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Henrico supervisors approve additional $34.7 million for capital projects and housing grants
The Henrico Board of Supervisors Feb. 24 unanimously approved $34.4 million in added funding for this fiscal year’s budget (the majority of which will be used to fund capital projects) and $300,000 in housing rehabilitation grants. More than $25 million of additional funding for the Fiscal Year
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In a winter marked by weather-related cancellations, RIC officials look to future construction, expansion
On Tuesday morning, Holger Droessler and his 6-year-old son, Noah, lounged on couches in the central atrium at the Richmond International Airport. Richmond was never in their travel plans returning from a trip to visit family in Munich. But because of the snowstorm in the northeast, the father and son
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Henrico Black History Month Spotlight – Hilary Teague
In honor of February as Black History Month, the Henrico Citizen will spotlight (on each weekday during the month) an important current or former Black resident of Henrico whose life has helped shape the county. Hilary Teague, a native of Henrico County who rose from modest beginnings in Virginia to
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DATA CENTER DETOUR: Inside Henrico County’s shifting mindset, one developer’s attempt to overcome it, and a community fighting back
New Market Village, a predominantly-Black middle-class suburb in Eastern Henrico, might be getting a new neighbor: a one million-square-foot data center complex that spans 27 football fields. That possibility – which could by decided Feb. 26 during a Henrico Board of Zoning Appeals meeting – is not a welcomed one for many
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Henrico Black History Month Spotlight – Aggy
In honor of February as Black History Month, the Henrico Citizen will spotlight (on each weekday during the month) an important current or former Black resident of Henrico whose life has helped shape the county. An enslaved woman known only as Aggy left behind a powerful legacy in Henrico County
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