Back in June, Neighbors For Change covered the history, impact, and status of data center proliferation in Virginia and more locally, in Eastern Henrico County. Now there’s news of a possible data center that, if built, would be adjacent to Western Henrico near Wyndham.
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Healthcare Town Hall: Exposing the Costs of the BBB
The meeting room at Twin Hickory Library was packed on 9/6/25 for Democracy Circle RVA’s town hall, Virginia Healthcare Under Attack: Exposing the Costs of Rob Wittman’s Vote for the “Big Beautiful Bill.” The event’s goal was to expose how the shifting public health landscape in America will affect everyone.
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A Neighbors Story – Protect Gay Marriage in Virginia
The fate of gay marriage is in question nationally, and depending on November’s election, it may come under fire at the state level here in Virginia. Ten years ago, the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages in Obergefell v. Hodges. The Justices are now considering a request to reconsider and reverse the legality.
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New Mixed-Use Development at Nuckols and I-295?
The proposed development includes a “neighborhood business” commercial area closest to the intersection of Nuckols Road and Hickory Park Drive. It would include townhomes, single family homes, and recreational areas. Hickory Park Drive will be extended through the new development to Fords Country Lane. The current proposal includes 358 homes (primarily townhomes with a smaller number of single family homes.) Read More
The Health of the James River: Past and Present
As history tells it, “The native people were intimately connected to the river as the source of food, travel and defense from enemies. With fish, game, migratory birds and fertile ground, the river was life to them.” Only one thing was missing from those bucolic times: pollution. As the march of technology advanced, industrial contamination and toxic spills wreaked havoc on the James River. Where do things stand today and what does the future hold?
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Get to Know Ghazala Hashmi
Who is Ghazala Hashmi? Short answer: She’s an accomplished senator (D SD 15) in the VA General Assembly and her new goal is to become the next Lt. Governor of Virginia.
Yet there’s far more to Ghazala Hashmi than meets the eye.
Hashmi has served in the Virginia State Senate since 2020. Her journey is one to which many Virginians can relate. Read More
Henrico Teen Detained by ICE
An HCPS high school student – whose family fled Afghanistan for safety reasons in 2021, was taken into custody by ICE last week.
According to the Richmond Times Dispatch, ICE agents arrested Arman Momand shortly after a court appearance at the Henrico County courthouse. Momand faced charges for a driving incident in December 2024, in which he was arrested by police for reckless driving, evading police and driving without a license.
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How Virginia Became the Epicenter of Trump’s Attacks on Higher Ed and DEI
The Trump Administration has an axe to grind against a state that voted blue in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Presidential elections. Virginia also has a cooperative Republican Governor (and 2028 Presidential candidate hopeful) eager to earn points with the MAGA base, so it’s no surprise that they targeted Virginia’s public universities first.
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All Kinds of Virginia Women Support Reproductive Healthcare
Reproductive healthcare access is a area of common ground for different kinds of Virginia women and has a significant role in the 2025 Virginia governor’s race, with some women saying that this issue is “reshaping how they plan to vote this fall.”
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How Healthcare Cuts in Big Beautiful Bill will Impact RVA
The worst of Donald Trump’s Medicaid cuts have not even arrived yet, and local doctors and hospitals are in a panic. While a lot of concern is focused on Southwest Virginia and rural areas that may face hospital closures, the fact is that Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, that was signed into law on July 4th, will kick more than 300.000 Virginians off of their healthcare, and affect all of us.
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Richmond Doctor Reacts to RFK Cuts to Vaccine Research
Doctors believe that the fallout from the administration’s cuts to research funding and grants will affect everyone in the long run, and most people don’t realize how far medical research has come, because it was always something we could count on. Dr. Bruce Silverman, Medical Director of the Goochland Free Clinic points to AIDS as an example of a disease that has been nearly fully controlled because of research like this.
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Local Meteorologist reacts to NWS restoring positions
Experts had warned that reducing NOAA’s research capabilities could compromise the NWS’s ability to accurately and timely track and forecast severe weather events. Local meteorologist, Jim Duncan says the reversal of NWS cuts likely stemmed from the realization of the essential role of the NWS to our country’s preparedness for severe weather. Read More