On Tuesday, April 25th, over fifty individuals bustled determinedly across the NW Works Campus. Members of the staff excitedly supported the individuals attending their Day Support Program with activities like weeding, trimming trees, and spreading mulch while classic...
After a whirlwind campaign, Emily Rose Windle got to work on keeping her promises to the Second Ward including bringing back North End meetings to keep residents apprised of what is happening on city council. As the city’s youngest councilor, she is utilizing...
Virginia’s wine history traces back to 1607 when the Virginia Company successfully established the Jamestown colony. Captain John Smith’s accounts of abundant native grape varietals sparked a fervent desire to produce wine in the New World. In 1619, the...
Piccadilly St is currently seeing a rebirth in the reuse of old buildings, with Four Square Architects, led by Kyle Hopkins, at the forefront of several projects. Walking through Old Town, you might be familiar with some of their recent projects, such as the...
Most people do not imagine growing five acres of food on a quarter acre of gravel when they look at an infill property in a city, but that is exactly what Ann and John Fox saw when they surveyed 1001 S Loudoun St. Fox Urban Farms LLC grows fresh greens, microgreens,...
As self-proclaimed Winchester ambassadors, we frequently hear that access to nature is one of local folks’ favorite aspects of living here. Blandy Experimental Farms and the Virginia State Arboretum are among the many attractions in Winchester that provide far...
The remodel of Rouss City Hall in 2020 offered me my first opportunity to learn from Tim Youmans, the current planning director but widely regarded as Winchester’s unofficial historian. Staff held tours to highlight the changes, and I persisted on sneaking into...
When retired Brigadier General Dave Brubaker mentioned wanting to establish a non-profit to offer students free flights to encourage them to pursue careers in aviation and other STEM fields, his daughter Carly Walker thought the concept was “just so cute!”...
The national average for face to face time between a patient and their medical provider is just 7 minutes. Kelly Botta, PA-C, MSPAS, owner and founder of Smartypants Medicine decided to take a less traveled medical career route by opening a direct primary care...
One of the distinct values of the Winchester area is the resident’s ability and desire to collaborate together to improve the lives of everyone. We see this over and over with local business owners, and even our non-profits. In 1999 the Valley Health System,...
