
Waynesboro City Council to discuss homelessness at Feb. 24 retreat
Waynesboro City Council is holding its annual retreat on Feb. 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Waynesboro City Council is holding its annual retreat on Feb. 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Waynesboro Public Schools plan to celebrate Black History Month by hosting a screening of the documentary, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, at Kate Collins Middle School on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 at 7 p.m.
The state of Virginia is working to bring money to localities throughout the Commonwealth to compensate municipalities for damage caused by the opioid crisis.
Waynesboro Vice Mayor Jim Wood used a gay slur to refer to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, two days after Wood’s name appeared on a letter from city leaders requesting that Buttigieg give his approval to a city transportation project.

The City of Waynesboro has a plan to develop a trail from the Claudius Crozet Blue Ridge Tunnel and get hikers and cyclists to the downtown area more safely than the current route along U.S. 250.
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.
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