A public log of meaningful site changes - new jurisdictions added, fee schedules re-verified, and material corrections. Typo and link fixes are not logged.
Added the launch-readiness trust set: Privacy, Terms, Disclaimer, Contact, Methodology, Corrections, 404, Editorial Policy, Sources, Coverage, Accessibility, Search, FAQ, Press, Changelog, and Glossary. Footer expanded to expose all trust links. Author portrait added to About / Editorial Policy / Press, optimized to WebP.
Added side-by-side comparison pages across Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and the Richmond / Tri-Cities metro: Fairfax vs Chesterfield, Loudoun, Richmond, Henrico; Chesterfield vs Henrico; Henrico vs Richmond; Richmond vs Virginia Beach; Norfolk vs Virginia Beach and Fairfax; D.C. vs Fairfax and Richmond.
Statewide guides for building permits, decks, sheds, and pools in Virginia. Per-jurisdiction guides for Fairfax, Chesterfield, Richmond (deck and pool), Henrico (pool), Norfolk (pool), and Washington D.C. (deck).
Live: Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Chesterfield County, Henrico County, Richmond City, Virginia Beach City, Norfolk City, and Washington, D.C.
Burnt Orange + Slate design system locked. Light-mode default with persistent dark-mode toggle. Static HTML on Apache shared hosting. No analytics, no advertising, no cookies.
Material changes - a changed dollar amount on a live page, a new fee schedule applied, a withdrawn page, a new jurisdiction launched - are logged here. Internal automation, build pipeline changes, and editorial micro-edits are not logged. The internal maintenance log is separate from this public changelog.
Related: Methodology · Sources · Corrections