Henrico Rewind: Week in Review - July 20-26, 2025

A 24-foot-tall dogwood blossom sculpture, a garden of native and regional plants, and a new enclosed connector for the rental car garage are among projects totaling nearly $30 million that are being planned at Richmond International Airport as a way to make the facility greener, artsier and safer. The sculpture,

Henrico’s Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning request that permits a new development of as many as 99 townhouses east of Sandston in a 5-0 vote at their July 22 meeting, with Varina District Supervisor Tyrone Nelson saying the development will serve “everyday, working people.” The new development is

Officials also intend to create wetland mitigation bank concept at Varina site

At a July 22 meeting, the Henrico Board of Supervisors will consider an amendment to the Henrico Investment Program that would remove vape shops from the list of developments that the county can provide with funding. The county’s investment program offers developers a range of incentives and grants in

Could Richmond International Airport have more flights – including international flights to Europe? And does RIC want to portray itself to passengers disembarking from flights as a college town, a river city or both? Those were the crucial questions that the Capital Region Airport Commission grappled with during the first day

Before Kai Thompson started her summer camp swim lessons this summer she was only able to stand in a pool, because she didn’t know any actual strokes. But through weekly lessons at the Frank J. Thornton YMCA Aquatic Center through the Henrico Police Athletic League summer camp, the 10-year-old rising

Teens speeding on electric scooters and electric bikes on sidewalks, drivers zooming through crosswalks and instances of road rage brought out more than 100 residents of Henrico County’s Wyndham community July 14 to discuss road safety. “What we’re seeing lately – and we’ve had two crashes involving juveniles – is the motorcycle

The U.S. Postal Service says dozens of mail pieces recently found discarded along a Henrico County road were undeliverable marketing mail that spilled from a third-party contractor’s vehicle. Marsha Witherspoon found the scattered mail Monday morning along Brittles Lane and Farrand Street and turned it over to her

Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls will open its second Richmond-area location July 25, bringing its authentic New England-style lobster rolls to Short Pump. The restaurant will be located in The Shoppes at Westgate at 11761-A West Broad Street, across from Short Pump Town Center. It will open for the first

Federal Realty Investment Trust is leveraging the recently launched Henrico Tomorrow initiative – an office-focused incentive program developed by the Henrico Economic Development Authority – to renovate the West Tower office building in the Willow Lawn shopping center. The building has housed a customer support center for home security provider SimpliSafe since