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With some members saying the request aligned with their mission, Fredericksburg’s Economic Development Authority recently voted to give $20,000 to help fund an upcoming Black Business Expo.
Fredericksburg officials are hoping a name change will make people more receptive to tempering the noise level downtown.
Officials have been considering a noise ordinance that would make it a Class 3 misdemeanor to be plainly audible from 200 feet away. Now, they will no longer call it a noise ordinance.
Fredericksburg Economic Development Authority Director Bill Freehling said during a presentation to City Council this week that itâs been renamed the âGood Neighbor Ordinanceâ to reflect the âtrue intentâ of the changes.
The Good Neighbor Ordinance passed City Council with a 7â0 vote on first read, with a final decision expected May 11.
Downtown Greens, a community garden in downtown Fredericksburg, has submitted a letter of intent to the Fredericksburg Economic Development Authority to purchase the property adjacent to Braehead Farm in the city s Battlefield Industrial Park.
Sarah Perry, Downtown Greens director, said she and board members toured the property earlier this spring and submitted their letter of intent to the EDA on April 7.
She said the organization sees buying the property as an opportunity to expand its programming in the areas of sustainable agriculture, environmental education and land conservation. We started getting really excited and talking to people who might partner with us to expand [our operation] in this way, she said. We realized that there is a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of people who are interested in saving this piece of propertyâand not just saving it but turning it into this new, beautiful space that the whole community can enjoy.