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Volume 65, Number 2 • January 9, 2020
Watkins tapped to be county’s new Deputy Fire Chief. See page 5
Fate of first local MPUD project still up in the air
Local man embracing second act as a writer
Plan includes retail, office and residential units on Broad Street
Facing down obstacles, Daniel Burruss publishes children’s tale of wily fox
By Roslyn Ryan Editor
By Roslyn Ryan Editor
For Goochland author Daniel Burruss, the day he saw his first book available for sale was one he won’t soon forget. “That’s when it became real to me,” said Burruss of “Larry and the Red Fox,” a chapter book geared for children age 8-13. The book, complete with Burruss’ elegant, hand-painted illustrations, tells the story of a wily red fox who is discovered one day by a hunter walking through the woods. If a story about a talking fox seems fanciful, Burruss insists that the thought of him as a published author may have once seemed equally see Fox > 3
Photo by Roslyn Ryan
Daniel Burruss, shown with his wife Gladys, insists writing has never come easily to him. Still, he says, with perseverance and support, he was able to accomplish his goal of becoming a published author.
A proposal to bring the first Mixed Planned Unit Development (MPUD) project to Goochland will likely take center stage at next month’s county Board of Supervisors meeting, after a December vote to rezone 39 acres on Broad Street was deferred to the Board’s scheduled Feb. 4 meeting. Approval of the request, brought forth by Towne & Country Partners, LLC, would make way for the development of Manakin Towne, a mixed use development featuring approximately 93,000 square feet of retail and office space and up to 245 residential units, including townhomes, apartments, and condominiums. see MPUD > 5
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