opened a park for this purpose,at 15501 Harrowgate Road be
hind the Chester Early Childhood Learning Academy,according
to Stuart W.Connock Jr.,Chesterfield County Parks and
Recreation's assistant director for planning and construction
services.
The Chesterfield drone park was initiated by Tanner Rush,a
student at Virginia Commonwealth University who proposed the
idea to county officials.Rush is also the director of a Chester
field-based branch of the MultiGP Drone Racing League."With
the increased use of drones in commercial applications like deliv-
ery,we needed to give hobbyists a space where they can fly safe
ly and legally,Rush says.
Rush recalls that his own interest in the hobby was born