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There will be several changes coming to William Street in Downtown Fredericksburg that will aim to improve travel for both commuters and pedestrians. William Street is already undergoing repaving and is one of many road improvement plans underway in the area.

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The Stafford Regional Airport Authority wants to celebrate the region as the “birthplace of aviation.”

At a recent meeting, the Stafford County Board of Supervisors were treated to a presentation by the Authority’s liaison Phil Hornung who proposed attracting potential tourists by leaning on the county’s connections to the beginnings of aviation.


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The Fredericksburg City Council has approved the zoning changes necessary to bring its long-talked-about creative maker district to life.

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Stafford County will hold a public hearing to decide whether or not to lease office space to the Virginia Department of Corrections.

The agency has outgrown its current office space it uses for its probation and parole program at Southpoint Centre Boulevard in Fredericksburg and will expand to new offices in Stafford County in order to accommodate their level of personnel. The department’s District 21 probation and parole office serves the areas of Fredericksburg, Stafford County, and King George County.


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A decision on parking spaces could clear the way for a new Lidl grocery store in North Stafford. 

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Stafford County residents will soon have the ability to explore the number of complaints of racism in Stafford County.

The county Board of Supervisors approved a new Diversity Advisory Coalition that, according to county administrator Fred Pressley, would have the authority to seek and review a number of complaints of alleged racism levied against businesses in the county. The complaints are currently on file at federal and state offices in Washington, D.C., and Richmond, respectively, said Pressley.


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