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Volume 66 Number 27 • July 15, 2021
Young resigns from county administrator post Less than a year after hire, decision to part was reportedly mutual By Roslyn Ryan Editor
After less than a year in the role, Kenny Young has resigned as Goochland’s county administrator. On July 8, the Goochland County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to accept Young’s resignation, stating that the parting is mutual and amicable. The board expressed its appreciation of
Young’s service to Goochland County over the past 10 months, but noted that a close alignment in strategic vision is imperative for reaching the highest level of excellence in local government. “On behalf of all the board members,” said Chairman John L. Lumpkins Jr. “We wish Kenny success in his future endeav-
ors.” Reached by phone, Young said Monday that he and board members “came to a mutually agreeable decision to part ways.” He added that he wished “the citizens, employees and businesses of Goochland see Young > 2
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Brewing controversy Local church’s plan to open coffee shop has neighbors steamed By Roslyn Ryan Editor
n effort by a local church to get into the restaurant business is not sitting will with its neighbors, and now it will be up to county supervisors to decide whether or not to allow the project to move forward. On July 8, Hope Church’s plan to create a café-style eating establishment within their current church building, located at 12445 Patterson Ave., went before county Planning Commissioners. And while the new venture was described by pastor David Dwight as a simple, small-scale project intended to offer coffee and café-style fare with limited cooking, several county residents living near the church say they already feel like they’ve been burned. As detailed in the church’s request for an amendment to its original Conditional Use Permit (CUP), opening the planned café and coffee shop would require some renovation to the existing structure — and the installation of commercial kitchen equipment-but no modifications to the outside of the church. Kitchen renovations will not be permitted to include the installation of a hood system for ventilation, which will limit the type of
Hobbs honored for making sure residents could access vaccine By Roslyn Ryan Editor
When Wendy Hobbs was invited to attend the Sunday morning service at Antioch Baptist Church as a guest last Sunday, she knew it had something to do with her recent efforts to help make sure as many members of the congregation as possible had access to the COVID-19 vaccination. What she didn’t know, however, was that the entire day had been dedicated to her. A former prison warden and current president of the Goochland NAACP, Hobbs doesn’t get flustered easily. But even she admits that it was hard not to get just a little emotional when she looked down at her church program and realized that the church members had declared Sunday as “Wendy Hobbs HOBBS Day.” According to Antioch Deacon Dr.
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