Saturday July 29, 2023
BEST OF VIRGINIA NONPROFIT NEWS | PIZZA!!! (For real)
BEST OF VIRGINIA NONPROFIT NEWS
Cardinal News: Virginia schools will get second chance to apply for construction grants
The Virginia Board of Education moved Thursday to open a second application period for School Construction Assistance Program funding. About $85 million is still available for school divisions with plans for construction or renovation projects.
Virginia Mercury: ‘Youngkin administration criticizes falling ABC profits’
Four years after Virginia transitioned its Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control into an authority in an effort to make the state agency run more like a business, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says ABC isn’t generating the additional funding for Virginia as originally intended.
Cardinal News: ‘Youngkin is trying to take Virginia out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Here are some projects it’s funded in Southwest and Southside.’
In June, Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board voted to withdraw the state from RGGI, pushing forward Youngkin’s plan. The target date for official withdrawal is the end of the calendar year.
Depending on who you ask, this is either a good thing for Virginians’ wallets or a bad thing for the environment and statewide initiatives that were funded by RGGI.
Virginia Mercury: Va.’s disparities reflect why Aldean’s menacing ‘Small Town’ song flies in rural America
Country singer Jason Aldean has reaped a whirlwind of big-media scorn for his intemperate new hit titled “Try That in a Small Town.” As he should.
The seething tone of the lyrics alone are an unvarnished and bellicose call for vigilantism by “good ol’ boys, raised up right” in towns and crossroads outside America’s cities and suburbs.
It widens the troubling geographic and cultural fissure between urban America and its leafy, prosperous bedroom communities and the struggling rural towns that feel they were denied growth and opportunity in recent decades, a split Virginia illustrates well.
Pizza!!!
Take the Survey
In Friday’s issue, we screamed “Pizza!!!” across the top of the page, then failed to add the story. We apologize for whetting your appetite, then leaving you craving a great pie.
But fear not - we’re back today to talk about what is arguably America’s favorite food.
This summer, F2S has been eating it’s way across the region, sampling as many slices of pizza as we could find (it’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it).
Following several months of tasting, we’re ready to announce our choice for best pizza pie in the region.
And the winner …
… will be revealed next Saturday.
That’s because before we have our say, we want to hear from you.
Take our two-question survey, and look for our winner next week