Amherst Town Talk

00:00 Intro 00:57 Special Guest Town Council Candidate Harold Thomas 42:05 Town Halloween Event 46:42 Planning Commission Meeting 47:06 Joe Beans Coffee Coming to Town 50:30 Town Events Calendar 53:53 I Timothy 6:10

00:00 Intro 02:54 Town Water Emergency 19:54 100 Mile Yard Sale 23:41 Sorghum Festival 27:37 A Town Fire Festival 31:29 Mystery Dirt Pile 37:12 Brockman Park 43:17 Town Council Meeting Pt. 3 43:34 Water Monitoring Plan 45:04 Financial Services Contract 50:54 Town Committee Vacancies 54:05 Town Events Calendar 55:58 Matthew 6:9-13

00:00 Intro 09:34 Verizon Landline Service Ending 18:33 Town Council Meeting Pt. 2 18:56 Business Friendliness Amendments 47:22 Town Events Calendar 53:29 Deuteronomy 28:13

00:00 Intro 01:34 Retraction 07:55 Missing Sign 09:28 Mystery Dirt 12:58 New Restaurant Coming to Town 16:35 New Oversized Adirondack Chair 19:59 100 Mile Yard Sale 20:38 New Maker Space in Town 26:43 Town Council Meeting 28:51 Park on Main 2nd Community Survey 45:44 Cannabis Retail Shops 54:13 Matthew 5:14-15

00:00 Intro 05:00 Town Council Meeting Recap Part 2 06:23 Town Water Management Plan 20:59 Town Website ADA Compliance 26:06 Business Friendliness Public Hearing 26:19 New Town Maintenance Foreman 26:45 A Fairy Tale Christmas Parade 30:04 Board of Supervisors Meeting 31:08 Mike Driskill County Resolution 31:35 Thrasher Lake Water Withdrawal 41:27 Major Water Leak Found 43:26 Planning Commission Me...

00:00 Intro 01:21 Lancers Football 03:25 New Coach Sam Soghor 10:21 Town Council Meeting Recap 10:57 Remembering Mike Driskill 28:14 Inoperable Vehicles 37:35 Town Halloween Event 42:06 Ventris Gibson Appointment 44:08 November Special Election 50:46 Town Events Calendar 53:46 Matthew 6:6

00:00 Intro 05:58 Mike Driskill Day 18:27 Commercial Break 19:49 Second Street Repaving 32:57 Drought Conditions in VA 37:10 Name the Park 47:06 Town Park Survey Results 57:10 Town Events Calendar 59:19 Daniel 10:18-19a

00:00 Intro 05:25 Joint EDA-Town Council Meeting 07:11 Old Virginia Brick 09:35 Brockman Park 19:15 Commercial Break 19:49 Return 34:05 Town Council Meeting 34:23 Town Park Names 37:15 Inoperable Vehicles 43:31 Town Council Election 45:24 Amherst County Day at the Park 47:26 Business Friendliness 52:08 Water Withdrawal Permit Compliance 53:03 Town Events Calendar 56:10 Romans 12:17-21

00:00 Intro 03:18 Special Guest Jeromey Cowart 22:48 Commercial Break 23:55 Return 50:38 Commercial Break 51:45 Return 52:12 Second Stage Willow Oak 55:59 Town Events Calendar 01:01:52 Joshua 1:9

00:00 Intro 01:44 Remembering Skippy Brown 13:43 Commercial Break 15:05 Return 20:59 Town Council Meeting 21:50 Chincoteague 26:46 Town Park Idea Survey 32:51 Name the Park Update 36:45 Commercial Break 37:47 Flags at the Park 39:35 Bulk Trash Pickup 40:49 ACHS Band Concert 42:31 Second Stage Storytelling 45:49 Town Events Calendar 48:53 Romans 8:28-30

00:00 Intro 01:48 National Day of Prayer 03:22 Special Guest Fred Loving 05:28 Amherst Fire Department Museum Presentation 19:38 Bobby Motley 34:52 Welby Bailey 39:51 Bill Gannaway 51:45 Commercial Break 52:42 Town Events Calendar 58:02 I Corinthians 13:11-13

00:00 Intro 04:36 Special Guest Octavia Starbuck 32:49 Commercial Break 34:04 Return 37:35 New Screening at Old Mill Park 40:13 Last Water Meter Installed 40:56 Hermle Clocks 46:02 Commercial Break 47:22 Town Events Calendar 48:40 Psalm 55:22-23

00:00 Intro 02:40 National Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day 05:18 Caller 06:01 Fresh Ground Peanut Butter at Hangout on Main 15:40 Commercial Break 16:50 Return 18:37 New $3 Menu at McDonald’s 28:04 Name the Park Video 42:57 Places to Run, Jump, and Stroll 50:44 Commercial Break 51:45 Town Events Calendar 01:01:08 Romans 12:17-21

