Week in Review
Happy Valentine's Day! Here are the top stories we reported for you this week
Monday, Feb. 9
Local elected officials gave state legislators an earful this week about General Assembly bills that would interfere with local zoning decisions and force collective bargaining with employee unions.
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Tuesday, Feb. 10
C&F Mortgage pitched Williamsburg City Council Monday on a joint partnership with the city, William & Mary and the Community Foundation to provide $2.7 million in grants to support the city’s affordable housing efforts.
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Wednesday, Feb. 11
James City County supervisors made no decisions on two high density developments at their Tuesday night meeting, pushing them back until April 14.
The biggest project they delayed considering was Westwood Park, a proposed mixed-use project on 79 acres of surplus Eastern State Hospital land bordering New Town.
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Thursday, Feb. 12
James City County’s first pass at a new budget includes $12 million in additional spending requests, and double-digit assessment increases could provide enough tax increases on homeowners to cover it.
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Friday, Feb. 13
When local governments sit down to review initial budget plans for a year, they get a wish list of asks that will not survive contact with revenue realities. That’s how it went for the James City County board of supervisors when they met for their retreat Thursday.
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