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WDDI seeks help on new Fish-Deck

Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. is working on plans for a riverside observation deck downtown – and is asking for your help to bring the project to reality. The effort to build what will be called the Waynesboro Fish-Deck has already won approval of grants from CSX and Virginia Main Street to the tune of $7,500. [...]


Elvis has entered the building for Radio Hour

Elvis has been sighted and will becoming back to The River City Radio Hour for the Friday, Sept. 16 performances at 6:30 and 8:00 p.m. Also featured will be the Boogie Kings, Marsha Howard, Llyn Walker, and Chapter Two of Night Hawk and Murder Down On the Farm by Bob Crawford. Elvis has been absent [...]


Bolling in town to present $770K CDBG check

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling is no stranger to Downtown Waynesboro. “I have waded this trout steam many times,” said Bolling, an avid fly fisherman, at a Thursday-morning ceremony on the banks of the South River to formally mark the award by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development of a $770,000 grant to Waynesboro [...]


Downtown Waynesboro project gets CDBG funds

A Downtown Waynesboro revitalization project is among 12 in Virginia to receive Community Development Block Grant funding, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today. The Waynesboro Downtown Revitalization Project will receive $770,000 in CDBG funds. The project includes an economic restructuring plan and revitalization strategy for the downtown business district. The effort includes as partners Waynesboro Downtown [...]


Vote for WDDI!

The Waynesboro McAlister’s has chosen Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. as its nonprofit of choice for this year’s Tea Town USA Challenge. That puts WDDI in the running for grants worth up to $7,500. Click here to vote. You can vote once a day and also earn points for Waynesboro by checking in with your smart [...]


AFP Business News

AFP is new WDDI Business Patron Augusta Free Press LLC has signed on as a new Downtown Business Patron of Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. WDDI, founded in 2001, is an accredited member of the National Main Street Program and Virginia Main Street Program. The organization follows the Main Street Four Point Approach towards revitalizing Downtown [...]


Taste of the Town

The 12th annual Taste of the Town sponsored by Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. is set for Tuesday, March 22, from 5-8 p.m. at the Waynesboro Country Club.


How do your cookies stack up?

Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. and Christmas in River City will host a cookie baking contest as a part of the annual Christmas in River City celebration in Downtown Waynesboro. There are two baking categories – Adolescent (ages 14 to 17) and Amateur (adults – no professionals). Bakers must provide a total of 39 cookies (all [...]


Free business seminar, assessment will tell it like it is

Marc Wilson isn’t in the business of sugarcoating. “I’m not related to you, and I’m not necessarily your friend. So when I leave, you’re going to get the truth, but you might not like hearing it,” said Wilson, a retail industry consultant at the Virginia Small Business Development Corp. and 35-year veteran of the retail [...]



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