News Flash

Corrected Personal Property Tax Bills

The City of Fredericksburg Treasurer’s Office has prepared corrected personal property bills that will be mailed to taxpayers this week.

(Fredericksburg, VA) October 16, 2019 - The initial personal property tax bills that were received in...

Announcing the Fredericksburg Hockey Rink Grand Opening

The Washington Capitals and the City of Fredericksburg are pleased to announce the Grand Opening for the NEW Fredericksburg Roller Hockey Rink. The ribbon cutting will be held on Sunday, October 27 at 2:00pm. The public is invited to attend the ceremony a...

Utility Billing for July/August 2019 Billing Cycle

Udpated Friday, October 11, 2019: 

The City Finance and Public Works Departments are working hard to analyze instances of higher than normal water bills for the July & August 2019 billing cycle.

The City Finance Department has completed a revie...

City Real Estate Reassessment Work Underway

Field Work to inspect City properties by our hired contractor has begun. 

A General Property Reassessment, as required by State Law, is scheduled for the City of Fredericksburg, effective July 1, 2020.  The last reassessment in the City o...

Public Charrette: Central Park and Celebrate Virginia South Small Area Plan

The City of Fredericksburg will hold a Public Charrette for the Central Park and Celebrate Virginia South Small Area Plan from October 21-24, 2019 at 1270 Carl D. Silver Parkway (between Old Navy and Party City). For more details and specific hours, see a...

City Plans Marketing Campaign Ahead of Chatham Bridge Closure

The City of Fredericksburg is committing funding and resources for a locally oriented marketing and social media campaign letting people know that downtown Fredericksburg is open for business as usual during the planned Chatham Bridge closure.

The City is ...

Link Multiple Utility Billing Accounts

On September 14th, the City upgraded our New Utility Billing System Munis Self Service online payment portal. This upgrade provides our customers with a new feature: the ability for you to link multiple Utility Billing accounts to your user ID for ease of...

Fredericksburg Parking Garage Has Gone Cashless

New parking payment technology now in place

The new technology accepts credit cards at a new “pay-on-foot” station by the 1^st floor elevator and also at the exit gate where drivers may pay from their car upon exit. In addition to making...

Complete Count Committee for 2020 Census

In April, the City Council resolved to support the 2020 Census effort by launching a Complete Count Committee (CCC). A CCC is a group of citizens and stakeholders organized with the purpose of ensuring all people are counted in the Census. The task of the...

City Marks Advent of Full Operations for Advanced Life Support Service

City Marks Advent of Full Operations for Advanced Life Support Service

The City of Fredericksburg marks an important step forward in emergency services August 27 when Advance Life Support will be fully operational with two medic units providing emergency m...

Fredericksburg Baseball hits a “fredanthropic” home run

The baseball team is the City of Fredericksburg’s final Fredanthropist participant.

When word of the City of Fredericksburg’s Fredanthropist program began circulating, it caught the eye of two of Fredericksburg Baseball’s prin...

Unsheltered Homelessness Initiative Pilot Meets Year-One Target

The Fredericksburg Regional Continuum of Care’s (CoC) Unsheltered Homelessness Initiative aims to functionally end unsheltered homelessness. The CoC is the federally-mandated coalition responsible for planning and implementing homeless services ...

Telegraph Hill / Fredericksburg Park Information

The residential development is under construction on the west side of Lafayette Boulevard and between Alum Spring Road and St. Paul Street. 

A public information session was held in the evening of Tuesday, July 30, at the Dorothy Hart Community Ce...

City Council 2036 Vision: Phase Two Priorities

The Mayor and City Council have recently adopted the updated Council Priorities for FY 2019-2021 as a three-year plan under the categories of the eight desired future states. These Priorities are meant to advance toward Council’s 2036 Vision for our city'...

Landfill Fee Increase

Notice for those who dispose of trash at the Belman Convenience Center & Eskimo Hill Landfill – As of July 1, 2019 the following increases are in effect:

• Annual passes will increase from $100 to $120
• Coupon books will increase from $30 to $40
• P...

All 12 Fredanthropists now in place

GeMROI, Team Pohanka the latest to join; final participant to be announced soon

The City of Fredericksburg needed 12 Fredanthropists to step up to meet the City’s financial needs for the construction of the roller-hockey rink at Dixon Park. Twelv...

Braehead Woods Neighborhood Information

FAQ's and supporting documents from 1963-1988 provided on zoning, permit processing and stormwater drainage.

City Council Moves Forward on Auction Block Preservation, Interpretation

On June 11, 2019, the City of Fredericksburg Council voted 6-1 in favor of moving the slave auction block from its current location at the corner of William and Charles Streets to the Fredericksburg Area Museum. This decision by Council followed the Inter...

Fredericksburg Technology Zone companies meet performance thresholds

First-year results are positive for Fredericksburg’s three Technology Zone companies operating under a five-year performance agreement with the City of Fredericksburg. QRC Technologies, IST Research and ILM Corporation have been successfully meeting perfo...

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Archaeological Resources in Fredericksburg, VA

Understanding the value of our buried history

A new and interactive story map entitled Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Archaeological Resources in Fredericksburg, Virginia has been launched by the City of Fredericksburg. It is a resource for those seeking to un...

Fredericksburg City Council Sets Highly Competitive Tax Rate for Data Centers

The City of Fredericksburg’s pursuit of data centers took a significant step forward Tuesday night when its City Council voted unanimously to set a highly competitive tax rate for that business category.

Fredericksburg City Council on Tuesday too...

City Saves $1.8 Million by Reducing Energy Use in Buildings

Over a twenty-year period the City of Fredericksburg saved $1,802,805 dollars and produced 25,590,190 lbs less greenhouse gases by reducing electricity and fossil fuel consumption in city government buildings. This environmental stewardship was first impl...