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By Greg Pearson STAFF WRITER Though the Real Estate Assessor's Office is only projecting new commercial development to grow at half of last year's 2.6 percent rate, after the first quarter of this year, the growth rate is only slightly behind 2007. That's good news for creating jobs and increasing the tax base but not so good... More ... Recycling center brings 30 new jobs to Chester Ace Recycling plans to construct and operate an indoor materials recovery facility at the Sustainability Park on North Enon Church Road in Chester. The project is expected to create approximately 30 new jobs and represents an investment in Chesterfield County of more than $6 million. It should be ... More ... Bleach bottle causes alarm The county's hazmat team was dispatched on Apr. 6 around 6:48 p.m. after receiving a 911 call about a suspicious bottle on a porch in the 16000 block of Gary Avenue. Upon arrival, crews discovered a bleach bottle that was swollen and misshapen. More ...
Supervisors split on necessity of action By Greg Pearson STAFF WRITER On a narrow 3-2 vote, the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors told its planning commission last week to revise the Upper Swift Creek Plan (USCP) and send it back to the board by June 9. According to Planning Director Kirk Turner, the commission needs more time, and a commission-initiated plan is sch... More ... Hammer finally falls on Tomahawk Creek redistricting By Donna C. Gregory NEWS EDITOR After months of meetings, perturbed parents, allegations of discrimination and two public hearings, the Tomahawk Creek Middle School redistricting is finally done. More ...
By Becky Robinette Wright CONTRIBUTING WRITER Retired Battalion Chief David Palumbo gingerly stepped around the red brick wall, still void of its bronze castings with no walkway yet visible, as he spoke of its mission. "The wall," Palumbo quietly spoke, "is to remember the county's firefighters and EMS personnel, those who died in the line o... More ...
By Diane Dallmeyer CHESTERFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY We normally think of our part of the South as being a slave-based, agricultural economy, but in the years preceding the Civil War, industrialization developed to support that economy. Plantations needed railroads, iron works and mills that processed cotton, grist or lumber to support their activit... More ...
By Mark Battista CONTRIBUTING WRITER Inspiration can happen in the most unlikely of places. "The idea of an environmental fair came to me while taking a shower," says Pam Cooper of the Anti-Litter Program with Chesterfield County. The "seed" for the environmental fair was planted in 2002 when the county launched the Environmental Ma... More ...
• Replace your old light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs. They cost more than your old bulbs, but they can last 10 times longer and use about 75 percent less energy. The Earth Day Network boasts that "if every household in the U.S. More ... A look back at the beginnings of Earth Day By Sam Erickson When Earth Day started, many hoped it would become one of the most important national holidays in the country. There is a long history of valuing the natural resources of the country for their pure beauty. Teddy Roosevelt set aside the first national park in 1903, citing Yellowstone's majestic bea... More ...
The county offers bi-weekly curbside recycling to more than 91,000 single-family homes, allowing residents to conveniently recycle materials such as paper, aluminum, plastic and glass. The service is not available to apartment dwellers, new communities (until there are enough households to warrant... More ... Recent selected real estate sales in Chesterfield County Subdivision Name Property Address BRM BATH 1/2BATH SQ FT SOLD ASSESSED MISTWOOD FOREST 2748 MISTWOOD FOREST DR 3 2 0 1,221 $169,500 $162,400 MONACAN HILLS 736 MCCAULIFF DR 4 2 1 2,569 $294,000 $307, More ...
Lee wins Bernard L. Savage Community Service Award Quenton Lee, president of Midlothian Electric Company, has been named the 2008 Bernard L. Savage Community Service Award winner by the Chesterfield Business Council. He will be recognized at a special awards breakfast on Tues., Apr. 29, at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Chesterfield. More ... |
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