Powhatan Today, February 8, 2017
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P RO PE RT Y T R A N S F E R S 2758 Beaverrun Road, Powhatan; Raymond E. Grant to Johnny D. Ovracre, $225,000. 2366 Bel Crest circle, Midlothian; Warner T. Ferguson to Kevin P. Benner, $625,000. 889 Dogwood Dell Lane, Midlothian; National Residential Nominee Services Inc. to Frederick J. Zirkel, $484,900. 3522 Fairfield Road, Powhatan; Larry L. Richardson Jr. to Roger D. Braswell, $237,000. 2171 Hunters Mill Road, Powhatan; JCM III LLC to Benjamin E. Walters Jr., $377,500. 2861 Maple Grove Lane, Powhatan; Donna L. Goff Revocable Trust to Kenneth J. Lazzaro, $425,700. 1679 Mill Quarter Road, Powhatan; Marietha E.
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Despite her reluctance, Ayers, who has served as both chairman and vice chairman during her many years on the board, said she still has every intention of fulfilling her duties in the office. “We really do have a very active and cohesive board and I am looking forward to working with everyone again,” she said. In a separate interview after the meeting, Walters said that while the chairman position is singled out, he feels all five board members as elected officials “have the same amount of authority and responsibility.” “I think the school board is working well together at this point and I really want to work hard to continue that productive working
Hoffman to Terrance M. Seay Jr., $315,500. 1840 Oakland Estates Drive, Powhatan; Fine Creek Building Co. Inc. to Anthony W. Powell, $330,000. 1718 Page Road, Powhatan; Mark D. Rutter to Brandi N. Folse, $276,000. 2740 Ridgeview Road, Powhatan; John HIlton Lester II to Antonia J. Compton, $239,900. 3249 Sherwood Bluff Terrace, Powhatan; Joshua Ayers to Brian P. Tyszka, $249,000. 4339 Three Bridge Road, Powhatan; Brenda T. Baldwin to S. Cullen Baker, $189,000. 2002 Walnut Tree Court, Powhatan; Chesterfield Construction Services Inc. to Nicholas Gregory Yellis, $255,390.
relationship,” he said. In the year ahead, Walters said the school board’s biggest challenges will likely revolve around completing the renovation and remodeling of the now demolished Powhatan Junior High School into a new middle school and building the joint transportation facility on time and on budget. He praised how the projects have been handled thus far and said he looks to continue in the same way. “We have asked and our faculty, teachers and staff have responded wonderfully to the move to close that building to permit the renovations to take place,” Walters said about the junior high school. “I can’t complement them enough on what they have done to be flexible with teachers moving to other schools while we work to address the space needs.” Ayers said another issue the
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ted but said they came in from around the country. The goal is to have the interviews done by the end of February and have all of the information ready to present to the sisters in March, Lanesky said. However, the timeline will be dependent on the sisters’ availability.
AYERS board has to face is the possible outsourcing of the food service program in the schools because of low revenues. The topic was discussed during the board’s workshop earlier in the evening. Laura McFarland may be reached at Lmcfarland@powhatantoday.com.
“It is really up to the sisters the timeline of when they want to see the information,” he said. “They’ve got multiple properties that this is happening on so one property might take a priority if it’s moving faster in the process than another.” However, he added his company will likely not release details of the sale until there is actually a purchase and sale agreement drafted, where they are under contract with somebody.
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Colleges partner for annual career fair Contributed Report John Tyler Community College is partnering with Old Dominion University to host the fourth annual John Tyler/ODU Career Fair. The event will be held from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 at the community college’s Chester campus in the Nicholas Center. It will be ~ IF YOU GO ~ open to current and former John Tyler and Career Fair ODU students as well Thursday March 30, as to the public. from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Local employers are being invited to John Tyler Chester Campus take part in the annual 13101 Jefferson Davis Hwy., event. Organizers are Nicholas Center hoping that it will Chester, VA 23831 provide them with an opportunity to showcase their businesses and share available positions. Registration for the Career Fair will be conducted online through the John Tyler job board at www.collegecentral.com/jtcc. There is no cost to register or to attend the event. Those who already have an account with the school can log into their accounts and look for the link to register. If you are not a member, you can create an account by logging in and going to the Employer link and creating an account. Once that is done you can post current job opportunities and the Career Fair registration link will be in your account. If you do not wish to create an account, you can go to http:// bit.ly/2ido67s and register there. If you have any difficulty with the registration process or have questions regarding the event, contact Dr. Ann Sorensen at 804-706-5166 or asorensen@jtcc.edu or Bennie Rogers at 804-594-1562 or brogers@jtcc.edu.
“Just drafting the purchase and sale agreement could take a few months just because with all of the conservation easements and all the working parts of this property, we don’t know,” he said. Depending on who ends up having the winning proposal and what they plan on doing with it, knowing the entire future of the property may take even longer than that, he acknowledged. Many developers and groups tend to keep plans under wraps until they are ready to go public with the information, he said. One local group that hasn’t been keeping quiet about its hopes to preserve the property’s historical and culture significance as well as its ecological future is Belmead on the James Inc., a local nonprofit started for that reason. The group made a big push at the end of 2016 to gain monetary support from the community in hopes of raising or guaranteeing the amount needed to make a competitive bid. Demetrius Venable, president of the nonprofit, said the group is still hoping to hear back from Plante Moran about coming in to discuss its proposal but couldn’t discuss any more about the process. The group is not actively campaigning to raise fundraise during the RFP process because members don’t want to jeopardize their bid, but they are not rejecting donations either, he said. The group is waiting to see what the outcome of this process is and “then we can decide, based on that outcome, what our next step would be,” he added. “We are under a confidentiality agreement once we submit that proposal not to disclose any information on it, so it is difficult for us to say too many things at this point in time,” he said.
The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament announced on May 3 that the religious order intended to sell FrancisEmma Inc., which operated the historic property that has gone through incarnations as a plantation; home to three schools, including two specifically for black and Native American children, and, more recently, has been building a reputation for its conservation and preservation efforts. At the same time, the order also announced it was selling its 44-acre Motherhouse property in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, where more than half of the roughly 100 nuns in the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament currently reside. Proceeds from the sales will be directed to new ministries and missions as well as taking care of the order’s aging sisters, Sister Donna Breslin, president of the order, said in May 2016. Lanesky said the religious order will also be selling other properties, but his company is not handling the process for them and he didn’t know details. While he knows many people are anxious to hear the outcome of the sale of Belmead and don’t like the delay, Lanesky said the process is moving faster than it has gone with other groups he has worked with around the country. It’s not as fast as a normal purchase and sale would happen in the open market, but the sisters know what they want and are moving at a good pace, he added. “It is not a straightforward purchase and sale agreement with two investors or two landowners. There is a lot more emotion to it and a lot more discernment and discussion between the sisters and their leadership team,” he said. Laura McFarland may be reached at Lmcfarland@powhatantoday.com.
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