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Our View
Joining in
Something's in the wind in the Town of
Washington. Town council member Claudia
Mitchell has taken the lead in pursuing the town's membership in the Rappahannock-Regional Commission.
What’s this all about?
Well, for starters, membership would give the town access to resources that it currently doesn’t have like help with with grant writing, project management and land, transportation and environmental planning.
Rappahannock County has been a member of this commission which serves a five-county area. There are also several towns included but not until now have town officials contemplated membership.
Town attorney John Bennett had nothing but good things to say when the issue was aired at last month’s town council meeting
“It would open a lot of doors,” said Bennett who clearly saw the benefits of membership having seen other towns receive help and monies for special projects. , _
The Town of Washington has larger coffers than some for its size primarily because of the revenue that is generated from The Inn at Little Washington.
But with bids scheduled to go out at the first of the year for the future wastewater system, they will need all the help they can get.
Membership in the Rappahannock Regional Commission which sponsored the Living Towns seminars held in Sperryville earlier this spring doesn’t appear to be complicated.
It will take a “yea” vote from Washington’s Town Council and a nod from the commission but the winds are blowing in that direction - and that is a good thing.
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