Two people spoke in opposition to the development, overshadowed by the more than a dozen who expressed support. Several people said they or their family currently live on land that will be included as part of the community.

Paul Jones of Henrico County said he and his wife searched the region for a community similar to Chickahominy Falls.

“There is nothing out there that ... compares to what’s planned here before us,” Jones said. He added that as a person with adult children who won’t affect the school system, he sees himself as the “face” of the development’s population.

Agriburbia, an organization and design movement that integrates agrarianism with land development, has worked as a consultant to Cornerstone to the project. Quint Redmond spoke on behalf of the company and called Chickahominy Falls “one of the best opportunities our company has seen.”

The request approved by the supervisors on Wednesday allows 126 acres to be rezoned to a single-family residential district and 52.5 acres to be rezoned to a multifamily residential district.

All of the land initially was zoned agricultural.

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