Property owner responds: Has ‘compassion’ for homeless, will allow them to stay on land
A homeless encampment on private property near B Street in Waynesboro is causing issues between residents, the city’s police department and the property owner.
A homeless encampment on private property near B Street in Waynesboro is causing issues between residents, the city’s police department and the property owner.
The former housing planner and grants coordinator in Staunton’s local government says the city isn’t spending money meant to assist low-income residents with housing needs because it is following the advice of a consultant that doesn’t know what it’s doing.
The housing market in Virginia is off to a slow start in 2023, with more than a 30 percent decline from January 2022 to January 2023.
In wake of the evictions at Tent City on Essex Avenue, Pamela Mitchell said the B Street area where she calls home has become a new landing ground for even more unsheltered people in the River City.

Waynesboro City Council is holding its annual retreat on Feb. 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The deaths of more than 45,000 people, and counting, in Turkey and Syria from the massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake two weeks ago are a sad function of the world economy.
Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative has selected 12 community organizations as recipients for the first round of Operation Round Up giving in 2023.
The City of Waynesboro will hold a community meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 28, to discuss the use of Community Development Block Grant funds allocated to the historic Port Republic Road neighborhood.
A collaboration between several partners will work to build a biotechnology incubator in Roanoke.
The City of Harrisonburg shared preliminary designs for its Homeless Service Center with the community earlier this month.