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Funds Available for Workforce Training for Unemployed Virginians

If you have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Virginia has announced funding to allow you to pursue job training. Virginia Western Community College is offering assistance to area residents to take advantage of this opportunity.

Franklin County Releases New Webpage for Local Broadband Initiative

Franklin County, VA is now hosting a new website dedicated to providing citizens and businesses the opportunity to take a deeper look into the County’s efforts to expand Broadband availability. These tools can be accessed from the existing Broad...

Franklin County Creates Pool to Assist Residents Impacted by COVID

Immediate Release: 8.21.20

The Franklin County Board of Supervisors has set aside $300,000 in CARES Act funding to assist local residents financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Franklin County citizens that have been laid-off, furloughed, or experi...

COUNTY ANNOUNCES NEW SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGISTRY

In May 2020, the Franklin County Board of Supervisors approved a new registry requirement for all property owners conducting short-term rentals. 

This ordinance contains language for exempt properties as well as fines for failure to register your ...

Franklin County Receives $4.7 Million Federal Grant for Summit View Business Park

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Virginia - On October 7th, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $4.7 million grant to Franklin County, Virginia, to s...

Franklin County Electoral Board – Suspending Provisional Meeting November 6, 2020, until 1:30 p.m.

Franklin County and Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge Spotlight Collaborative Welcome New Water Tank

FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA (October 28, 2020) A new water tank was erected this summer by the Western Virginia Water Authority at the Summit View Business Park along Hwy 220 in Franklin County. The water tank is 102.5-feet tall, holds 500,000 gallons of water an...