Henrico County purchases The Crossings Golf Club • On anniversary of Voting Rights Act, McClellan, advocates caution against rollbacks
Henrico Newsflash – Aug. 8, 2024
Henrico County purchases The Crossings Golf Club
Northern Henrico’s sports tourism corridor is getting another upgrade.
Henrico County and Henrico Sports and Entertainment Authority officials today are announcing the EDA’s $3 million purchase of The Crossings Golf Club in Glen Allen from Crossings Golf Club LLC and, simultaneously, an agreement with Independence Golf Club operator Pros, Incorporated to renovate the course to PGA standards and then continue to operate it as a public course as part of a $1-per-year, 20-year lease. Click here to read more
On anniversary of Voting Rights Act, McClellan, advocates caution against rollbacks
Two years ago, the late Lois Dedeaux McClellan voted for her daughter Jennifer to become the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress, but there had been a period in her 91 years of life when the law prevented her from voting at all.
Though the suffrage movement granted white women the right to vote by 1920, women of color had to wait to cast their ballots until the federal Voting Rights Act was signed into law, 45 years later. Now on the 59th anniversary of that landmark legislation, Lois’ daughter U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, is still pressing Congress to ensure fair access to voting for all. Click here to read more
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