If you believe The News Virginian (“Time to do what works,” Nov. 8) and others, you would think that a successful downtown is all that is needed for Waynesboro to survive into the future. Wow. That seems easy enough. After all, there are a few empty buildings downtown and if they had small businesses in them, we would all prosper! New businesses like Ruth’s Renovations and the Wine Emporium are the latest additions to downtown, but they cannot survive without the patronage of the community.

Way 2 Go Taxi received the unanimous approval of the Waynesboro City Council Monday to operate its taxi service in the city, but it still has hurdles to overcome to provide a full service.

The Waynesboro Planning Commission unanimously endorsed plans Tuesday to redevelop the 41-acre former Crompton Mills property along the South River.

The City Council is expected to approve the plans for the development, to be called The Mill at South River, at its Aug. 24 meeting.

The Waynesboro City Council and staff publicly praised the proposed redevelopment of the 41-acre former Crompton Mills site along the South River during a public hearing Monday.

Cleanup at South River site has already spanned 2 years

‘Landmark’ $40M brownfield project would be state’s largest