Food Pantry Treasurer Pete Stenner, a retired Marine Corps colonel and volunteer extraordinaire with various organizations in Rappahannock County, with great pride described the new Food Pantry as the “Taj Mahal of pantries” at its annual fundraising dinner on Saturday.
After a public hearing at the Rappahannock County courthouse on Monday, state officials with the Commission on Local Government (CLG) determined that a boundary line adjustment in the Town of Washington will “enhance the commonwealth’s interests.” The commission will make a final decision in July.
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State officials from the Commission on Local Government (CLG) will meet with the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors and Washington Town Council on Monday for a public hearing on the town boundary line adjustment.
County and town officials will give a joint presentation to the commission at 3 p.m. at the county courthouse before opening the floor for questions from the public. A public hearing to hear comments on the proposed agreement will be held at 7 p.m. at the courthouse.
The Town of Washington’s Architectural Review Board (ARB) unanimously approved plans for signage at Rush River Commons at its Monday meeting, despite some concern over the prominence of the signage detracting from the town.
Previously, the plans were in front of the town’s Planning Commission, where engineers on the project were petitioning for a special use permit. At a March meeting, a clerical error on the part of the
The Washington Town Council and Planning Commission voted unanimously Monday to refer plans for signage around Rush River Commons to the Architectural Review Board for further review.
At the joint meeting, Planning Commission Chair Caroline Anstey said errors made by the Rush River team were found in the signage application that was approved by town staff.
Two directory signs should not have been included in the initial proposal because they are part of the residential side of the project, which falls under a different zoning district, according to Anstey.
Rush River Commons creator and backer Chuck Akre addresses a crowd of residents gathered at the project’s “topping off” ceremony Tuesday afternoon. To his left are project spokesperson Betsy Dietel and former Food Pantry director Mimi Forbes. Washington Town Council member Bradley Schneider is to Akre’s right.
“It’s a no-frills building,” Rush River Commons creator and backer Chuck Akre said at the ceremony, which was attended by contractors and engineers who worked on the project, along with nearly 100 residents. “All of you have played a role in getting it to this point.”
Developers delete project sign from plan –
The Washington Town Council and Planning Commission voted Monday to table a proposal for signage in and around the Rush River Commons’ development near the entrance to the historic town, and will meet jointly later this month for a final vote.
The Rush River Commons’ team, known as Black Kettle LLC, submitted an application for a special use permit in order to display signs larger than the 15-square foot maximum per building, as laid out in the town’s Zoning Ordinance.
Lots of moving and shaking is going on at Rush River Commons as you enter the Town of Washington. Our new Food Pantry has its walls up and its roof on.
I had the pleasure to walk through the other day with Richie Burke and Rick Lessard to see the wonderful high ceilings and windows. This will bring in light to fresh new aisles. A walk-in refrigerator/freezer provided by a grant from the PATH Foundation will store our meat and vegetables that are donated or purchased from local farms. We will have privacy areas to interview our clients, and a new loading dock to safely unload supplies by our numerous volunteers from local grocery store donations.
Town of Washington Mayor Joe Whited met with the Rush River Commons’ team last week and reports that things are moving along. He said the team anticipates having the Food Pantry complete by the end of May, and the office building facing Warren Avenue, the elevator block of which is going up now, finished sometime in October.
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