Goochland Board, EDA Meet Feb. 25 to Discuss Economic Development

The Goochland County Board of Supervisors and the Goochland County Economic Development Authority convene a joint special work session tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in Conference Room 270 at the County Administration Building, 1800 Sandy Hook Road, the county calendar states. The public notice on the county website opens with the all-caps line "PLEASE TAKE NOTICE" and says the meeting "is open to the public and will serve as an opportunity for the two boards to discuss economic development strategies in the county."

County-hosted calendar pages and a county Instagram post capture the date and time wording consistently as 6:00 PM and explicitly list the Conference Room 270 location at 1800 Sandy Hook Rd. The calendar interface on the county site also displays share icons for Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube and Twitter and includes instructions for subscribing to alerts via the Notify Me® function, which residents can use to receive updates or future agenda postings.

The county contact block on the official site provides direct logistical details: the County Administration Building street address is 1800 Sandy Hook Road with mailing P.O. Box 10, Goochland, VA 23063; phone 804-556-5800; fax 804-556-4617; office hours Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm (Except Holidays). No meeting agenda or packet for the Feb. 25 session appears in the captured calendar text, so those seeking specific project names, presenters, timelines or action items are directed to the county calendar notifications or to call 804-556-5800 during posted office hours.

The Feb. 25 notice differs from a prior joint meeting captured on the county economic development site. That earlier entry documents a special meeting retreat on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, at 9:00 AM at the Central High Cultural and Educational Complex (CHS), 2748 Dogtown Road, Goochland, VA 23063, and explicitly stated that the boards "will hold a joint closed meeting, as permitted pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 2.2-3711(A)(3) and 2.2-3711(A)(5), to discuss acquisition of real property for a public purpose" and to discuss a prospective business or industry, with the captured text after "no previous" truncated in the capture.

Not all county pages use identical meeting labels; calendar headers and notices alternate between "Board of Supervisors and EDA Joint Work Session," "Board of Supervisors & Economic Development Authority Special Meeting," and "Board of Supervisors and Economic Development Authority Special Meeting." The Feb. 25 captures explicitly state the meeting is open to the public and do not include the closed-session language that appeared in the Aug. 24, 2024 retreat notice. Any determination to move into a closed session for the Feb. 25 meeting would require a statutory citation under Virginia law; the county calendar currently provides no such citation for this meeting.

Residents and reporters who want materials in advance can subscribe to the county calendar notifications via the Notify Me® feature or contact the County Administration offices at 804-556-5800 during business hours. The county calendar and social posts provide the meeting location, time and the public-access statement, while the historical Aug. 24, 2024 retreat entry supplies the only captured example of the boards invoking Virginia Code §§ 2.2-3711(A)(3) and 2.2-3711(A)(5) for a joint closed session.