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FXBG Advance
- July 11, 2024
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City Planning Commission Begins Consideration of Jeremiah Community

Audience at Planning Commission meeting

Project proposed by Micah Ministries, Virginia Supportive Housing, and Mary Washington Healthcare to provide housing and support for Fredericksburg’s unhoused population. Area residents, as well as nonprofit and religious leaders, filled City Council chambers Wednesday night for the first public hearing on the Jeremiah Community, a proposed planned neighborhood with wrap-around services for those experiencing […]

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FXBG Advance
- June 24, 2024
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City Seeking Community Input into Comprehensive Plan Update

The first of several Community Conversations will be held on Wednesday. The Comprehensive Plan is a long-range policy guiding document. Fredericksburg residents have their first chance to contribute to the city’s updated Comprehensive Plan this Wednesday evening. It’s the first of several “community conversations” meant to gather input into the plan, which is a policy […]

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FXBG Advance
- May 30, 2024
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Wanted: One Developer for Vacant Spotsylvania Parcel

Could rezoning attract developer to vacant lot? Tens of thousands of baby boomers turn 65 every day across the country. According to the American Senior Housing Association, more than 100,000 new homes are needed between now and 2040 for them. That need is critical in Spotsylvania County and there’s some hope that a change in […]

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FXBG Advance
- April 22, 2024
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Public Hearing on Mary Washington Healthcare’s Expansion Plan Scheduled

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Mary Washington Healthcare’s plans to build a new medical clinic where Kids’ Station daycare and preschool is now will be subject to a public hearing before the Fredericksburg Planning Commission on Wednesday. The hospital system is requesting a rezoning to replace the 1993 general development plan and permit the demolishment of Kids’ Station and the […]

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FXBG Advance
- January 19, 2024
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A Proposed Methadone Clinic Raises Concerns, Meets Needs – Part I

Last week, the Stafford County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of an amendment to county zoning codes that expands the definition of “hospital” to include facilities that provide “opioid treatment services.” If this amendment is approved by the Board of Supervisors, it will require a facility intending to provide intervention to people with […]

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