A month-by-month recap of news in Amherst County in a year featuring a busy local election, kickoff of a renovation to the high school and a much talked about murder case coming back to Amherst.
The Madison Heights Master Plan, a blueprint for guiding public investment and private development in Amherst County’s most populated community, has received the county board of supervisors’ approval after a planning process that took about two years.
Amherst County has declined an offer from the state to purchase the Central Virginia Training Center campus, a former state-run campus that served individuals with disabilities and is a site area officials are positioning for potential redevelopment.
The Madison Heights Master Plan, which will help shape the future of Amherst County’s most populated community for many years to come, recently was presented to the county’s planning commission.
Amherst County’s department of community development reviewed or issued 627 zoning and subdivision-related permits in 2022, an increase of 37 permits from the previous year and the highest of a