00:00 Intro 11:49 Traffic Circle or Roundabout? 22:12 Commercial Break 23:40 Return 37:54 Town Council Meeting 38:22 Central Virginia Safety Action Plan 43:43 Pedestrian Improvement Resolution 44:29 Name the Park 47:09 Water e-Billing 48:46 Town Events Calendar 54:36 Commercial Break 55:31 James 4:14-17

00:00 Intro 08:05 Town Council Meeting 11:08 Pedestrian Improvement Survey 16:31 Commercial Break 17:46 Return 29:17 Apple Harvest Festival 30:12 Town Budget for FY2027 32:13 Bulk Trash Pickup 35:34 Capital Improvement Program 35:55 Rezoning for New Ice Cream Shop 38:21 Special Use Permit for Jobbing Business 39:45 Front Setback Reduction 47:04 Commercial Break 47:57 Town Events Calendar 50:37 Jer...

00:00 Intro 01:40 Special Guests Nina Garret and Scott McFarland 06:42 Garden Fest 2026 17:22 Commercial Break 18:27 Return 36:48 Opera on the James at Second Stage 44:10 New Town Park 46:34 Town Events Calendar 53:16 Numbers 6:24-26

00:00 Intro 04:57 New Town Park 10:30 Board of Supervisors Meeting 14:55 Commercial Break 16:02 Return 22:32 New Town Voting Precinct 29:04 New Generator for Amherst Fire Department 34:31 Shrader House Boxwoods 48:21 Commercial Break 49:29 Return 49:57 Traffic Circle Too Busy? 54:29 Town Events Calendar 57:49 Job 38:1-3

00:00 Intro 07:23 Groundhog Day 14:03 Commercial Break 15:14 Return 15:33 Town Council Meeting 15:58 Town Pedestrian Improvements 28:23 Town Engineer Herb White 28:56 Snow Removal Policy Update 31:15 Reserve Police Officers 33:06 Rutledge Hills Revitalization Area Designation 40:06 Commercial Break 41:14 Town Council Rules of Procedure 46:51 Town Council Code of Ethics 48:14 Town Events Calendar 5...

00:00 Intro 02:50 Town Snow Removal Plan 06:45 Special Guest Aaron Ferro 15:15 Commercial Break 16:20 Return 48:57 Commercial Break 50:10 Town Events Calendar 55:24 Micah 6:8

00:00 Intro 02:58 Special Guest Suny Monk 18:47 Commercial Break 20:52 Return 55:18 Commercial Break 56:44 Town Events Calendar 59:17 Matthew 5:44-45

00:00 Intro 13:30 Commercial Break 14:38 Return 17:28 National Blonde Brownie Day 19:01 Winter Weather Update 28:54 Places to Run, Jump, and Stroll 36:40 Town Council Meeting Work Session Recap 37:13 Business Friendliness Ideas 51:08 Commercial Break 52:02 Town Events Calendar 53:49 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

00:00 Intro 07:46 Mayor Tuggle Elected President of Virginia Municipal League (VML) 14:49 Town Council Meeting 16:47 Cedar Street Development 18:36 Commercial Break 19:58 Return 20:07 Resolution for Ms. Ventris Gibson 24:24 Code Amendment for Cedar Street 30:27 Water Withdrawal Permit Update 42:21 Rules of Procedure and Code of Ethics 44:15 Continuance of Governance Resolution 46:59 Update on Stat...

00:00 Intro 04:09 Christmas Parade Recap 14:22 Commercial Break 15:35 Return 23:12 Shrader House Update 25:05 Real Property Assessment Appeals 29:04 Last GFL Trash Pickup 33:59 Too Much Snow 36:54 Planning Commission Meeting 37:03 Cedar Street Development 43:24 Commercial Break 44:37 Amherst Woods Development 50:15 Town Events Calendar 56:11 Proverbs 17:17

00:00 Intro 08:56 Town Christmas Parade 13:56 Commercial Break 15:23 Return 19:11 Second Stage Choir Performance 21:45 Board of Supervisors Meeting 23:45 Confederate Monument Plaque 36:08 Shrader House Demolition 39:53 Houston Joyner 42:26 Lucian and Bess Shrader 50:29 Town Events Calendar 57:14 Luke 6:37-38

00:00 Intro 02:30 Special Guests Debbie Wood and Candice Mays 03:44 Amherst County Relay For Life 16:18 Commercial Break 17:24 Return 26:09 Amherst County Board of Supervisors Meeting 30:23 Shrader House To Be Demolished 41:26 New Metal Detectors at Amherst County High School 43:33 Commercial Break 44:45 Amherst County Museum Century of War Exhibit 47:42 Town Events Calendar 53:30 Isaiah 43:2-3