Economic Development Archives - Page 3 of 14

Published October 6, 2025 at 1:00PM

Fredericksburg City Hall

Fredericksburg’s Planning Commission will meet Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, to consider a request for a drive-through coffee shop at Cowan Station and review its annual land-use report, even as two major redevelopment projects on Fall Hill Avenue highlight the city’s shifting growth patterns.

Coffee Shop Planned for Cowan Station

Politics

10-acre rule divides Gainesville candidates in Prince William land-use debate

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 3, 2025 at 2:00PM

Prince William County’s long-running fight over the Rural Crescent has become a defining issue in the Gainesville supervisor race, where candidates George Stewart and Patrick Harders are offering starkly different visions for the county’s future.

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Business

Nominations Open for Prince William Business Celebration and Awards

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 1, 2025 at 2:02PM

Residents and business leaders are being asked to help shine a spotlight on those making a difference in the community.

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Stafford

Movie theater developer warns Stafford: Approve townhomes or face 453 apartments

By Uriah Kiser

Published September 29, 2025 at 2:30PM

Stafford’s long-delayed Garrison at Stafford project boiled over when developer Robert Pence warned county planners he could scrap promises of townhomes and retail — and instead build 453 apartments by-right.

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Fredericksburg

From doctor’s offices to apartments: City backs reuse of Medical Arts Building, eyes hospital project

By Uriah Kiser

Published September 24, 2025 at 10:00AM

A stretch of Fall Hill Avenue once dominated by doctors’ offices and hospital traffic is now poised for a new life as housing.

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Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg Panel Backs Plan to Turn Old Hospital Into 242 Apartments — But Parking’s the Hot Topic

By Uriah Kiser

Published September 11, 2025 at 10:00AM

The old Mary Washington Hospital at 2300 Fall Hill Avenue in Fredericksburg.

The city’s Planning Commission has voted to recommend approval of a plan to convert the former Mary Washington Hospital into apartments, a project that drew strong support for reusing the historic building but also a chorus of concern over parking and traffic.

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Fredericksburg

600+ Homes, New Grocer Planned for Fall Hill Avenue

By Uriah Kiser

Published September 10, 2025 at 9:00AM

Fredericksburg leaders have given the green light to a major development on Fall Hill Avenue that promises hundreds of new homes and a grocery store unlike anything else in the region.

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Fredericksburg

What’s Changing on Fall Hill? Apartments at the Medical Arts Building, and a Community Chat Tonight

By Uriah Kiser

Published September 4, 2025 at 8:24AM | Updated September 4, 2025 at 12:29PM

The old Mary Washington Hospital at 2300 Fall Hill Avenue in Fredericksburg.

The city Planning Commission voted 7–0 on August 27 to recommend a special use permit to convert the 1956 Medical Arts Building at 2301 Fall Hill Ave. into 30 apartments, raising the site’s density from 8 units per acre by right to about 29 units per acre using a city incentive for smaller homes (most at ≤600 sq. ft.), according to a staff presentation and commission discussion.

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Stafford

Stafford Supervisors to Decide Fate of SC Plaza Project After Delays

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 15, 2025 at 7:30AM

The future of a proposed retail and auto sales center along U.S. Route 1 in Stafford County will be decided next week, when the Board of Supervisors votes on whether to grant more time for the project to move forward.

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Fredericksburg

GWRC Seeks Public Input on First-Ever Regional Economic Development Strategy

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 11, 2025 at 10:17AM

A busy crowd outside Fredericksburg's Agave on First Friday.

FREDERICKSBURG — For the first time, the George Washington Regional Commission (GWRC) is creating a comprehensive economic development plan for Planning District 16 — and it wants to hear directly from the community.

GWRC, which serves Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, and Stafford counties, as well as the City of Fredericksburg, has launched an online survey to help shape a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The initiative is funded by a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration and facilitated by GWRC’s consultant, RKG Associates, Inc.