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Residents ask them and county officials to involve them in discussions about possible uses of the property.

The Fredericksburg Regional Housing Assembly hosted a daylong summit on Housing Attainability this week.Kim McClellan, public policy director for the Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors, or FAAR, said during a

Stafford supervisors voted 4–3 on Tuesday to rezone a 6-acre parcel at the corner of U.S. 1 and Courthouse Road to become Fountain Park—a new development of apartments and retail stores that will serve as a gateway to what county officials are calling Downtown Stafford. “We’re excited with the opportunity,” said Jeh Hicks, director of community relations for Jarrell Properties of Fredericksburg, which owns the land. “It’s going to be a gathering place where Stafford County residents can meet with their neighbors, their friends, to be able to show off where S...

Fourteen months ago, Stafford supervisors envisioned a vibrant and futuristic downtown area near the county courthouse where families and friends could meet, eat, shop and socialize. They called the potential development Downtown Stafford. John Holden, the county’s economic development director, had previously told supervisors the county-owned, 28-acre site, which lies parallel to the southern edge of Courthouse Road near the U.S. 1 interchange, would be built with fewer brick-and-mortar retail outlets. Holden said broadband and smart energy, lighting, water and temperature controls woul...