Posted on: June 18, 2022
Thursday evening, June 16th, a severe thunderstorm and an EF1 Tornado passed through a portion Goochland County.
The Goochland County Sheriff’s Office, Goochland County Fire-Rescue, and numerous citizens rallied together to help one another overnight and throughout the day Friday. Following the storm, approximately 3,700 power outages were reported between...
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Posted on: June 18, 2022
This is an important storm recovery information and resources update for citizens as they recover from Thursday evenings storm.
The County activated our Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and hotline (804-556-5678) on Friday to assist citizens. Citizens are encouraged to call 804-556-5678 to report storm damage to homes and businesses or request storm related ass...
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Posted on: May 25, 2022
In the next couple of weeks, Goochland residents will be receiving a mailer explaining the changes in their Congressional, State Senate, and House of Delegates districts.
Please note that this mailer may not reflect all changes to precinct/polling places. As Goochland County will not be holding a primary election in June, any local changes will take place prior to the November election.
Here is an exampl...
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www.goochlandva.us/vote
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Posted on: May 20, 2022
On Thursday, May 19, the Goochland County Board of Supervisors provided tax relief to residents by extending, by almost two months, the time to pay real estate and personal property taxes without penalty or interest.
Tax bills were issued with a June 6, 2022 date for payment, but the Board took action to allow payments to be made through August 1, 2022 without any penalty or interest. The extension of time to pay without penalty or interest applies to real estate, per...
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Posted on: May 6, 2022
At the Goochland County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022, Interim County Administrator Manuel Alvarez recognized Alyssa Lewis, Greater Richmond Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Unit Coordinator and the Greater Richmond MRC (serving the Ci...
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Posted on: May 3, 2022
The Goochland County Board of Supervisors announced at its May 3rd meeting that Victor J. “Vic” Carpenter will be the county’s next County Administrator.
Carpenter will begin his duties as County Administrator effective June 20, 2022, succeeding Manuel “Manny” Alvarez, Jr. who has served as Interim County Administrator since August 2021.
Carpenter is currently the County Administrator fo...
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Posted on: April 25, 2022
On Tuesday, April 19, 2022, the Goochland County Board of Supervisors adopted the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Budget, which begins on July 1, 2022.
The adopted FY 2023 total County Budget of $124.4 million advances county priorities, maintains the real estate tax rate at $0.53 per $100 assessed value for Calendar Year 2022, decreases the Personal Property Tax Rate by $0.20 to $3.75 per $100 assessed ...
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Posted on: March 23, 2022
Goochland’s Community Development department has provided an update on the Goochland County Village Plans 2022 efforts and added additional information and resources to the Goochland County Village Plans 2022 website.
Visit www.goochlandva.us/villageplans2022 to see the latest information including:
- Video Short: News flash about the Kick-Off Community Meetings.
- Kick-off Meeting Presentation video and slides added for each village
- Links to the consultant teams websites
- Prev...
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Posted on: February 7, 2022
Goochland County is initiating two small area plans, one for the Courthouse Village and one for the Centerville Village.
The County is experiencing significant growth pressures, especially in the Courthouse and Centerville Villages. The County’s Comprehensive Plan addresses these areas at a high level, but small area plans will provide more specific guidance inclu...
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Posted on: January 24, 2022
The Goochland County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 to elect District 2 Supervisor Neil Spoonhower as Chair and District 4 Supervisor Don Sharpe as Vice-Chair for 2022.
Mr. Spoonhower and Mr. Sharpe are serving as the Board’s Chair and Vice-Chair for the first time. Both were elected in 2019 and are serving their first term as supervisor. Mr. Spoonhower succeeds District 3 Supervisor John Lumpkins, Jr...
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Posted on: January 20, 2022
Due to inclement weather, Goochland County is rescheduling the final January 20th Redistricting Community Meeting that was to occur at 6:30 p.m. at Salem Baptist Church.
Please stay tuned to county’s Redistricting website (www.goochlandva.us/redistricting), county website (www.goochlandva.us), and social media channels for an announcement of the rescheduled Redistricting Community Meeting. This will be the seven...
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Posted on: December 14, 2021
Governor Ralph Northam on Monday announced the award of a $79 million grant to Firefly Fiber Broadband, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, and its partner Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC).
The funding from the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) grant will support the $288 million project which endeavors to offer universal access to gigabit speed broadband service to 36,000 unserved homes and businesses in 13 counties in Central Vi...
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Posted on: November 10, 2021
Goochland County announced progress toward extending broadband coverage to all of its residents and businesses.
Today, Senator Mark Peake and Delegate Lee Ware joined Goochland officials and representatives from Firefly Fiber BroadbandSM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, Dominion Energy, and Rappahannock Electric Cooperative to ce...
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Posted on: October 13, 2021
On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, Fitch Ratings, Inc. (Fitch) assigned its highest credit rating to Goochland County.
When combined with its existing AAA rating from Standard and Poor’s (S&P) and Aaa rating from Moody’s, Goochland County becomes the smallest county in the United States to have earned the highest rating from all three credit rating agencies.  ...
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Fitch Assigns 'AAA' IDR to Goochland County,
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Posted on: July 2, 2021
Efforts to significantly expand broadband internet service in the Central Virginia Region moved forward with the announcement of a regional partnership among nine Central Virginia counties and the energy utilities serving the region.
Dominion Energy Virginia, Firefly Fiber BroadbandSM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative and the Counties of Albemarle, Appomattox, Buckingham, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Greene, Loui...
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Posted on: July 2, 2021
Efforts to significantly expand broadband internet service in Goochland County moved forward with the announcement of a regional partnership among nine Central Virginia counties and the energy utilities serving the region.
Goochland County, Dominion Energy Virginia, Firefly Fiber BroadbandSM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, and Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to advance a regional pa...
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