Chesterfield Citizens for Responsible Government is a non-partisan, all-volunteer group working for transparency in county spending.
We are not interested in your political views or party affiliation. Since March 2024 we have gathered the county's own spending records through public postings, direct requests, and formal FOIA filings — then published what they show, with the documents attached. More about us
$0.89 per $100 of assessed value, against $0.53 in Goochland. Meanwhile data center computer equipment is taxed at 24¢ per $100 while every other business pays $3.35 — a rate frozen for as long as thirty years. Both figures come from the county's own published rates and its Economic Development Director.
Every figure on this site carries its source and a confidence state. Where we are estimating, we say so.
Dollars per $100 of assessed value, Chesterfield and the four counties bordering it.
The rate is what you pay per $100 of your home's assessed value. On a $400,000 house, the difference between $0.89 and $0.53 is about $1,440 a year.
Roughly 80% of the county's real estate tax base is paid by residential taxpayers, and has been for two decades. The burden has not shifted commercial despite that spending on economic development.
Public comment is open at regular Board of Supervisors meetings. You sign up before the session begins; three minutes each.
Meeting dates and sign-up →Phone and email for all five districts, with the questions we would ask.
The comprehensive plan and zoning rewrite set what can be built where, for years. Roughly four months of influence remain.
Open comment deadlines →Then we leave you alone. Membership is separate, also free, and open to any Chesterfield resident whatever their politics.