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FXBG Advance
- June 3, 2024
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GWRideConnect is Committed to Reducing Single-Occupant Vehicle Trips

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This is the mission and number one goal of the program’s new strategic plan. GWRideConnect, the transportation management program administered by the George Washington Regional Commission, has released its strategic plan for the next five years, and its top goal is to reduce the number of single-occupant vehicle trips. This goal is also the program’s […]

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FXBG Advance
- April 26, 2024
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What is Green Infrastructure? Friday’s Charette Offered a Crash Course.

Madison Morgan with the Tri-County/City Soil & Water Conservation District demonstrates how stormwater runoff works at the Green Infrastructure Charette at the Howell Library on Friday, April 26.

At North Stafford High School, the hottest point in the Fredericksburg region, temperatures are on average 17 degrees warmer than the coolest spots. Also, as the just as the footprint of the school has expanded over the years, so has the amount of stormwater runoff, which is contributing to significant erosion at certain points. Cosner […]

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FXBG Advance
- March 12, 2024
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Three Key Priorities for Addressing the Regional Housing Crisis

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Fredericksburg Regional Housing Assembly has identified the following three top priorities for addressing the area housing crisis: The Housing Assembly is an advisory group made up of multiple stakeholders—including representatives from the Rappahannock Area Health District, Central Virginia Housing Coalition, the Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors, the Rappahannock […]

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FXBG Advance
- February 29, 2024
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FAMPO Seeks Feedback on Safe Streets and Roads for All Action Plan

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is seeking public input into its comprehensive draft safety action plan, which it released Wednesday. FAMPO is responsible for transportation planning in the Fredericksburg area, to include the City and the counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, and it also provides rural transportation planning for Caroline […]

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