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County Commission Makes Early Revision to FY26 Budget

County Commission Plans To Change Impact Fees Again

City & County Struggle To Align On Downtown Charles Town Plans

Governor Celebrates Building Rehabilitation In Charles Town

Shepherdstown Banner Program Honors Veterans

Shepherd University Breaks Ground For Multi-Purpose Facility

County Commission Plans To Finance New HQ With $16 Million Bond

AmeriCorps Funding Cuts Hit Jefferson County

County Commission Seeks Impact Fees To Help Cover Costs of New Offices

West Virginia Humanities Council Suspends All Grants

Birdhill Subdivison Stormwater Management Plan Reviewed by WV DEP

WVU Medicine Will Invest In Berkeley and Jefferson Counties

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Shepherdstown Comprehensive Plan Review Presented and Discussed in Special Hearing

May 4, 2024 Tagged With: Shepherdstown Comprehensive Plan, Shepherdstown Planning Commission, Shepherdstown Town Council

Shepherdstown Planning Commission at meeting

On April 30, Shepherdstown’s Planning Commission held a hearing at which a special committee’s recommendations to update the town’s comprehensive plan were presented to the public. Read the Full Story >>

Panel Discussion On Growth Around Shepherdstown

April 11, 2024 Tagged With: Housing Growth, Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan, Jefferson County Planning Commission, Shepherdstown Comprehensive Plan, Shepherdstown Planning Commission

Shepherdstown preferred growth area (map snippet)

On Wednesday, April 24 at 7:00 pm The Observer hosted a panel discussion on the growth that is expected to affect Shepherdstown-area residents in the next decade. Following the presentations, the panel took questions from the audience participants.  Read the Full Story >>

First Cohousing Community in WV Takes Shape in Shepherdstown

January 9, 2017 Tagged With: Cohousing Community, housing, Shepherd Village, Shepherdstown Planning Commission

Shepherd Village, the first cohousing community development in West Virginia, is continuing to make progress, and ground will hopefully be broken sometime in 2017. Read the Full Story >>

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