Volunteers Wanted to Help With Tax Returns

The Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Department of Social Services is seeking volunteers to help prepare simple tax returns for low- income families during the upcoming tax season. Quality reviewers also are needed. The Internal Revenue Service will provide free training for volunteers. The time commitment will be Thursdays, 4:30- 7:30 p.m., from late January until mid-April. Volunteers are encouraged, but not required, to work every Thursday. For more information, call Laura Doyle, volunteer coordinator for the Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare unit, at (804) 706- 7655.

Public meetings set for Richmond master plan

Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities will hold a series of public meetings to give people the opportunity to provide input into the department’s draft master plan.

The department began working on a master plan in April 2007 to guide it through the next 10 years. A draft of the plan has now been completed based on information collected from an assessment of the department’s parks, facilities and services, focus group meetings, and a statistically valid survey of Richmond households.

As a final step before presenting the plan to the City Council for adoption, the department wants to provide the opportunity to review the draft and offer comments and additional input at these public meetings:

– Sept. 30

Noon, Hickory Hill Community Center, 3000 E. Belt Blvd.

Noon, Pine Camp Arts and Community Center, 4901 Old Brook Road

6 p.m., Hickory Hill Community Center, 3000 E. Belt Blvd.

6 p.m., Pine Camp Arts and Community Center, 4901 Old Brook Road

– Wednesday, Oct. 1

Noon, Forest Hill Park Stone House, 4100 Forest Hill Ave.

Noon, Byrd Park Roundhouse, 800 S. Davis Ave.

6 p.m., Powhatan Community Center, 5051 Northampton St.

6 p.m., Randolph Community Center, 1415 Grayland Ave.

– Thursday, Oct. 2

Noon, Humphrey Calder Community Center, 414 N. Thompson St.

6 p.m., Bellemeade Community Center, 1800 Lynhaven Ave.

The meetings will last approximately one hour. To review a copy of the draft plan, visit www.RichmondGov.com/parks.

MEMO: BRIEFS

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