Chesterfield launches meeting series for native Spanish speakers
Staff from more than 15 Chesterfield County departments recently gathered at the Beulah Recreation Center to hear from the county’s native Spanish speakers.
“We are home to almost half the Latinos in the Greater Richmond region,” said Dalila Medrano, one of the event’s organizers and the multicultural community engagement coordinator in the county’s office of diversity, equity, and inclusion. “We feel proud that we’ve been a safe home, and we want to make sure our residents feel connected to the government.”
Topics discussed during the meeting ranged from economics to public safety to professional development. Government officials used headphone translation devices to facilitate questions being asked in Spanish.
BizSense Beat: GRTC transfer station, CarMax Park, and some food and drink news
BizSense Beat is a weekly collaboration between VPM News and Richmond BizSense that recaps the region’s top business stories.
This week, there’s discussion of GRTC selecting a permanent location for its downtown transfer station and CarMax purchasing the naming rights to The Diamond.
Also: Burger Bach closes its Short Pump location and Steam Bell Beer Works files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
