The Town Council of Ashland approved one of the largest and most detrimental developments to Ashland and Hanover’s future quality of life this evening. All of the questions and concerns raised by previous posts remain unanswered.
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Two massive mixed-use projects, East Ashland and Providence Creek, proposed to be built along Route 54 east of I-95 will heavily impact our mobility, our taxes, and our quality of life. We implore the Hanover County Board of Supervisors and Ashland Town Council to fully consider the development proposals and their potential impacts on existing [...]
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On a 6-1 vote, the Hanover County Planning Commission, in its February 18 meeting, sent the county portion of East Ashland forward to the Board of Supervisors.
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Approximately 25 citizens turned out for the final hearing on the Parks and Recreation Department’s Master Plan January 25. Several mountain biking enthusiasts questioned language in the draft plan that seemed to proscribe bike trails in Poor Farm Park. Park staff and the Parks Commission assured the citizens that such was not the intent and [...]
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The Parks & Rec Advisory Commission meets Monday, January 25, 7:00 p.m. at the Parks & Rec office (13017 Taylor Complex Lane off Route 54) to receive public comment and discuss the final draft of the 20-year Master Plan before submitting it to the Board of Supervisors. The plan shows many new athletic fields and [...]
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The East Ashland zoning cases for both the town and county portions were deferred in public hearings before the Ashland Town Council on January 19 and the Hanover County Planning Commission on January 21, respectively. For the town’s case, Ashland Partners, L.L.C. asked for a work session with the Town Council and Planning Commission in [...]
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Approximately 40 citizens turned out at the Mechanicsville Library on December 14 for a public meeting on the Hanover County Parks & Recreation Department’s draft master plan. Citizen concerns included the loss of natural areas to ball fields; the cost of maintenance for fields (lights, mowing, irrigation); lack of connectivity among parks; seeming priority of [...]
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The citizens’ voice is part of the equation that makes a livable community. For a number of weeks now, CHF has advocated for citizens to be alert to the big picture of development impacts relating to three parcels along the Route 54 corridor east of I-95. They are the proposed East Ashland and Providence Creek, [...]
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At the November 19 public hearing on the proposed Providence Creek mixed-use (MX) development, the Hanover County Planning Commission voted 5-0 to deny the application, sending it on to the Board of Supervisors. This development together with the East Ashland proposal would total almost a million square feet of retail, office and commercial space and [...]
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The Ashland Planning Commission in their November 18 public hearing on the East Ashland zoning case recommended denial, citing a number of insufficiently addressed issues. The density, traffic flow and volume, a strained I-95 interchange, environmental concerns and design elements have all been at the center of this high profile, mixed use proposal.
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