To add your event to VisitFred.com, contact Fredericksburg Visitor Center Manager Danelle Rose .

City Council voted Tuesday to authorize construction of the park off Sophia Street after a few final tweaks and the solicitation of bids for its construction. Work is expected to begin this coming spring. 

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The business has been operating as a food truck and recently decided to open a bricks-and-mortar location at 826 Caroline Street.

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City Council on Tuesday took the first of two required votes to make data centers an allowed use in Fredericksburg. Data Centers are proposed to be permitted by-right in the I-2 zoning district, and by special-use permit in the remaining commercial, mixed-use, non-residential-planned-development, and industrial zoning districts. 

 

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We have added an informational page about the federal Opportunity Zone program (in which Fredericksburg is participating) on our Economic Development website.

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The 'Burg placed sixth on Smart Asset's list of the 10 best places to retire in Virginia

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The October 23 City Council meeting will include three public hearings on the proposed multi-purpose stadium in Celebrate Virginia South.

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Legume Kitchen & Bar, which had been at 715 Caroline St., closed Sunday. Owner Raymond Renault said on Facebook that he will " integrate plant-based menu options that are creative, nutritious and most of all delicious to the menu at my other restaurant, La Petite Auberge." The 3,100-square-foot space is now available for rent.

On this episode of "Freehling Finds," we preview "A Downtown Affair on Caroline Street," a sold-out event coming to downtown Fredericksburg this Sunday evening.

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With help from $12,500 in Dominion Energy grants, volunteers this week constructed an outdoor classroom and dug holes for 50 trees at James Monroe High School.

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Click below to see how Fredericksburg's housing market fared in September.

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