A special use permit request for a couple to operate an Elon home and greenhouse as a venue for weddings and photo shoots, and host short-term rentals received a recommendation of denial from the Amherst County Planning Commission.
At a special called meeting Feb. 7, the Amherst County Board of Supervisors spent two hours discussing ways to improve emergency services delivery in the county, steps to work on and a renaming of the county public safety department.
The Virginia Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor on Feb. 9 carried over for a year a bill that could place siting approval of large-scale solar farm operations away from localities and into the purview of the State Corporation Commission.
Amherst County s public safety department seeks 13 news positions, a dozen emergency medical services/firefighters and a division manager of support services, a measure that if approved would cost nearly $962,000 in the county fiscal year 2024 budget.
Amherst County officials are opposing a proposed bill in the Virginia General Assembly that could place siting approval of large-scale solar farm operations away from localities and into purview of the State Corporation Commission.