IN THE SPOTLIGHT

• CANCELLED!!  
  Please be advised, due to inclement weather, the Town Hall meetings scheduled for this Saturday to address citizen concerns regarding AEP are cancelled. Del. Armstrong's office will notify us when the Town Halls have been rescheduled.
• Franklin County to receive grant award of $451,476 from the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission to assist with the completion of the lower level of The Franklin Center, the County's Higher Education, Workforce and Career Center.  View complete press release.
• In an effort to operate more strategically, the Franklin County Board of Supervisors adopted its second Strategic Plan on February 17, 2009. As part of the plan, they developed vision statements depicting their desired future state for Franklin County. Goal number eight of the Strategic Plan is to: “develop ongoing mechanisms to measure, assess, and analyze community needs and develop indicators to determine progress and identify gaps in services for families and individuals”. One of the strategies being utilized to accomplish goal number eight of the Strategic Plan is to receive input from the citizens of Franklin County to assess their current satisfaction with services currently available in the community and identify emerging needs. The Franklin County Board of Supervisors and staff are inviting the citizens of Franklin County to provide county officials with their opinions through their participation in a community needs assessment survey at the link below. Information gathered from survey participants will be utilized to begin the process of developing ongoing mechanisms to measure, assess, and analyze community needs and develop indicators to determine progress. Fill out the Needs Assessment Survey now!
• After two years of planning, citizen survey and input, and staff evaluation, the Draft Franklin County Parks & Recreation Master Plan is now available for download and comments by citizens.  Public hearings for review of this document will be scheduled for the fall months. Should you have any comments, or suggestions on the plan, please direct them to Scott Martin, Franklin County Commerce & Leisure Services Director, 40 East Court Street, Rocky Mount, VA 24151, or e-mail Michael Burnette.  Click here for Implementation Schedule.
• Franklin County Offers New Service for the Public!  Go online to find information on permits, inspections, and plan submittals, and manage inspection services through a toll-free number.  View Press Release. 
• PLEASE SEE PUBLIC SAFETY'S WEB PAGE FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON SWINE FLU.
• Interested in a recent rezoning case?  Want to know what's on an upcoming Planning Commission Agenda?  View the latest edition of Franklin County Planning Monthly, an on-line schedule of public hearings and agenda items related to Planning & Community Development. Go to the Planning & Community Development web page and look under IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

• An IMPORTANT update from Margaret S. Torrence, Commissioner of the Revenue concerning Circuit Court Petitioning for Erroneous Property Assessments.  Please read pertinent information on the Commissioner of Revenue web pages as well as download and fill out a petition.

   

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