For $1, Henrico County recently purchased a five-mile stretch of the Kanawha Canal from railroad company CSX. The county intends to replace all four bridges on the 65-acre site.
County officials and CSX leaders celebrated the sale on Friday at the Roslyn Retreat Center, which sits just off of the
In a new proposal from Henrico Planning Director Joe Emerson, about 26% of Henrico’s landmass and almost half of the Varina District would be classified as rural or conservation land, potentially limiting future urban development in those areas.
At a Henrico Board of Supervisors work session Sept. 23, Emerson
At a 3:30 p.m. special meeting Sept. 23, the Henrico Board of Supervisors will give an update on the Comprehensive Plan, which sets the county’s vision for 2045.
The plan is expected to focus on improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists, and other new ways to utilize land.
At its Sept. 11 meeting, the Henrico Planning Commission recommended denial of a request from Wagner Urban Logistics LLC for a permit to build a data center in Varina, not far from Baker Elementary School.
The recommendation is part of a potential trend toward more caution from the county related