Amherst County’s proposed fiscal year 2024-25 budget includes a proposed 3.7% pay raise for county, no planned tax increases and a surplus of roughly $987,600 in revenue over expenses.
A structure on the site that formerly housed the Scottish Inn motel on U.S. 29 Business in Madison Heights has been declared spot blight and Amherst County officials are stepping
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.
A 2% increase to Amherst County’s meals tax will take effect Jan. 1, a 3-1 vote from the county’s board of supervisors that is intended to generate a funding stream for an upcoming renovation and expansion project at the county’s high school and other future capital improvement needs.
The Amherst County Board of Supervisors voted to approve $14 million in added funding for a renovation and addition to the county’s high school, bridging a funding gap that moves the project forward to construction soon.