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Safety During the Arctic Blast
The mid-Atlantic region is currently enduring an Arctic blast brought on by a polar vortex, with temperatures hovering around 10 degrees before factoring in wind chills. These dangerously low temperatures pose serious risks, especially for those without stable...
Town Council approves Hero’s Bridge Village project
Decision comes despite Planning Commission’s recommendation to deny proposal By Tate Hewitt Staff Writer A plan to build affordable housing for 44 senior military veterans took a huge step forward last week when Warrenton Town Council approved a rezoning request for...
Town Council approves Hero’s Bridge Village project
Decision comes despite Planning Commission’s recommendation to deny proposal By Tate Hewitt Staff Writer, Fauquier Times A plan to build affordable housing for 44 senior military veterans took a huge step forward last week when Warrenton Town Council approved a...
On Tuesday We Were All Battle Buddies
I am thrilled to update those who haven't heard that the Warrenton Town Council has approved our rezoning request with a vote of 5-2. We are grateful to council members McGuire, Hartman, Hamby, Sutphin, and Mooney for carefully evaluating the complex facts and landing...
Warrenton Town Council approves rezoning for Hero’s Bridge Village project
The Warrenton Town Council voted 5-2 Tuesday to approve a zoning map amendment for a 44-unit affordable housing development for senior military veterans. The decision came after a three-hour public hearing where nearly 50 speakers addressed the proposal,...
Seagrave: a Veteran with a Vision
Ronald Roy Seagrave joined the Navy after high school at age 17. He served on a submarine, closely working with the Rear Admiral (Commodore) for his deployment. His years in the Navy molded him into the man he became. What the Navy taught him, he used every day and...
To help older veterans, a Virginia group gives each a ‘battle buddy’
Read this story on The Washington Post. The organization, which was started by the daughter of a career Marine, launched a Battle Buddy Call Center last year to serve veterans nationwide. By Wayne Gray Pinned to the wall of an office in Warrenton, Virginia, is a...
Hero’s Bridge Celebrates Veterans Days – Plural!
As Hero's Bridge continues to grow, we find that Veterans Day has become Veterans Month...and that is fine with us! We began our Veterans Month this year by displaying our Guardians of Freedom portraits at a local high school and coordinated a Pinning Ceremony for...
The Power of Change Grant Helps Feed Aging Veterans
The Rappahannock Electric Cooperative's Power of Change grants award funding to 501(c)3 organizations within the REC Service Territory. Hero's Bridge was pleased to receive this grant and welcomed a digital media specialist who filmed a brief video about our meal...
Local organizations launch affordable housing coalition
Nonprofit leaders weigh in on veterans’ village. When Charles Robinson addressed his fellow board members of Fauquier Habitat for Humanity on Oct. 24, the first thing on his mind was Warrenton Planning Commission's recent denial of Hero’s Bridge Village. “As a...
Retired Vice Admiral Scott Buschman continues helping aging veterans
Huntly resident volunteers for Hero’s Bridge After nearly four decades of service in the U.S. Coast Guard, Huntly resident Scott Buschman retired as a vice admiral in 2022, and found it hard to leave it all behind. He and his wife yearned for a beautiful landscape...
To help older veterans, a Virginia group gives each a “battle buddy”
The organization, which was started by the daughter of a Marine, launched a Battle Buddy Call Center last year to serve veterans nationwide. Pinned to the wall of an office in Warrenton, Virginia, is a banner with the words "No Red Tape". It serves as a reminder and...
December Newsletter: A Note from Molly
I couldn’t have imagined a more uplifting end to 2024. Watching Warrenton Town Hall erupt with applause, seeing people embrace, and witnessing tears of joy will forever be etched in my memory. While I know the real work is just beginning, the monumental milestone of...
November Newsletter: A Note from Molly
This year has given us so much to be grateful for. Hero's Bridge mission advocates have supported our Village project for over a year—a project designed to provide senior veterans the opportunity to live their twilight years with dignity and grace, in a supportive...
Hero’s Bridge hopeful as Village project moves to Warrenton Town Council
Hero's Bridge remains hopeful as the Village project moves forward to the Warrenton Town Council and urges Council members to closely examine the well-documented affordable housing crisis our town is facing and to recognize that the Village project represents a...
Clarifying misconceptions surrounding the Hero’s Bridge Village
Read the full September newsletter. Thank you to everyone who attended our first public hearing last week. With this complex project, it is easy to concentrate on stormwater management, sidewalks, and architectural details; however, we must remain focused on the...
Village updates, organization activities, and more in our August newsletter
Read the August newsletter. Hero's Bridge continues the arduous process of requesting that the land proposed for the Village project be rezoned. The process is lengthy, time-consuming, and costly. For months, we have met with lawyers, engineers, and town zoning staff...
#NoRedTape and more in the July Newsletter
Since record-keeping began, Hero's Bridge volunteers and staff have visited veterans 8,020 times! Look at the rest of our monthly and all-time numbers in this month's newsletter.
Hero’s Bridge June Highlights
Becoming a Hero Helper is simple and impactful. Just visit our website and select the Monthly Hero Helper Club option to set up your recurring donation. Every dollar you contribute directly supports the well-being and dignity of our older veterans. Pledging a...
Hero’s Bridge May Highlights
Affordable housing can be built. It takes social entrepreneurs and philanthropists to brave the obstacles and the opposition. Reporter Tim Carrington with the Rappahannock-based Foothills Forum explains how the Hero's Bridge Village illustrates the potential for...
Celebrating Success: Hero’s Bridge April Highlights
This month, we are excited to unveil our monthly impact report. Each month, our supporters will see how their donations impact our programs and, more importantly, our veterans. Furthermore, the impact report will also present all-time statistics for the impact of each...
Hero’s Bridge March Newsletter: Making Ripples of Change
It takes but one person, one moment, one conviction to start a ripple of change. Check out the ripples we made! Last month, we... Welcomed 8 new Veterans representing WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam Era, and Desert Storm. Spent 129 hours with veterans from 52...
#NoRedTape Series Launched and more in the February Newsletter
Hero's Bridge operates with four core values. I would like to share them with you: Always remain centric to the older veteran No red tape No passing the buck Never leave a man behind Eliminating bureaucratic red tape enables Hero's Bridge to provide services and...
January Newsletter: A Note from Molly
Let me introduce myself... While many of our newsletter subscribers are well-versed with the Hero's Bridge mission and suite of services, we gain new followers with every newsletter. With this being the first newsletter of the new year, it seems like a fitting time to...