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IN THE NEWS:

Launch of FredGIS

August 2, 2010 - The City of Fredericksburg has launched its own Geographic Information System (named FredGIS) in order to provide advanced mapping services to the public. This system offers the ability to search property information, view aerial imagery, building structures, neighborhoods, roads, addresses, zoning, resource protection areas, trails, and parks, just to name a few. For more information, click here.  Access FredGIS now!

Citizen's Police Academy

The Fredericksburg Police Department is now accepting applications for the upcoming session of the Citizen's Academy, which begins on September 15.  The classes will be held on Wednesday evenings 6pm - 9pm at Police Headquarters, 2200 Cowan Blvd.  Topics will include patrol procedures, forensics collection, and in-depth analyses of notable cases.  View the agenda and get an application here.   For more information, contact coordinator Natatia Bledsoe at (540)654-5701.

Fredericksburg Fire Dept. Golf Tournament!

Join us for a day of fun and activity, for a good cause! The Frederickburg Fire Dept. will be holding their 16th annual Benefit Golf Tournament on September 20, 2010. All proceeds go to the Rappahannock Council on Domestic Violence Children's Program. Click here for more information!

Fredericksburg Alert!

On Monday August 2, 2010, the City of Fredericksburg launched a new citizen’s alert system called Fredericksburg Alert. The notification system will provide warnings to subscribers outlining various information ranging from emergency weather, traffic, and crime alerts to informational messages from City departments and the school system.  For more information, click here.

Courthouse & Court Facilities Developments
Fredericksburg City Council continues to move forward with planning for a new courts complex. In October 2009, City Council received a presentation from architects Glavé & Holmes and Perkins Eastman describing site and building concepts which provide for the long-term facility and space needs of the courts. Properties in the 600 and 700 blocks of Princess Anne Street were evaluated as potential courthouse sites. In November 2009 the Council selected Scheme 5 as the preferred approach to meeting the long-term facility and space needs of the court system.  For more details about this significant project, please see the link here!

City of Fredericksburg’s Finally Friday Event Series Comes to an End
After a fourteen year run the City of Fredericksburg has ended the Finally Fridays/First Friday event series. In 1996, the former city manager asked the Director of Parks, Recreation and Public Facilities, Robert Antozzi, to develop an event for downtown Fredericksburg. At the time, no events of this type were occurring on a regular basis. “Today”, says Antozzi, “the void in special events downtown no longer exists. On a given Friday, several events may be taking place at the same time. The upside of ending the series is that it allows the City’s reduced resources to concentrate on higher priority services.”

In an effort to determine if other opportunities for special events downtown exist, the Department is conducting a survey. Please take the time to provide your feedback.  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N3S3MGQ 

Your Vision, Our Future
The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) will be holding the first round of Public Workshops for “Your Vision, Our Future” – Regional Scenario Planning Study.  In partnerships with local planners, FAMPO is using demographic and economic projections to study a range of potential growth  scenarios.  The intent is to help elected officials, residents, and business leaders to identify and discuss regional goals and community values, in order to explore alternative investment strategies for transportation, which will have a direct impact on the region’s growth and development.  The study area includes the City of Fredericksburg and the Counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, and Stafford.  For more information, please click on the following link:  http://www.fampo.gwregion.org/regionallandusescenarioplanning.html.

Eagle Village, A Successful Mix of University and Community Uses    

 Fredericksburg’s first mixed use project will open Phase 1 in the summer of 2010 with a total of 454,456 square feet of residential, commercial and retail space in the U.S. 1 corridor.   Eagle Village, a project of the University of Mary Washington Foundation, will include apartment-style student residences that will accommodate up to 624 students, a secured parking deck, a pedestrian bridge that will span U.S. 1 into the UMW campus, and new retail, restaurant and “Class-A” office space.
 Phase 1 represents a $115 million investment on seven acres of the 21-acre development site, formerly a 1950’s era shopping center that had high vacancy rates. The upgrade of core retail services and facilities continues with Phase 2 of Eagle Village.  Planning and development for that phase continue and will more fully engage the medical campus of Mary Washington Hospital, which adjoins Eagle Village.  That will complete the renewal of the center into a pedestrian-friendly mixed use project for the university and community.   

Print Innovators Diversifies Existing Fredericksburg Media Company

 A $50 million print facility began commercial production in the City in December, 2009, adding a new revenue stream to The Free Lance Star Companies, a local, family-owned business which also holds a newspaper, on-line media and four radio stations in Fredericksburg.  
 The total building improvement was $17 million and printing equipment valued at $30 million will produce the company’s newspaper.   The Flexible Printing System is only one of its kind in the United States and one of just three in the world.   Additional commercial work will utilize the extraordinary capacity of the print facility and boost revenues for the media company.  
The print facility is located on 14 acres of a 24-acre parcel in the City’s Battlefield Industrial Park.  The project also opens two five-acre parcels for development.