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Developer breaks ground on $500M Midtown64 mixed-use site in Henrico • Henrico School Board poised to make final vote on school redistricting proposal Dec. 18

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Developer breaks ground on $500M Midtown64 mixed-use site in Henrico

Developer Greenberg Gibbons broke ground Dec. 16 on Midtown64 – a more than $500-million mixed-use project that will take shape on 46 acres that formerly housed the Genworth Financial headquarters in Henrico's Near West End. Click here to read more

Henrico School Board poised to make final vote on school redistricting proposal Dec. 18
At a 4 p.m. meeting Dec. 18, Henrico School Board members are expected to vote on a proposal that would redistrict around 680 students next fall. The current redistricting plan, which has been changed several times since it was first drafted in early September, would impact the following school
Henrico CitizenLiana Hardy, Government and Education Reporter
Henrico police officers, sheriff’s deputies help 125 kids shop for Christmas gifts
Law enforcement officers came together to make sure some children have what they need for the holidays at the Henrico Fraternal Order of Police’s annual Cops and Kids Christmas Program. The event brought together 125 children from schools in Henrico and New Kent for breakfast at the Sandston Moose Lodge.
Henrico CitizenWTVR CBS 6
Henrico man to serve more than 3 years in prison after firearm conviction
A Henrico man was sentenced Dec. 10 to three years and six months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Court documents for the District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia showed that on Oct. 16, 2024, a Richmond Police officer observed Barion Quinto Wright,
Henrico CitizenCitizen Staff Reports
Virginia Dept. of Ed projects K-12 schools will need $1.2 billion over next two years
Virginia’s recently published enrollment data indicates that state schools will need about $1.2 billion over the next two years, more than was projected just weeks ago amid challenges in funding other key areas. Enrollment data is the main factor in calculating Standards of Quality costs — the formula that
Henrico CitizenNathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury
Savvy Senior: Tips and tools for adapting to vision loss
Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some good resources or products that can help seniors with severe vision loss? My wife has diabetic retinopathy, and it’s gotten worse over the past year. -Need Help Dear Need, I’m very sorry about your wife’s vision loss, but you’ll
Henrico CitizenJim Miller, Special to the Citizen

Concert Ballet of Virginia to present 'The Nutcracker Ballet' Dec. 20-21 at Tucker High School

Central Virginia Dance Academy's 'The Nutcracker' planned Dec. 18-21 at Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen

ALSO MAKING NEWS

• Varina High School senior drops legal fight over sports eligibility, transfers to private school (ABC 8)
• Developer of Varina data center project continues backing plan (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
• Man in hospital after shooting in Henrico (ABC 8)

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Henrico News Minute – Dec. 16, 2025
Henrico supervisors scheduled to vote tonight on tougher vape shop standards; Arkansas police intercept a massive amount of marijuana headed for Henrico County; a behind-the-scenes look at the Henrico Christmas Mother program; GRTC driver charged in the death of a bicyclist struck by a bus in October.
Henrico CitizenCitizen Staff Reports
TRENDING THIS WEEK ON HENRICOCITIZEN.COM

• More than half of Henrico's public schools ranked as ‘off track’ or in need of ‘intensive support’ by new state system
• Henrico Christmas Mother program brings 'a lot of hope and comfort during the holidays'
• Star-studded class of 9 to be inducted into Virginia Sports Hall of Fame during Henrico ceremony
• 2 arrested and charged in fatal Henrico hotel shooting
• Henrico School Board makes $48M request to county for 'much-needed' maintenance funds

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