Wayne Theatre Alliance announces plans for grand opening at Gateway

Chris Graham

Waynesboro’s new entertainment center, the Wayne Theatre Alliance’s Gateway, will open on Saturday, Aug. 6 at 7 pm with a Grand Opening Celebration. “We are really excited to be able to show our audiences the possibilities for entertainment in our new space. We’ve lined up a great group of performers to delight our first Gateway…

DCCU announces marketing promotion

DuPont Community Credit Union recently announced that Lindsey Megginson of Greenville has been promoted to marketing manager. “We are excited to have Lindsey join DCCU’s leadership team as marketing manager,” said Suzie Cook, DCCU vice president of marketing. “Lindsey will provide day to day supervision of the Marketing Department, and effectively promote and market DCCU…

Bolling in town to present $770K CDBG check

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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…

Chris Graham: Silence

Chris Graham

That’s what I’ve noticed. An unexpected silence on the $3.5 million land grab being contemplated by Waynesboro City Council. I’ve heard from two people – one by e-mail and one by phone. We’ve had a couple, literally, comments on our AFP website. I’ve seen a relative handful of comments on the two local newspaper sites,…

United Way plans Stuff the Bus event

United Way of Greater Augusta will be holding its annual ‘Stuff the Bus’ at the Staunton and Waynesboro Wal-Marts’ during tax free weekend – August 5th, 6th and 7th. Throughout the weekend, volunteers will be collecting donated school supplies and backpacks for students in Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta Co. schools. Donations can be dropped off all…

City Council tables land deal

Chris Graham

Waynesboro City Council has tabled for two weeks its consideration of a land deal that would put city taxpayers on the hook for $3.475 million to purchase land for a business park. Without comment, the City Council voted unanimously Monday night to table a resolution that would authorize City Manager Mike Hamp to close a…

A way to finance the land deal

Chris Graham

Here’s how Waynesboro City Council can close the deal on a proposed industrial park without breaking the bank. Three words, two hyphenated: low-interest, back-ended loan. The idea – the city agrees to purchase the land, approximately 170 acres located off South Delphine near the Interstate 64 interchange at Exit 96, and the property’s owners, Afton…

A $10 million-plus gamble?

Chris Graham

If you build it, they might come. If you don’t, they can’t. That could be one way to sum up the rationale behind the anticipated move by Waynesboro City Council to buy approximately 170 acres of land on the southeast edge of the city for future development as an industrial park. “We’ve not hidden from…