Johnson County Mayor Larry Potter and commissioners shifted their focus recently on the importance of an Economic Impact Study, used to analyze change to see how it impacts the selected
Virginia’s General Assembly appropriated a historic $89 million for a new Office of Trails earlier this year, yet no spending decisions beyond a first $5 million round have been made. Advocates and local officials alike are now wondering which projects will win funding and how soon the money could start flowing.
ABINGDON — For Stanley Couch, building bridges on Southwest Virgina’s Mendota Trail means more than just a job, working for Abingdon’s Inland Construction as a labor foreman.