A conceptual site plan of the Main Street Homes subdivision. (County documents)
10-home subdivision with 5-acre lots up for vote in Powhatan
The Powhatan County Board of Supervisors will hear on Monday a proposal from Main Street Homes, through its Windswept Development LLC, to rezone from agricultural to rural residential around 60 acres on the north side of Anderson Highway for a 10-lot subdivision in the county’s Fifth District.
Lots for the project would be a minimum of 5 acres each, and the project would include a 50-foot-wide internal road.
Per project documents, the proposal would combine two adjacent parcels for 10 single-family homes on the newly created road.
Staff recommends approval of the rezoning. According to the staff report, the 2021 Comprehensive Plan designates the properties as “rural areas and protected lands,” though the parcels are adjacent to an existing rural residential subdivision, and the rezoning would “meet the Board of Supervisors’ Strategic Plan priority of providing a variety of housing options.”
Across the river in Goochland County, Main Street Homes got a recommendation of approval from the planning commission earlier this month for a 38-home neighborhood on Manakin Road called Tuckahoe West. It would fill part of the 124-acre property that’s just west of Main Street’s Tuckahoe Bridge, a 98-home community that Main Street completed in recent years just north of Sycamore Creek Golf Course.
Hanover board to consider auto dealer’s mixed-use project in Mechanicsville
A conceptual plan for the project planned at Creighton Parkway and Mechanicsville Turnpike, which would feature commercial space and 120 townhomes. (County documents)
The Hanover Board of Supervisors is slated Wednesday to vote on a mixed-use project pitched by a prominent local car dealer.
An LLC tied to Larry Page of Page Auto Group is seeking zoning approval for a retail development and 120 townhomes on a 41-acre site at the Mechanicsville Turnpike and Creighton Parkway intersection. Eastwood Homes has been tapped to build the for-sale townhomes planned at the site.
The project at 6297 Mechanicsville Turnpike would feature a Sheetz and either a self-storage facility or daycare. The applicant is seeking to rezone the property to General Business (B-3), Community Business (B-2) and Multi-Family Residential (RM), each with conditions.
The largely undeveloped property is currently zoned Agricultural (A-1) and B-3. A portion of the site was rezoned in 2004 for a shopping center that never materialized, according to a staff report.
Planning commissioners voted to recommend approval in September. The agenda for this week’s supervisors meeting can be found here.
200-acre Nunnally Village project advances in Chesterfield
A conceptual plan for the Nunnally Village project, with residential areas shown in yellow and multi-use in orange. (County documents)
A mixed-use project that would feature a hospital and a Kroger grocery store has gotten the green light from the Chesterfield Planning Commission.
Commissioners last week endorsed the rezoning request tied to the Nunnally Village project, which is planned to include several hundred thousand square feet of commercial space and up to 1,000 residential units on a 204-acre site at the intersection of Hull Street and Otterdale roads.
Henrico-based real estate firm Markel | Eagle Partners and local developer Ed Nunnally are behind the project.
In addition to the 135,000-square-foot Kroger, there would also be multiple restaurants operated by EAT Restaurant Partners, the local group that operates eateries such as Wong’s Tacos, Fat Dragon and Osaka.
The HCA hospital is planned for a 24-acre site in the project area. HCA secured state regulatory approval earlier this year to open a 60-bed, $260 million hospital on the property, and the health system plans to expand the facility to a total of 200 beds over time.
The project team has previously said Nunnally Village would be similar to the GreenGate development in Short Pump, which is also a Markel | Eagle project. Nunnally Village would be built on a multi-parcel assemblage that includes 16100 and 16500 Hull Street and other addresses. The land is owned by an LLC tied to Markel | Eagle and the Nunnally family, which plan to develop the project in a joint venture.
The applicant is seeking to rezone the site to Corridor Commercial (CC) and Transitional Residential (TR), as well as conditional-use approval and adjustments to ordinance requirements. The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors is slated to decide the zoning request at a future meeting.
$16M contract award, condemnation for Fall Line Trail on Henrico agenda
Henrico supervisors meet in regular session Tuesday at 6 p.m.
The board will hold a public hearing on a resolution to authorize condemnation proceedings for property needed for the Fall Line Trail Longdale Phase project. The county needs to acquire about 4,000 square feet of utility easements across properties at 1501 and 1519 Mountain Road and owned by Ridge Homes LLC. According to the agenda, the county offered over $6,600 for the property interests but the parties have not reached an agreement.
