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Dwayne Corry: I know injuries are something every team needs to overcome but I cannot help to wonder what if our point guard had not been injured. I do believe we would have had (and still do) a fighting chance to rep the Eastern Conference.
In 2020, the supervisors started the process of adding commercial scale solar utilities as a permitted use in the zoning ordinance for agricultural areas. Last week they put an end to the process. At their Feb. 28 meeting, the planning department presented the supervisors a zoning ordinance text amendment to allow these. This is the text amendment the supervisors asked the planning commission to develop.
Bedford County supervisors this week effectively ended the prospect of future large solar farms within the county when they declined to advertise a public hearing on a proposed utility-scale solar
Most supervisors are opposed to allowing utility-scale solar farms in Bedford County, with primary concerns being a loss of agricultural land use and impacts to the rural aesthetic.
As is true every year, the first board of supervisors meeting for 2022 was an organizational meeting. A chairman and vice chairman must be elected each year as these are one year terms. Last week the supervisors elected District 4 Supervisor John Sharp as chairman and District 2 Supervisor Edgar Tuck as vice chairman. The supervisors also made a change to their bylaws. In the past, motions have never required a second. The supervisors voted unanimously to require a second for all motions.