ANDREW CAIN
Richmond Times-Dispatch
The four Republican candidates for attorney general broadly agree on certain policy issues â such as holding the Parole Board accountable and opposing the ending of qualified immunity for police officers.
But they tout significantly different life and work experience that they say makes them their partyâs best bet in the May 8 convention and in the November election.
The GOP candidates are Leslie Haley, a member of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors; Del. Jason Miyares, R-Virginia Beach; Chuck Smith, a former head of the Virginia Beach GOP; and Jack White, a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito who is a partner at a Tysons Corner law firm.
Chesterfield supervisors sign off on Rockwood area redevelopment plan
April 29, 2021
The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors voted to approve the Rockwood Special Focus Area plan Wednesday. The land-use plan will guide the project area toward higher-density residential and mixed-use development. (
Courtesy of Chesterfield County)
Chesterfield County has a new roadmap to guide the redevelopment of aging retail centers at the corner of Hull Street and Courthouse roads toward a mixed-use future.
The Board of Supervisors on Wednesday voted unanimously to adopt the Rockwood Special Focus Area plan. The long-range land-use plan is focused on an area of 673 acres centered on the Rockwood Square, Oxbridge Square and Rockwood Plaza shopping centers, which are near Rockwood Park. The park is also part of the design area.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 4.26.21
April 26, 2021
Four of the city-owned properties declared surplus, clockwise from top left: the Public Safety Building at Ninth and Leigh streets; the parking lot at 609 E. Grace St.; the Theatre Row Building on Broad Street; the Coliseum. (
BizSense file and submitted photos)
City real estate plan, Theatre Row Building renovation on council agenda
The Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with a budget amendment work session at 1 p.m. and an informal meeting at 4 p.m.
Business on the 6 p.m. regular meeting agenda includes a vote on the city’s Biennial Real Estate Plan, which proposes the sale and disposal of 77 city-owned parcels considered surplus properties.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 4.5.21
Courtesy City of Richmond)
Street murals, TOD zoning on city planning agenda
The Richmond Planning Commission meets at 1:30 p.m. Monday. Full agenda here.
Business on the regular agenda includes a proposal from Bike Walk RVA to paint street murals and install wooden planter boxes as traffic-calming measures on Hull Street at 11th Street and at Lynnhaven and Wright avenues in the Oak Grove-Bellemeade neighborhood.
The murals would be painted by Richmond artist Silly Genius and are intended to enliven the areas and alert drivers to pedestrians and bicyclists. The murals would be multicolored and funded by Sports Backers/Bike Walk RVA through an AARP Community Challenge Grant.