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"The YMCA of Greater Richmond wants to set up shop in western Chesterfield County. A proposal to locate a new branch on 22 vacant acres at the intersection of Hampton Park Drive and Otterdale Road near Hull Street Road will be before the Chesterfield Planning Commission tonight. The new branch, at the entrance to the 750-home Hampton Park subdivision, would expand the Greater Richmond YMCA's footprint westward into the fastest-growing part of Chesterfield, where thousands of homes are approved but not yet built." http://www2.timesdis...ca20-ar-319810/ Wow! 25 miles outside the city. Has anyone noticed that the metro population is at 1.25 million! We are gobbling up land at a unsustainable pace. Especially if these homes are built all the way out to the Amelia County line in 5-10 years!

This is a great article about Richmond written by Stephen Koff from Cleveland.com (Cleveland Plain Dealer). Stephen Koff talks about the many other things to do in Richmond except visiting Civil War sites. http://www.cleveland...arm_with_a.html

The only thing about Virginia now is their are still no shovel ready projects! Do Virginia officials expect to get money from the federal government and they have us sit on it for the next 5 years. More than likely if we do not use that money it will funneled to another high speed rail project in another state. Is their anyway to fast track these projects to shovel ready?

'Pressure to develop mounting in Goochland' http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/19/gooc19-ar-318207/ You get what you paid for!

Chesterfield and Hanover County have won the highest national award among counties in the digital-government arena by capturing the Digital Counties Survey 2010. Chestefield won in the 250,000-499,999 residents category and Hanover won in the 150,000-249,999 resident category! http://progress-index.com/news/chesterfield-county-wins-digital-counties-survey-1.892756 http://www.govtech.com/dc/surveys/counties/90/

This is what kids did in middle school. Looks like Justin French is throwing a tantrum and needs a pacifier. He's never going to get Markel to come to the table to talk with him acting like a spoiled brat.

This is horrible news. Hopefully they can restart construction soon. Looks like they have to replace a whole wall that caved in one side.

These two Wall St Journal postings show just how Richmond has homes in every aspect of architecture and settings that appease anyone. Richmond Historic-Monument Ave (The Fan) http://online.wsj.co...YWORDS=richmond Richmond Modern-Riverside Dr-Southside (Stratford Hills) http://online.wsj.co...YWORDS=richmond

Thanks Blake for posting this! I was dreading seeing the rendering but I like it.

"VDOT to rebuild 11 bridges on I-95 In Richmond" http://www2.timesdispatch.com/business/news/2010/jul/15/vdot15-ar-296475/

Virginia has third highest job net growth in nation! Virginia is fairing way better than most states. The unemployment rate in Virginia has been consistently in the top 3-7 lowest in the nation every month during the recession. http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/virginia-politics/2010/jul/15/6/jobsgat15-ar-296755/

Regitex Inc is upgrading an existing warehouse and opening a manufacturing plant in Mecklenberg creating 60 jobs! http://www2.timesdispatch.com/business/2010/jul/15/REGIGAT15-ar-296840/

'State surplus will go to bonus, schools, water, roads' Should it be going back into the retirement fund they stole hundreds of millions out to balance the budget?

More development news out of the tri-cities! This time its Colonial Heights city council which approved a special use permit for the redevelopment of a apartment complex into mixed use. http://progress-index.com/news/council-votes-on-new-development-1.889406

Chesapeake and Suffolk have both been named to Money Magazine's 2010 list of Best Places to Live. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2010/index.html

'Virginia ends budget year with $220 million surplus' Sorry to burst Gov Bob McDonnell and the Republicans hailing this but this was Gov Kaines budget which started last year in June and ended this year! The budget for this fiscal year was passed last year! How does Gov McDonnell have anything to do with it! He wasnt even in office until this year.

More jobs coming to the Tri-Cities! Praxair Inc is building a plant in Hopwell to capture and purify carbon dioxide from the new Osage Bio-Energy Plant for freezing food, making carbonation and extracting natural gas from the ground. http://www.virginiabusiness.com/index.php/news/article/praxair-to-create-gases-operation-in-hopewell/252956/ http://progress-index.com/news/new-15-million-plant-to-be-built-in-hopewell-1.888391

"Infill across from Governor’s School" Anybody know what development this is? http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/07/13/infill-across-from-governors-school/

Busch Properties inc is selling Kingsmill Resot and Spa to Denver based Xanterra Park & Resorts Inc. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/07/kingsmill-be-sold-resort-operator-out-denver?cid=ltst

Fed unveiled interactive exhibit today http://www2.timesdispatch.com/business/business/2010/jul/12/FEDDGAT12-ar-289756/

Bigge Crane & Rigging moving its East Coast headquarters to Richmond, VA on Maury St. http://www.virginiabusiness.com/index.php/news/article/commercial-real-estate-roundup-7-12-10/249307/

Hey Burt, Theirs actually three bridges one at Tredgar Iron Works, one at 7th street, and one at Haxall Point connecting to Riverside on the James. Then 2 others connecting to Riverside on the James! The need to spend money on another one is puzzling me! I also dont know where they are launching the segways from?

Hopefully you guys dont have a money pit! I for one want light rail to suceed in Hampton Roads. If this fails then light rail will never be expanded in Hampton Roads for at least another 25 years. I guess somebody was not doing their job when surveying the soil. If you guys have settling now without the trains rolling over the tracks then you might be in for a rude awakening later down the road!

'Task force looks to revitalize downtown Richmond' Haven't we already taken this route with the Downtown Master Plan that was released last year July 9, 2009! Also how many active studies are currently going on? Well we have the Coliseum, Main St Staion(Still), BRT, Jackson Ward, Boulevard Gateway, Downtown plan(again), East End, baseball stadium, the list goes on. Time to get off your butts and implement the plans you already have on the tables before starting from scratch then maybe you will get somewhere! You know what will bring more tourism downtown? A mass transit system to get poeple around! You can think of all the major tourism city destinations in the United States. What do they have a mass transit system to get tourist from one place to another (except Orlando which is currently implementing its light rail system to connect to High Speed Rail). If you are like me I try avoiding to drive at all cost when I travel to another city! Bring back the streetcars! This is a low cost option to get tourist from one destiantion to another and its cheap to implement! Richmond Times-Dispatch http://www2.timesdis...gw09-ar-286359/ Why were they on Segways? Should we be promoting downtown as a walkable community by not having to use a segway to get around! Downtown Master Plan Dover, Kohl and Partners http://doverkohl.com...&type=2&image=1

"AMTRAK VIRGINIA INTRODUCES ADDITIONAL SERVICE BETWEEN RICHMOND, VA AND WASHINGTON, DC" starting July 20! This brings the total of trains passing through Richmond's two train stations to 18! http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/BlobServer?blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1249211868227&blobheader=application/pdf&blobhead http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/08/AR2010070804538.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/08/AR2010070804538.html http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1998453