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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...
Molly Brooks Responds to Planning Commission Denial
Dear Supporters, The rezoning process is undeniably complex, requiring the Planning Commission to balance numerous competing interests. We deeply appreciate their thoughtful consideration during both work sessions and public hearings. We made several changes to the...
Meet Eve Harrell, one of Hero’s Bridge’s Longest Serving Volunteers
Hero’s Bridge celebrates one of its longest-serving volunteers, Eve Harrell. Eve's journey with the organization began in 2018, shortly after moving to Northern Virginia when her husband, Mike, a Marine was assigned to Quantico. “I was a stay-at-home mom and wanted to...
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...
December Newsletter: A Note from Molly
Happy Holidays from Hero's Bridge! I would like to wish all of our veterans and their families, our volunteers, our supporters, and our team members a wonderful holiday season! We have enjoyed spreading the Christmas spirit with care and attention to senior veterans...
November Newsletter: A Note from Molly
It’s hard to believe that we are back in the holiday season already. It seems like only yesterday that I was thinking about all that I have to be thankful for, and really, the list hasn’t changed very much over the past year; it has only been amplified. First and...
October Newsletter: A Note from Molly
This Halloween season, I find nothing scarier than navigating the anti-veteran rhetoric this political season regarding the Hero's Bridge Village. Of course, we want to hear from the community about things that may affect them, such as parking, traffic, lighting,...
September Newsletter: A Note from Molly
Much of our time lately has been consumed by discussions of the Hero's Bridge Village, and rightfully so as it will be a significant undertaking and of tremendous value to our veterans. But the Village should not eclipse the daily work we do to improve the quality of...
August Newsletter: A Note from Molly
August is Happiness Month and is dedicated to celebrating the things that make you happy. It should come as no surprise to anyone reading this that watching Hero's Bridge grow over the past seven years has made me very happy. But what makes me even happier is seeing...
July Newsletter: A Note from Molly
Effective June 1, Hero’s Bridge expanded its Battle Buddy services to include Northern Virginia and seven other counties throughout the Valley and Shenandoah regions. This effort was funded by a grant from the State of Virginia, Virginia Department of Veteran...
June Newsletter: A Note from Molly
"Mental health" is a phrase used often in the medical setting. We have groups dedicated to helping youth maintain good mental health, we see groups advocate for the mental health of recovering addicts. And there are scores of groups dedicated to the rehabilitation of...
May Newsletter: A Note from Molly
I hardly know where to begin this newsletter note. Our team has had a whirlwind few weeks. While we continue to serve our aging veterans, we released our 2022 Impact Report, traveled to Richmond for meetings regarding state funding, attended fundraisers on our behalf,...
March Newsletter: A Note from Molly
We begin the first quarter of this year overwhelmed by the generosity of our community and the willingness of others to step forward and donate their time to our mission. From winery and BINGO fundraisers to our sold-out 5K to honor our Vietnam Veterans, it's been a...