Warren County budget process continues with requests from outside agencies: Access Independence Inc, Warren County Habitat for Humanity, Lord Fairfax Soil & Water Conservation District

Jessica Priest-Cahill, Interim Executive Director and Amanda Slate, President of Warren County Habitat for Humanity present their budge requests to the Board of Supervisors. Photo and video by Mark Williams, Royal Examiner.

The Warren County Board of Supervisors held work session with outside agencies regarding the FY 2020-2021 budget on Tuesday, January 28, 2020.

Royal Examiner will follow the process over the next few weeks. In this first session, 15 outside agencies presented their request to the Board of Supervisors. In this first meeting, Supervisor Tony Carter  was absent – sick as well as Archie Fox. No word on why he missed the meeting. Supervisors Walt Mabe, Cheryl Cullers and Delores Oates, along with Doug Stanley and Bob Childress attended.

In part 1, Blue Ridge Opportunities, The Warren Coalition and the Phoenix Project presented their requests to the Board of Supervisors.

In part 2, you heard from Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc, Northern Virginia 4-H and Samuels Public Library.

In part 3, the House of Hope, Friends of the Shenandoah River, and the Concern Hotline presented their requests.

In part 4, the Browntown Community Center, Resolutions, Inc and the  Blue Ridge Arts Council, Inc present their requests to the Board of Supervisors. And in part 5 to finish out the first meeting is Access Independence Inc, Warren County Habitat for Humanity, and the Lord Fairfax Soil & Water Conservation District.

It’s interesting to hear the discussion and see the detail of what it takes to put a budget together. It’s a slow and long process, but necessary.

Watch the process on this exclusive Royal Examiner video:

Access Independence Inc

Our mission is to promote independent living by providing services and resources that enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities living in Virginia’s Northern Shenandoah Valley.

Warren County Habitat for Humanity

At Warren County, VA Habitat for Humanity, we do more than build houses. We partner with home-buyers, volunteers, donors, businesses and community organizations to transform lives and rebuild communities. Houses are sold at an affordable, no-profit rate with no-interest mortgages to qualified home buyers who earn 30% to 60% of the area median income.

Lord Fairfax Soil & Water Conservation District

We were organized under the authority of the Soil Conservation District Law as passed by the Virginia General Assembly of 1938.  In 1941, the District was formed with only Frederick County.  In 1944, Clarke and Warren Counties joined the District; Shenandoah County became a part of the District in 1945.  In 1973, the City of Winchester joined to complete the present District.

All programs and services of the district are offered on a nondiscriminatory basis, without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, marital status, handicap, or political affiliation.