Celebrate Earth Day on Saturday

Tomorrow is Earth Day. How will you celebrate and help protect nature for our future generations?

Here are a few fun activities to try this weekend:

Attend an Earth Day event like the one at Pine Fork Park tomorrow.
Hang birdseed ornaments.
Make a pledge to keep Central Virginia litter free.
Build a vegetable garden with your family.
Teach kids how to recycle using this video from Central Virginia Waste Management and the New Kent Clean County Committee.
Plant a tree.

National Drug Take Back Event

The New Kent Sheriff’s Office will be participating in the DEA National Drug Take Back on Saturday, April 22, 2023. This event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sheriff’s Office. Please properly dispose of these items to avoid having them stolen, lost or misused. It's a safe method for the environment too.

Business license renewals, elderly & disabled exemptions due May 1

Business license renewals are due to the Commissioner of the Revenue's Office by Monday, May 1, 2023.

New Kent County Code (Chapter 66 Article VI. - Business License Taxes) requires that any person engaging in business, trade or profession in New Kent County shall apply for a business license prior to conducting business.

You need a Business License IF YOU:

Advertise or otherwise hold yourself out to the public as offering good or services for sale; OR
File a Federal Schedule C or Schedule C-EZ "Profit or Loss from a Business"; OR
File other tax returns, schedules & documents required only of a business, or of persons engaged in a trade or business; OR
Are paid as a 1099 independent contractor

AND YOU:

Have an office, retail space, or other location, leased or otherwise, in New Kent County:

OR, If you have no such space, you:

Are a resident of New Kent County

More information on business license renewals

There are several tax relief and exemption programs available for those who qualify. Certain eligibility requirements for income and financial worth apply to elderly and disabled tax exemption. Documentation is required by May 1, 2023. Additional information

Board of Supervisors to meet at work session

The New Kent County Board of Supervisors will meet for their regularly scheduled work session next week - Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 9 a.m. The work session will take place in the New Kent County Administration Building (12007 Courthouse Circle, New Kent). The full agenda for this meeting can be found here. The work session, as well as all Board of Supervisors business meetings and work sessions can be watched live via YouTube or replayed on Cox Communications Channel 48 at 9 a.m., 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. beginning on the day following the meeting.