Stafford aims to use leftover CARES funds to enlarge courthouse
Stafford County will soon schedule a public hearing regarding the use of federal CARES Act funds that would be used to expand the county’s iconic courthouse.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors were recently given an update on a project intended to expand the courthouse, which has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
However, the pandemic seems to have offered a silver lining for this project to allow the county to use CARES funding to potentially get the project completed within a 26-month time frame.
During the pandemic, it was impossible for the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and Clerk of Court offices to comply with social distancing rules, said Deputy County Supervisor Mike Smith, because the offices were too small.