Public comments before Waynesboro City Council on Wednesday night mostly supported two special use permit applications to open car dealerships along Main Street.

G&W Motorwerkes in Staunton, one of Virginia’s few Porsche sales and maintenance shops, recently applied to relocate into the recently vacated Grand Home Furnishings building at 518 W. Main St.

Kimberly Watters gazes at PowerPoint images depicting her former city’s regeneration, and she is stirred to a kind of sunniness seen here with ecliptical irregularity, which is to say, not often. “It happened there,” Watters says, “it can happen here.”

With more cooks and anticipated better weather, organizers for today’s Third Annual Chili Blues ’N Brews fest in downtown Waynesboro expect a better turnout.

Contrasts continue to strike. The Golden Corral soon will open its gates in the West End, another indicator that development will not soon abate in that section of Waynesboro where pulses still can be detected. Eastward, Roses, the discount clothing and retail store, is venturing back into Willow Oak Plaza. A smattering of small shops has opened in the vicinity.

Group works to offset lower revenues, budget projections

More than a year after stepping in as executive director of the agency charged with pumping life into Waynesboro’s downtown, Kimberly Watters scores mostly favorable reviews.

The Blue Ridge Soap Box Classic returns to downtown today, though some business owners are not sure it will benefit them financially.

This Saturday, three of the River City’s most popular spring events — XtremeFest of the Blue Ridge, Public Works Day and the Main Street Muscle car show — will come together under one banner for a day of community celebration, billed as Wild Weekend in Waynesboro.