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CHAIRMAN MARIE VAYER PACK THE TRAILER WITH SUPPLIES FOR VETHOUSE.
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The Southern Air Line (SAL)
railroad once split the proposed generosity in support of these service
Matoaca Mega Site, and the rail bed the Alzheimer’s
transportation mega company left behind Vetshouse projects.” Regent Cheryl DeVine-Holick, along
is now a 10-foot cutthrough of the 1,675 with members Bettie Beaudrias, Angela
acres slated for the home of industry. A trailer loaded with nonperishable Specialty Center
Heading south in a straight line foods, snacks, drinks, paper products, and
parallel with Branders Bridge Road, other household necessities headed to the
The Virginia Daughters of the American
what now looks like a well-traveled Village News Special Section
old dirt road skirts east along a huge Vetshouse in Virginia Beach last month. November 15, 2017
natural lake created by an earthen dam ABOUT 150 PEOPLE ATTENDED A MEETING ABOUT THE MATOACA META SITE ON BRANDERS BRIDGE ROAD ON
constructed by the SAL in lieu of a MONDAY EVENING. IN CONTRAST TO LAST WEEK’S MEETING THE GROUP WAS SUBDUED WHILE LISTENING TO A Revolution adopted Vetshouse as their
in Short Pump, held over the weekend
bridge. The shadows of pine, oak, and PRESENTATION BY CHESTERFIELD COUNTY LEADERS. service project during their Fall Forum
cool hiding places for its abundance of 5,000 dirty number to BARD group meeting at the Hilton Richmond Hotel
magnolia crawl from the banks creating
fish. of Sept. 15 and 16. Ten members of the
In the mid-1900s, the SAL BY DANIELLE OZBAT 5,000 homes being built in Chester off back against the Mega Site. Bermuda Hundred Chapter attended.
passenger trains almost took flight at The Matoaca Mega Site controversy Branders Bridge Road. Julie Ranson, who built the BARD The project was suggested by
over 100 miles per hour as they passed has led to the re-formation of a group After the announcement of the website, said she first heard about the Princess Anne County Chapter Regent
through Chester, the traveler barely known as Bermuda Advocates for mega site, Mike Uzel, the head organizer mega site when Gov. Terry McAuliffe Jane Amelon after she visited Vetshouse
seeing one of the hidden treasures of Responsible Development (BARD), of BARD, started a Facebook page for came to the county. Ranson attended the and realized their dire need for
Chesterfield. But the same steel rails which was originally formed in the Matoaca Mega Site, and an official first info session, and despite arriving 15 supplies. State Regent Judith Joy Surber
also carried the materials of industry opposition to the Branner Station BARD website was recently created for minutes early, she said it was packed and immediately supported the idea, and State
– citrus, forestry products, paper, and development that would have led to citizens who are interested in fighting a poor way for people to get information. DAR Service for Veterans Committee Demential Connection - Preparing the Family Holiday
steel. Ranson has lived in Chesterfield for Chairman Marie Vayer, organized the
The Matoaca Mega Site is not only 13 years and she said the Mega Site is drive. Members across the state donated presented by the Alzheimer’s Association
a plot of land that could be the location its residential zoning. But in the same which allowed us be part of the October going to affect many people (including the thousands of items that were sorted,

Sunflower Gardens cutting-edge Alzheimer’s Specialty Center
of new industry of the highest use, but Comprehensive Plan, the Bikes and Planning Commission meeting agenda.” herself), not just those who live in boxed, and packed in the trailer during the Wednesday, October 18 th 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Vetshouse Inc. has been serving
rail will access just as the SAL did Trails plan indicates that the Linear Park Hart said he didn’t expect the Bermuda District, and that they would
so many years ago. The rail with its Trail, the same railroad bed that runs negative response to the rezoning. lose property or see decline in property Fall Forum meeting. Surprises
adjacent road, according to Chesterfield’s through the Mega Site is still shown on Chesterfield Transportation value. HOLIDAY ISSUE
Economic Development, will change Comprehensive Plan maps. Department Director Jess Smith said his Another BARD member who does over 800 homeless veterans since 1992. is designed with neighborhoods around a town center – giving residents with
southeastern Chesterfield in ways which “It’s a game changer for us and the department has been analyzing possible not live in the general area of the site but Their 12-month program offers housing,
only 5,000 new jobs for the community region,” said Garrett Hart, director of East West Freeway routes for a year, and said the entire county would be affected food, clothing, and guidance of job skills Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia the chance to live normal lives.
can do. the Economic Development Authority of before that when the rezoning for the by the Mega Site is Freddy Boisseau. and placement to homeless veterans of
More houses, more businesses, Chesterfield County. “We want projects mega residential development Branners Like Ranson, Boisseau attended the first the U.S. Armed Forces to facilitate their “Come take a walk through town with us”
Other service projects carried out
more crowded schools, more traffic, and that attract millennials, but it’s not my Station with 5,000 homes was to be meeting and was not impressed by the return to productive lifestyles. Reservations and Deposits are now being taken 05 Nov. 15, 2017 Holiday gift buying
loss of property. These are the arguments job to convince anyone.” built. format. OCTOBER 04, 2017
or issues discussed at Monday night’s Michael Uzel, founder of the “All of the conceptual alignments Ranson fears what the impact of at the meeting included the collection of 5305 Plaza Drive Prince George, VA 23860 804-452-5000 from our local merchants
meeting. Bermuda Association for Responsible were shown on displays at the first the highway as does their fellow BARD old cell phones to be restored and given
In 2006, the Branners Station Development, asked Hart in an e-mail public meeting and will be provided member, Stephen Pentecost. Ranson to women in Texas and Florida disaster www.sunflower-gardens.com
rezoning for the 1,675 acres turned about the short amount of time between at all future meetings,” Smith said. said the Matoaca rezoning website areas. Snack items and drinks were
the rail bed into a north-south major the Mega Site announcement and the “The analysis of the impacts of these uses vague words on their site to make designated for the USO welcome centers THE APPLIANCE PLACE •
arterial that ran from the proposed rezoning hearing that is needed for alignments will also be provided,” he the claim that property values will rise in their Virginia facilities for traveling
Mega Site and ended at the railway industrial to be located there. added. Smith also said he has been because people will want to live close to military and their families. Empty ink
abutments on Chester Road supposedly “We will not place our application working in the transportation department where they work, of which Pentecost is cartridges will be recycled and the funds
to reduce traffic issues. Two years later, on the Planning Commission agenda for 15 years, and the East-West Freeway doubtful. raised sent to the DAR Schools. Surber
the economy crashed, and the Branners until it is complete and includes the and the Comprehensive Plan map have “There is no guarantee that the issued, “Special thanks to the VADAR
Station developer canceled the project. information from our studies and public always been on the map. He continued people who will work at this site would daughters for their overwhelming
In 2012, County’s Comprehensive input,” Hart responded. “We filed the that he went back to what was the first utilize the proposed east-west highway.
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