The board is expected to award a $15.9 million contract to Crowder Construction Co. for the Fall Line Trail – Southern Sections project. The project package includes four Fall Line Trail projects: Lakeside Community Trail Phase 2, Lakeside Community Trail Phase 3, Brook Road and Hilliard Road Trail, and the Hilliard Road Safety and Mobility Improvements.
Work on the project is anticipated to begin in November and be completed within 730 calendar days. Crowder’s bid was the lowest of two received for the projects.
The board also will schedule a public hearing for Nov. 10 on proposed ordinance amendments to levy a 3.5% tax on local marijuana sales, and to prohibit consuming or offering to others marijuana or marijuana products in public parks, playgrounds, public streets or any sidewalk adjoining any public street. The amendments also prohibit consuming or possessing marijuana on public school grounds and establish hours for licensed marijuana retail sales.
The full meeting agenda can be viewed here.
Henrico names assistant as acting emergency communications chief
Rebekah Taylor
Henrico named Rebekah Taylor acting chief of emergency communications. Taylor previously served as assistant director for the department and succeeds Kevin Pond, who had served as chief since 2023 and has accepted a position as a battalion chief with the Henrico Division of Fire.
As acting chief, Taylor will head the emergency communications department that operates the county’s 911 call center, processing emergency and nonemergency calls for police, fire and EMS assistance. She also will direct the county’s public safety radio communications operations and support staff. The department has an approved staff of 98 and a budget of $13.3 million for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
An employee with emergency communications since 2010, Taylor has risen through the department’s ranks, holding positions including communications officer, master communications officer, communications supervisor and administrative communications supervisor. She was named assistant director in 2023, and she also served as a volunteer firefighter with Hanover Fire-EMS from 2003 to 2023, including four years as president.
Jackson Ward Community Plan, VUU apartments advance to city council
A rendering of the hospital site apartments as they would appear along Overbrook shows part of the two-story hospital building that would be preserved and worked into the development.
At its meeting last week, the Richmond Planning Commission adopted the Jackson Ward Community Plan as an amendment to the Richmond 300 plan. The nearly 480-page document had been in the works for four years and is intended to guide development in the neighborhood.
The commission approved a conceptual review of a public works department plan to install removable bollards on a weekly basis along the blocks around East Franklin Street between North 17th Street and North 18th Street in Shockoe Bottom. The bollards would be installed and removed Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights with the goal of pedestrianizing those blocks, limiting vehicular traffic and deterring crime.
The commission recommended approval with conditions of a special-use request from Virginia Union University for a six-story, 100-unit apartment building it’s planning at 1209 Overbrook Road. City council will decide the request at a future meeting.
Richmond seeks public input on Manchester connector, pedestrian safety master plan
The City of Richmond seeks public input on two pedestrian-related initiatives in the works.
The public works department invites citizens to attend a public input meeting for the Manchester Connection to James River Project on Wednesday.
The meeting will be held at Main Street Station from 6-8 p.m. and provide an opportunity to review project plans and proposed pedestrian trail and bridge improvements intended to enhance connectivity and access to the James River. Project representatives will be available to answer questions and gather feedback.
Written and oral comments will be accepted during the meeting. Those unable to attend may submit written comments by email to project manager Thomas Westbrook at thomas.westbrook@rva.gov. All comments must be emailed or postmarked by Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. Comments can be mailed to Westbrook at 900 E. Broad St., Sixth Floor, Richmond, VA 23219.
Meanwhile, the Richmond Department of Transportation is inviting citizens to help shape the city’s first Pedestrian Safety Master Plan, an effort to make walking and rolling safer, more accessible and better connected throughout Richmond, according to a release.
The plan will evaluate existing pedestrian conditions, identify gaps and barriers in the pedestrian network and establish priorities for future pedestrian safety and accessibility improvements for people of all ages and abilities, the city said. The completed plan would provide a citywide framework for identifying needs, prioritizing improvements and informing future project development.
RDOT will consider community feedback alongside crash data, existing infrastructure conditions, accessibility needs and other technical analyses to identify pedestrian safety needs and establish priorities for future improvements.
The survey can be taken here and closes Nov. 19.
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