A Scott’s Addition apartment project is up for a vote, a nearly 500-home development is proposed in Chesterfield, and an events venue is floated in Hanover.
A packed agenda for the City Council, a mixed-use development is proposed near Colonial Heights, and the city’s Richmond 300 master plan wins a national award.
A new affordable housing project is looking to build along Gordon Road.
Plans for Estrella Landing, an 84-unit affordable housing development, are moving forward after the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved rezoning the site.
The April 5 action by the board changed the zoning of the roughly five-acre wooded lot from an R-15 residential district to a residential multi-family moderate density designation. The proposed development, located at 4615 Gordon Road, would consist of 84 apartment units within three three-story buildings, a club house, resident community space, a playground and a covered picnic area with grills.
The apartments will include 13 single-bedroom units, 35 two-bedroom units, and 36 three-bedroom units, Stephanie Norris, a tax credit developer with Terroir Development, told commissioners.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 3.15.21
Chesterfield budget proposal includes increased BPOL threshold
Chesterfield County Administrator Joe Casey presented his proposal for the county’s fiscal year 2022 budget last week.
The $806.8 million general fund features $344.7 million in local funding to the school district, as well as $226.8 million in capital improvements that include $19 million for sidewalk upgrades. The proposed general fund for FY22 is an increase of $84.9 million (11.7 percent) compared to the adopted FY21 budget.
The budget would increase the collection threshold for the business and occupation license (BPOL) tax, upping it to $400,000 from $300,000 effective July 1. In doing so, more than 6,400 small- and medium-sized businesses would be exempt from the tax, according to the county.
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