Your contributions will help the MBRA to continue to inform our community and will help our efforts to Cancel the Project Now! The MBRA is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit. Contributions are NOT tax deductible. Donors may remain anonymous.
We are seriously pursuing all options available to us to stop this Boondoggle once and for all! We greatly appreciate your generous support towards that end!
All five Supervisors are making huge decisions that will greatly impact our lives here in our Marshall District. Time to pursue incorporation, but right now, we've got to Save Marshall from their Boondoggle Project! Visit us this Saturday, even if it the rains, on Main Street across from BB&T, from 10 am - 12 noon! See what you can do to help stop this!
Contact us, sign a form letter & petition, email the BOS, display a sticker, spread the word, and DONATE to help us stop this BOONDOGGLE project!
Believe it or not, you CAN make a difference NOW!
There is strength in numbers~Join with us now!
The Fauquier County Attorney told the MBRA earlier this year that the decision to go forward with this One-block Main Street Improvement (Streetscape) Project is a political decision. A couple Supervisors who really want this Project have said that the only thing that would change their minds is if they see that the majority of people are against it.
Of special interest are the Marshall Minute Newsletters from October and November of 2018. They cover detailed minutes of the two MBRA Community Meetings where we hosted the County covering the Marshall Main Street Project.
The County recently informed us that there is no ordinance nor law that the Board of Supervisors have passed that mandates that this Project must happen. The County also told us they have no evidence that this Project will benefit Marshall, nor has the County done any stress tests to gauge the effect on businesses due to the 600-days the County is allotting for undergrounding.
If you do not want this Project, but instead want it Cancelled so that VDOT will no longer wait to pave our Main Street and repair and maintain our sidewalks, then stop by anytime between 10 am and 12 noon this Saturday, September 12th, and walk, stand, or sit with us along Main Street to help us express that to Chairwoman Mary Leigh McDaniel and fellow Board Members. We'll have stickers for you. Spread the word and help us show that the Marshall community does not want this Project! Be a Champion for your town, small businesses, and neighbors!
~Join with us along Main Street this Saturday! ~Look for us there with the blue CANCEL PROJECT stickers!
Don't let them silence us!! Show up, bring a mask, and wear a sticker we'll have for you at our station. Even if it's just for two minutes, please stand, walk, or sit with us along Main Street sidewalks this Saturday from 10-12 noon to show you want the One-Block Project Cancelled!
Whether the County votes to award the contracts for this Project in September is a political decision, according to the County Attorney. The ONLY obligation our County Supervisors have is to follow the law. There is no law that says they must go forward with this Boondoggle.
We will also have petitions and form letters for you to sign, if desired. Ask us for a car sticker!
Also, help to make your voices known to the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors! Email them and cc the MBRA to make sure your email does not get lost! See below button to send emails.
See our Main Street Tab, above, to view Feb. 14, 2013 Board of Supervisors' Resolution for a 400% increase in Marshall's Special Lighting Tax (MELBID) on the 816 residential and business properties located within this district. Whatever your opinion on this project is, let your Supervisors know.
Their contact info is on our "Main Street Tab."
Simply go to www.ShapingMarshallTogether.com to access petition
You may also email us at mbraeditor@gmail.com
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Cover your nose and mouth with a disposable tissue or flexed elbow when you cough or sneeze
Avoid close contact (1 meter or 3 feet) with people who are unwell
Stay home and self-isolate from others in the household if you feel unwell
Don't :
Touch your eyes, nose, or mouth if your hands are not clean
Brenda Payne, pictured above with the three parade judges:
Sherry Headley, Sharon Coyner, Marie Grogg
Congratulations to the winners: Children's Entry: 1st Place: Claude Thompson Elementary School 2nd Place: Lucas Warner Civic/Business Entry: 1st Place: White Horse Auto Wash 2nd Place: Superior Paving Corp. Clayton Ellis Memorial Award for Vehicle Entry: 1st Place: Windows Unlimited 2nd Place: Peak Roofing Contractors Marching/Dance/Music/Unit Entry: 1st Place: Fauquier High School Marching Band 2nd Place: Skydancer Morgans Judges Award: 1st Place: Cortes Landscaping 2nd Place: Marshall Baptist Church
Congratulations to Winners!
1st Place - Gentle Harvest (unanimous decision)
2nd Place - Quality First/Action Electric
3rd Place - Rug Gallery
Honorable mentions go to:
Basement Cuts
Joe's Pizza & Subs
Joan of Art
Blue Salon
We had a great meeting with dinner and conversation at the Marshall Ruritan building Tuesday night! We greatly appreciate having key people associated with the project present to answer questions that the MBRA Board had provided the County in advance.
Since our Board has been carefully studying the details of the project as they became available to us the past few months, we collected many questions that we had regarding the project. The MBRA Board has diverse opinions on this subject from those for, those against, or anywhere in between, and the questions were representative of them. Many were questions we had also heard from the community.
Especially with a project that will have the largest impact on Marshall that we have seen in a long time, it is important that people have the opportunity to get answers regarding this project that will be paid for, in part, by the Lighting Tax District (Special Tax District, MELBID).
Over 70 people attended to hear approximately 25 questions answered directly from those who had the answers.
Great thanks go out to our Marshall District Supervisor Mary Leigh McDaniel, former Marshall District Supervisor and Project Manager Peter Schwartz, Current Project Manager and Director of Office and Management and Budget Erin Kozanecki, and former Project Manager Paul Lawrence. It was very informative to have all of them assembled and participating in this community forum on such an important topic of discussion around Marshall.
We applaud the above four individuals for answering some tough questions in a clear and time-efficient way so that the audience could gain information directly. Such an open and transparent event helps the community come together by addressing community concerns and involving them in the process. This was a great step forward together in government-community relations and we look forward to continued good communications in the future!
As we get more information, we are posting it on our website (see "Main Street" tab above) or go to MyMarshallMainStreet.com. For a chance to post and see pros and cons, as well as alternative ideas to the planned project, see the non-MBRA website: ShapingMarshallTogether.com.
To view VERSION B, pdf of County's Rural Lands Plan Draft, May 9, 2019 edition, click here and scroll down for "Draft Chapter 8 (Version B) Rural Lands"