Facility on Nine Mile Road offers more space and an efficient, ‘trauma-informed’ design
The $10 million, 30,735-square-foot East Center, at 3908 Nine Mile Road, is replacing a clinic about half its size in leased space on Laburnum Avenue.
Henrico officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to mark the opening of the Henrico Area Mental Health & Developmental Services (MHDS) East Center, a facility designed to offer a range of mental health, substance abuse, early intervention and same-day access services to residents in a three-county area.
The $10 million, 30,735-square-foot East Center, at 3908 Nine Mile Road, is replacing a clinic about half its size in leased space on Laburnum Avenue. MHDS serves adults experiencing the effects of — or who are at risk for — mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance-use disorders and children with developmental delay in Henrico, Charles City and New Kent counties.
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Henrico shares honor following Pulse launch, GRTC route expansion
The 2018 launch of the Pulse bus rapid transit system and expansion of GRTC Transit System routes in Henrico County are being lauded by a pro-growth group as part of a “transit revolution” for the region.
The Greater Washington Partnership, a group of business leaders that promotes unity and growth from Richmond to Baltimore, on Tuesday released a case study on the region’s transit system changes. It found a 17% increase in local ridership from July 2018 through April compared with the same period the previous year. During that time, transit ridership nationally dropped by 2%, according to the study.
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The Henrico County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, June 25 recognized each magisterial district’s winner of the Land Lover Award and the countywide winner of the Clean Business Award. Continue reading Henrico salutes owners of exceptional residential, business properties
The 27 awards stemmed from 32 entries for 2019 and are the most of any county in Virginia for the 14th consecutive year. Henrico’s total is the seventh most nationally. Continue reading Henrico wins NACo awards for 27 government, school programs
The job fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Community College Workforce Alliance’s Workforce Development & Conference Center at Reynolds Community College, 1651 E. Parham Road. Continue reading Job fair set for June 21 following Colortree plant closure
The meeting will highlight the difference between community officers, school resource officers and traffic enforcement officers.
The meeting will be held at Tuckahoe Area Library, 1901 Starling Drive, with sessions at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Continue reading Tuckahoe Town Meeting on July 15 to explain Police officer roles
Henrico Master Gardeners will answer questions and lead tours of Short Pump Park’s Pollinator Garden, which attracts butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, songbirds, bees and other pollinators. Continue reading Henrico County Master Gardeners to hold butterfly festival and plant sale
Henrico County held a ground-breaking ceremony today to commemorate the start of construction on a cricket field at Deep Run Park.
Crews started site work this month on a $648,900 project to renovate three existing multipurpose fields to create a cricket field that includes a clay pitch and meets the standards of the International Cricket Council. The playing fields are currently terraced, with each measuring 180 feet by 330 feet.
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The Henrico County office of Virginia Cooperative Extension is accepting enrollments in SMART Lawns Continue reading Henrico Extension opens enrollment for SMART Lawns program
The Annual Summer Kickoff Job Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will feature more than 25 employers from high-demand industries, including manufacturing, transportation, logistics, skilled trades, health care and hospitality. Continue reading Virginia Career Works Capital Region to hold job fair June 12