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By Matt Pelkey
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Town of Washington officials are considering seeking membership far Washington with a regional association that assists in grant writing, project management and land, transportation and environmental planning
Rappahannock County — along with Madison, Orange, Culpeper and Fauquier counties, and a handful of area towns — is a member of the association, Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission (RRRC). Washington officials would have access to the commission's resources if the town were to be added as a member.
Washington Town Council member Claudia Mitchell said a presentation at the Spenyville Living Towns workshop in May of this year piqued her interest in the commission She said she did not know that Washington could join, but then noticed tha t the Town of Madison was a member and wondered why not Washington.
There are other towns that are part of it and I wanted us to be part of it,* she said.
Mitchell, Washington Mayor Eugene Leggett and Town Clerk Laura Dodd met with Jeffrey Walker; RRRC executive director fix’ preliminary discussions on Aug. 30.
This is a really incredible forward step.-,* Mitchell said.
She said that joining the commission would expand the Town of
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