Goochland Gazette, 9/24/2008 - More than a dozen Goochland residents showed up at last week’s Planning Commission meeting to find out how a proposed change in the federal flood plain map might affect their properties.
According to county officials, the adoption of the new maps shouldn’t change much.
Richmond Times-Dispatch, 8/4/2008 - Goochland County planners are expected to present a comprehensive plan that revisits which designated growth areas are likely to grow.
Goochland Gazette, 7/30/2008 - What is sustainable agriculture?
According to Lisa Dearden, the Executive Director of the Center for Rural Culture (CFRC) sustainable agriculture is simply this: What you see now, you will see into perpetuity. It is preserving the land, and the way we use the land, for our children, and our children’s children.
Goochland Gazette, 7/16/2008 - Goochland’s Board of Supervisors and School Board are still not on the same page regarding just how to address the county’s expanding student population.
For the past several years, enrollment figures have steadily increased, leaving some classrooms near or at capacity.
At last week board meeting, supervisors got their first look at exactly what these renovations could cost at one location, Goochland Elementary School.
Goochland Gazette, 7/9/2008 - After eight days on the river and 120 miles of low water, hard poling and walking a two-ton boat over sharp rocks, Ellen Blankinship was ready for a cold drink.
“And a hot shower,” she was quick to add as her boat, The Spirit of the James, was the first to land at Maidens Landing last weekend.
