As Chesterfield County officials work to rezone the Upper Magnolia Green property in Matoaca, they continuously face stark criticism from residents.
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After two decades of steady growth, Richmond officials are hoping that a series of planning and zoning initiatives will keep the city on an up…
Henrico County planning commissioners are recommending that the planned $2.3 billion large-scale ecodistrict known as GreenCity be built.
At a public hearing last month, the Hanover County Board of Supervisors voted to deny an application for a zoning request in the Beaverdam Dis…
POWHATAN – The Powhatan County Board of Supervisors was split in a decision last week to deny the rezoning and conditional use permit applicat…
A top-rated treehouse Airbnb along the James River in Richmond will be allowed to continue operating with a new special-use permit from the city.
The Richmond City Council later this month will consider allowing more high-rise buildings along West Broad Street around VCU and the Science …
Memorabilia and items related to the popular fantasy roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons could soon have a home in Lake Geneva, Wis., where the game originated.
The Richmond development firm Hourigan is planning to raze the Southern States silos near the Mayo Bridge to make room for a high-rise buildin…
Police brutality landed us at our reckoning on race. But the crux of this problem lies much closer to home.
The Fair Housing Act of 1968 outlawed racial discrimination in housing. However, cities and counties throughout Virginia "are more racially segregated today than they were 50 years ago," the report states.
A slate of changes to Richmond’s zoning code that would make it easier to open new emergency housing in the city cleared the Planning Commissi…
New homeless shelters cannot open in any Richmond zoning district by right.
A judge declined to bar the Richmond City Council from voting Monday, but the panel still again delayed a decision on the next phase of a rezo…
A coalition of Richmond civic associations is seeking a court order to stop the City Council from voting next week on a zoning ordinance that …
Richmond, like the rest of the country, has reached a point of reckoning. Public health is in danger, wildlife is threatened and Black people …
Facing pushback from residents, the Richmond City Council on Monday delayed a vote on the next phase of a long-planned rezoning initiative alo…
PATRICIA McCLOSKEY on Democrats: "They want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning. This forced rezoning would bring crime, lawlessness and low-quality apartments into thriving suburban neighborhoods. President Trump smartly ended this government overreach, but Joe Biden wants to bring it back." — Monday.
A proposal to build 220 more apartments at the Boulders office park in Chesterfield County was given the seal of approval by planning commissi…
It has been more than a month since the murder of George Floyd by police officers sparked global protests against racism and violence in our l…
ASHLAND -- Earlier this month, Ashland Town Council met with its Planning Commission in a rare joint meeting. Topping that agenda was action o…
HCA Virginia has withdrawn a proposal to put a free-standing emergency room in western Henrico County.
Minutes after midnight Wednesday evening, the Hanover Board of Supervisors approved controversial zoning changes to clear a path for a Wegmans…
Lynn Nesaw, center, held a sign to oppose the plan for the Wegmans distribution center at a meeting of Hanover County’s Planning Commission in…