Located just south of Richmond, Chesterfield County beckons visitors with its rich history and wide-open spaces.

Chesterfield County received the 2012 EVGA Innovation in Government Award for “My Business Starts Here” from VCU’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.

Uptown Alley has officially opened in Chesterfield County. The 57,000-square-foot facility includes 38 lanes of bowling, a game arcade, pool tables and a upscale causal restaurant. The top floor has a lounge with a fireplace and a full service bar called The Rotunda.

Shoppers lined up this morning for a chance to be among the first customers at the new Kroger Marketplace store in the Stonebridge development on the site of the former Cloverleaf Mall. Company representatives and workers were joined by government officials and the general public for a flag raising ceremony and ribbon cutting at 7 a.m. which officially opened the new store.

A new Kroger Fuel center opened Monday afternoon at the Stonebridge development on the site of the former Cloverleaf Mall. It is the biggest Kroger Fuel center in the Richmond area and one of the biggest in the company. The center can fuel 18 vehicles at one time including diesel fuel.