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Residents press board on recovery housing, adjacent data center, sports facilities and water treatment at public comment
Summary
Residents used the Sept. 9 public-comment period to press Henrico County supervisors on a range of local issues including requests for badminton facilities, neighborhood impacts from a privately operated recovery house, concern about a large data center across the county line, delayed rezoning notices and a water-additive allegation.
Multiple residents used the Sept. 9 public-comment period at the Henrico County Board of Supervisors meeting to raise distinct civic concerns ranging from recreational facilities to neighborhood safety and regional infrastructure impacts.
Badminton facilities: Matthew Verghese, speaking on behalf of roughly 550 community members, asked the county to consider more dedicated badminton facilities. Verghese said current public-court time is limited and overcrowded at Deep Run Recreation and Eastern Henrico Recreation Park; he told the board players travel outside Henrico to find weekday access. He said the badminton community would consider coinvesting and framed badminton as a growing, competitive sport that needs equitable access alongside county investments in other sports.
Neighborhood concerns about a recovery home: Thomas Rogers (who said he and his wife live at 903 Turnbull Ave.) testified about a property at 904 Turnbull Avenue he described as operating as a “sober living” or recovery house he says…
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