richmond Brass coming to Chester

By Press release on June 25, 2019 Entertainment, Events

The Richmond Brass and Percussion Consort will present its annual “Concert in Honor of America” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, at Chester Presbyterian Church, 3424 W. Hundred Road. The Richmond Brass and Percussion Consort is a large brass ensemble made up of trumpets, French horns, trombones, euphoniums, and tubas with percussion performing music from the 1600s through the present. From Sousa marches to popular and patriotic favorites through the centuries, the concert promises to be an enjoyable evening for the whole family — children through grandparents!

Face published in ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’

By Ellie Browning on June 25, 2019 Charity, Community

Evan, Craig, Delaney and Melissa Face during the 2017 July Jingle Run. For the last two years, Chesterfield County has held the July Jingle Run at Pocahontas State Park. With festive holiday-themed decorations, fun activities for families and a costume contest, participants are bound to find something that interests them at the annual event. Chesterfield native Melissa Face and her family have enjoyed competing in the event. A teacher at Appomattox Regional Governors School for the Arts and Technology and mother of two, Face wrote a story about the event that was recently published in the newest edition of the…

Making an impact: Teams of young people and adults help improve area homes

By Caleb M Soptelean on June 25, 2019 Charity, Community

About 100 youth converged on North Chesterfield last week to help with various projects on six homes in the Jefferson Davis Highway corridor. It was the second year that Impact Mission Camps – a subsidiary of the non-profit Baptist General Association of Virginia – came to the area to help. Glenn Maddox, the group’s missions mobilizer, said that North Chesterfield was one of five locations in Virginia and North Carolina where the teams helped. Now in its 26th year, Impact Mission Camps makes repairs to owner-occupied homes to ensure the residents are safe, warm and dry, he said. Some 20…

County encourages investment in older buildings with tax exemption

By Press release on June 25, 2019 Announcements, Chesterfield Government

For home and business owners who are planning a rehabilitation, renovation or replacement project, filling out a short application could help them tap into a tax break. Real estate incentive programs aren’t new to Chesterfield County, but a fully electronic application that takes only minutes to complete and submit has made the process faster and more user-friendly. Established in 1996 for residential property and in 1997 for commercial, industrial and historic properties, and improved in 2016, the program is available to property owners who rehabilitate, renovate or replace eligible structures. Buildings must be at least 25 years old for an…

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