COLLAPSED BUILDING AREA FENCED OFF

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The entire Fountain Square Plaza area (site of the collapsed building) has been closed off with a new chain link fence. (See more photos at: http://picasaweb.google.com/cvgnews/CVGNews#5245536584083503682 )

Traffic is routed through the library parking lot.

CVG Residents' Cookout POSTPONED

BECAUSE OF HEAT & HIGH HUMIDITY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE NEW DATE WILL BE POSTED HERE AS SOON AS AVAILABLE.

Sept. 13, Sat., 5:00 pm, A CVG Residents' Cookout & Neighborhood Get-Together will be held in the Commons area between Village Garden Drive and Chester Village Drive.

For details, click on the image to the left to make it larger.

MANDATORY WATER RESTRICTIONS LIFTED

Chesterfield County has lifted water-use restrictions, effective Sept. 11. Due to recent rainfall, the level of the James River has risen and is now at a more stable level.

CHESTERFEST CANCELLED "UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE"

Because of the building collapse on Sept. 10 (see story, below), the Chester Community Association has cancelled "until further notice" the annual ChesterFest originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 13 on our village green.

However, the CVG Residents' Cookout & Get-Together will be held in the Commons area between Village Garden Drive and Chester Village Drive, as scheduled, beginning at 5:00 pm.

NEW BUILDING COLLAPSES

(Photo courtesy The Village News) (To enlarge the photo, click on it.)
Around Noon time on Wed., Sept. 10, the center building in the new Fountain Square row (still under construction) at Chester Village Green, running from Chester Village Drive to Centre St., collapsed. One worker died. For details, click on the following link:
http://www.nbc12.com/

For more photos, click on the following link, then click on "Slideshow":

http://picasaweb.google.com/cvgnews/FountainSquareOnTheCVGGreenBuildingCollapse91008#