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New drive-through lanes approved for Chick-fil-A

By Caleb M Soptelean on April 30, 2019 Business

The Chester Chick-fil-A may soon be getting two new drive-through lanes after the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors approved a zoning amendment last week. The request for the business at 2900 West Hundred Road also includes a minor building addition. It involved an 11-foot exception to the 50-foot setback along West Hundred Road. The applicant believes this new design will improve traffic flow at the site, as vehicles back up and sometimes block access to the adjacent U.S. Post Office. A condition of approval requires the business to install landscaping to reduce the visibility of the parking area from Route 10.…

New building on the way at Village Green

By Caleb M Soptelean on April 30, 2019 Business, Economic Development

The last commercial lot in the Village Green mixed-use development is the site of a building under construction. Property manager Sean Eichert said the 12,000-square-foot, two-story building on the northeast corner of Chester Village Drive and Route 10 will house two existing businesses that plan to relocate within the Village Green: Deux Amis Med Spa and She Chester, a jewelry and gift shop. The building will also have six apartments, two 1-bedroom units and four 2-bedroom units. The building – which is located across Celebration Drive from Don Papa Grande Mexican restaurant – has a target opening date of July…

L.C. Bird robotics team reaps success at int’l competition

By Danielle Ozbat on April 30, 2019 Activities, Community, Schools

L.C. Bird senior Sierra Gotshall prepares batteries for an international robotics competition. L.C. Bird High School’s robotics team won a divisional championship at an international competition in Detroit over the weekend, and ultimately placed fourth out of 408 teams at the FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, event. Coach Steven Wagner attributed the RoboHawks’ success to a strategy. “Their stellar performance resulted from the coach and drivers formulating a match strategy that was based on data collected from each prior match that characterized the other 67 teams’ performance and capabilities,” Wagner said, referring to the number…

Run the Rocks 5K: Soldiers help with annual community event

By Ellie Browning on April 30, 2019 Community, Cross Country, Events, Sports

Students set off at the beginning of Saturday’s 5K race. Sergio Perez won the race. More than 400 people competed in the Run the Rocks 5K on Saturday at Elizabeth Scott Elementary School. Carrie Coyner, a former Parent Teacher Association president at the school, organized the event the previous five years, but this year handed the reins to Rebecca Hall. Coyner lauded Hall for a smooth transition. “I noticed that most of the fundraising and events we held centered around unhealthy food and selling things in our community,” Coyner said. “So I got this idea of eliminating sales and fundraisers,…

Eye see?

By Press release on April 24, 2019 Clubs, Community

Pat Rende spoke to the Chester Lions Club April 9 about the Lions’ KidSight USA program, which is aimed at infants and children six months to 6 years. Approximately 5 percent of children in this age group have amblyopia, a treatable disorder also known as ‘lazy eye,’ can result in permanently reduced vision when not addressed at an early age. Screening devices detect risk factors, such as strabismus (eyes that cross or wander out), refractive errors (the need for eyeglasses) and unequal vision between the two eyes. Amblyopia must be detected by age 6 and treated by age 7 to…

County opens second dog park

By Caleb M Soptelean on April 23, 2019 Chesterfield Government, Outdoors

Michele Deane brought greyhounds Beau and Haddie to Goyne Park last week for the opening of a dog park. Dog lovers now have another place to take their pets since a small dog area opened last week at Goyne Park behind Ecoff Elementary School, 5200 Ecoff Ave. Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation officials held a grand opening at the park Thursday afternoon, April 18. An agility course and large dog area are scheduled to open at the park in mid-July, Parks and Recreation planning and construction services chief Stuart Connock Jr. said. Until then, he said all dogs can use…

Fishing with heroes

By Press release on April 23, 2019 Charity, Community

(David Harrison photo) ABOVE: Billy Borum, founder of the ‘Fishing with Heroes’ program, was recently honored by Jim Ingle of USA Iron and Metal with the ‘Patriot of the Week’ award. Fishing with Heroes gives wounded veterans, police officers and first responders an opportunity to fish at no cost in a specially equipped Bass boat. The program was conceived and founded by Borum, an Army veteran who retired from the Henrico County Police Department with a line-of-duty injury.

County officials address ‘food deserts’

By Caleb M Soptelean on April 23, 2019 Chesterfield Government, Planning & Zoning

Federal and state lawmakers recently called for legislation to help people in low-income neighborhoods get better access to fresh vegetables and other healthy foods. Four so-called “food deserts” exist within Chesterfield County, according to a 2017 map from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. Although county officials say that food deserts exist in the county, they believe the issue has been exaggerated. Deputy county administrator Bill Dupler said that, although Chesterfield has some rural and urban areas, much of the county is suburban, so the rural and urban designations that the USDA used to create the map don’t…

New Harrowgate Elementary School coming

By Caleb M Soptelean on April 23, 2019 School Board, Schools

A new Harrowgate Elementary School is on the way after Chesterfield County officials broke ground at 4000 Cougar Trail last week. The new 782-student school will replace the current 760-student school located at 15501 Harrowgate Road, which was built in 1960. The new school will be built next to Carver Middle School, and local officials touted that as a benefit for students. School board member Carrie Coyner said the new Harrowgate School will be identical to the new Enon Elementary School. Harrowgate was originally supposed to be renovated, but because of a planned road (the East-West Corridor), county officials decided…

Subdivision going up near Jeff Davis Hwy/Route 288

By Caleb M Soptelean on April 23, 2019 Chesterfield Government, Development, Planning & Zoning

A Boyd Homes employee looks at site plans. Logging trucks were busy last week clearing for a new subdivision. An 84-home subdivision is in the works on the southeast corner of Jefferson Davis Highway and Route 288. A Boyd Homes spokesman said the plan is for the subdivision – which is north of Rio Vista Street with an access point behind the Bensley Bermuda Rescue Squad building – to be complete by Jan. 1, 2020. The community will be accessed from Elokomin and Arcadia avenues. Last week, workers were busy removing trees from the property. A site plan for the…

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