In a ceremony June 14, Miguel Angel Barajas Manzo was awarded the second annual Bob West-Sarah Jane Stewart Volunteer Community Service Award. Established jointly by the Nelson County Community Development
Lynchburg, Monacans get housing grant funds
Lynchburg is receiving more than $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for affordable housing.
The city will receive $718,593 through the departmentâs Community Development Block Grants program and $413,856 through the departmentâs HOME Investment Partnerships program.
The CDBG program âprovides annual grants on a formula basis to states, cities, and counties to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities,â according to a news release from U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, announcing the round of more than $95.5 million total in HUD grants across Virginia.
Dozens of Nelson Countyâs migrant farm workers and other essential farm workers received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine over the weekend as health officials continue to work through phases of the immunization rollout.
With 200 available appointments, farm workers filtered in and out of the Nelson Center in Lovingston on Sunday for a mass vaccination clinic, one of several clinics to be held in the county since vaccination efforts began.
University of Virginia Medical Center personnel began administering the dozens of Pfizer vaccines at about 9 a.m.
It was a multi-organizational effort to bring vaccination services to farm workers in Nelson County, including collaboration from local growers, said Dr. Max Luna, associate professor of medicine in the division of cardiology and the coordinator of the UVa Latino Health Initiative.