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...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 9, 2022 | Business, Education, Politics, Real Estate
A RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS / FOOTHILLS FORUM SPECIAL REPORT The county faced a host of challenges from school masking to taking steps toward universal broadband DEVELOPMENT How to use – and not use – local land drove Rappahannock debates SCHOOLS Persistent pandemic...
by Tim Carrington | Nov 9, 2021 | Business, Real Estate
Supervisors expected to lower rates to keep taxes steady Rappahannock’s general property reassessment — conducted in a booming real estate market — is wrapped up, and notices will go out to residents Nov.10. The anxiously awaited numbers form the basis for setting...
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...
