by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 29, 2023 | Art, Business, Health, Politics
The Day at a Glance SperryFest 2023 Main Street Map Front (1) → 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Festival set-up, parking opens → 10 a.m. SperryFest begins → 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. RAAC Music: Grass Fed at Music Stage → 12:30 p.m. – 1 p.m. Juggling Magic by the...
by Randy Rieland | Jan 24, 2023 | Business
A renewed effort to provide a form of public transportation for Rappahannock County residents is in the works. The Regional Transportation Collaborative (RTC) of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission is applying for a grant that, if funded, would provide...
by Tim Carrington | Jan 19, 2023 | Business
If Washington’s buildings form a stage set, as is often said, they would offer a perfect backdrop to a sweeping drama mixing elements of renewal, uncertainty and neglect. For more than four decades, the tiny town has reinvented itself, as the Inn at Little Washington...
by Bob Hurley | Jan 19, 2023 | Business, Politics
Venerated as one of the Piedmont’s most historic and beautiful villages, the Town of Washington also is disparaged sometimes as a movie set, even a ghost town. But whatever you think of the town, 2023 will be a year of great change and challenge, sparking renewal,...
by Tim Carrington | Jan 17, 2023 | Business, Real Estate
Rappahannock home builders scaled up their plans in 2022, gaining 40 building permits, up from 28 the year before. Commercial permits also jumped in the year just ended, to 30, from 12 in 2021. Experts point to several recent trends that would explain the surge, but...
