I have always thought that the Short Pump Community was an interesting combination of small town life with bigger community aspects. Not too long ago, Short Pump was nothing more than a single road with a few small gas stations and houses. Short Pump Mom “Short Pump Mom” runs a local blog called Short Pump [...]
Circuit City Auction Goes Late Into Night
Short Pump-based Circuit City is up on the auction block. The national electronics retailer, who filed for bankruptcy in November, was in talks with several buyers as of late Wednesday night. The auction, which was supposed to start at noon, was repeatedly postponed. The chain decided to offer up the company as a whole for [...]
Will Residents Want To Live At West Broad Village?
I am sure everyone has been affected by the sheer size of the West Broad Village’s construction activities here in Short Pump. The project is 526,000 square feet, which is amazing, but is it really big enough to create the “urban village” setting that they hope for? Will it attract residents who will want to [...]
Kaechele Re-Elected As County’s Board Chair
Long-time Henrico County Board of Supervisors member David Kaechele was re-elected for his second consecutive term as chairman. Kaechele serves as Three Chopt District Supervisor, which encompasses the Short Pump area among other areas in the county’s West End. Elected with a 4-0 vote (one abstention by Tuckahoe District Supervisor and Vice Chairman Patricia O’Bannon), [...]
Short Pump-Related Planning Commission Cases: January 2009
Below are the Short Pump-related cases to be heard at the Henrico County Planning Commission meeting on Thursday, January 15, 2009. It’s a good way to keep on top of new development that’s being proposed in the Short Pump community. All meetings are open to the public and take place at 7:00 p.m. at the [...]
VDOT Opens One Lane Of New Flyover Ramp
After a series of delays and setbacks, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is finally ready to open a single lane of the new I-295/I-64 flyover ramp. The new flyover will carry motorists from Interstate 64 westbound to Interstate 295 northbound and relieve the current exit loop, which is aging and overcrowded. VDOT Spokeswoman Dawn [...]
Woman Killed In Single-Vehicle SUV Accident
A local woman was killed this weekend on Springfield Road near Echo Lake Park when she over-corrected her 1994 Ford Explorer while rounding a sharp curve, Henrico Police said. 58-year-old Barbara Daniel, of the 3000 block of Stone Arbor Lane, was killed on impact. The woman was not wearing a seatbelt when her car flipped [...]
Tractor-Trailer Filled With Frozen Chickens Overturns On I-64
A tractor-trailer accident on Interstate 64 early Monday morning snarled rush hour traffic for hours. A truck carrying 80,000 pounds of frozen chickens overturned on the eastbound side of the interstate at mile marker 181, just east of the Gaskins Road exit, around 3:00 a.m. State Police blocked off the center and left hand lanes [...]
VDOT Explains Strange Overnight Noises
Many area residents wrote us emails asking if we knew what the source of a strange noise was last week. The noise was described by most as a large jackhammer or heavy equipment doing demolition work, and was extremely loud. As we suspected, it was the sound of construction work on the I-295/I-64 flyover project. [...]
