by Tim Carrington | May 6, 2021 | Education, Real Estate
How a changing county will fund its schools and other priorities in the years ahead It’s springtime, 2031. The dogwoods and redbuds are as spectacular as anyone can remember, and the machinery for preparing an annual county budget is churning out the numbers. The...
by Tim Carrington | Mar 25, 2021 | Real Estate
Help comes from U.S. aid, sales tax surge Behind Rappahannock’s newly unveiled $27.7 million budget for Fiscal Year 2022 is a slow transition from the cautious clench of the pandemic year to the less menacing familiarities of ordinary county challenges. Three economic...
by Sara Schonhardt | Mar 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission (RRRC) recently finalized the results of a year-long housing study showing the current and projected need for residences and offering strategies and recommendations for each locality to consider. In the five-county region,...
by Randy Rieland | Feb 13, 2021 | Broadband
For legal reasons, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative backs away from ambitious fiber optic plans The county’s new Broadband Authority hasn’t had its first meeting yet, but it’s already dealing with a setback. What was probably its best prospect as a broadband partner...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 10, 2021 | Broadband
Part 3 of 3: Foothills Forum and the Rappahannock News look back on 2020 with a focus on COVID-19 as well as several key issues – schools, broadband and cellular, business, housing — we have reported on throughout the year. Pandemic ‘lit the match’ on acquiring...
