Local ministry on the ground helping Waynesboro’s homeless survive, thrive
Frankie Hollingsworth, and his wife, Dawn, through their nonprofit, Reprieve Ministries, work with unsheltered individuals in Waynesboro throughout the year.
Frankie Hollingsworth, and his wife, Dawn, through their nonprofit, Reprieve Ministries, work with unsheltered individuals in Waynesboro throughout the year.
Waynesboro Schools is expecting a revenue of $48,652,994 for budget year 2023-2024. But expenditures right now are expected to be $50,646,812.
Mike Hamp, the city manager of Waynesboro, seemed to give away the secret when he admitted at Monday night’s City Council meeting that he hasn’t done “extensive or exhaustive” research on homelessness.
The evictions at Tent City in Waynesboro are forcing the city’s leadership and nonprofits to have a broader conversation about affordable housing.
The City of Waynesboro tried to manage potential reassessment backlash by sending out a news release to the media when real property notices were mailed to residents last week.
Waynesboro High School is sending the message to students that attending school has its own incentives.
Children struggling with emotional and behavioral needs in Waynesboro have new options for treatment during the school day.
In Charlottesville and cities and counties around the nation, the goal is generally to move homeless men and women into permanent affordable housing – with subsidized rent. The problem is that most localities do not have adequate affordable housing.
Notices of the 2023 general reassessment of real property in Waynesboro were mailed Tuesday. Along with the rest of the Commonwealth, property values are up significantly, seeing an average increase of 29.5 percent.
The unsheltered people living in Tent City in Waynesboro are busy packing up their belongings as they prepare for their eviction from the property they have called home for months or for some, years.