Waynesboro Public Schools

2004: WDDI publishes the River Front Commons Feasibility plan setting the vision for possible redevelopment of more than 20 acres located in the floodplain. 2005: WDDI invests time and resources learning about and developing skills in the New Market tax credit program bringing this resource to Waynesboro, which was successfully utilized in the Heritage Museum project. 2006: LB&B building is rehabbed. 2006: Wayne Theatre project begins. 2006: Heritage Museum building rehabilitation is completed with six market rate apartments. 2006: The Shenandoah Valley Art Center building is rehabbed and opened. 2010: WDDI administers the Dominion Foundation Grant used to produce architectural design for the Constitution Park redesign to be implemented in the CDBG. 2011: Waynesboro is awarded a $770,000 Community Development Block Grant for downtown renovation projects - the largest grant awarded and the only one awarded for downtown projects. WDDI is awarded a $5,000 CSX grant and a $2,500 Virginia Main Street grant to build an observation platform on the south River. WDDI raised $9,705 in private funding and our unique Waynesboro Fish-Deck was dedicated in August 2012. 2012: WDDI received a $25,000 Virginia Main Street grant for construction of the Center for Coldwaters Restoration Venture Model. Dominion Foundation donated $10,000 and another $12,065 was raised privately. The Venture Model opened in May 2013. WDDI received another $25,000 Virginia Main Street grant for a financial feasibility study for the possible rehabilitation and reuse of the CASCO Cold Storage building. This study was completed with encouraging results and was followed by a market feasibility analysis for a multifamily rental community to complete the grant. 2013: WDDI received a $2,500 Virginia Main Street grant for an information kiosk and Waynesboro hosted the Virginia Main Street Quarterly Training: Bringing th Outdoors Downtown. Several major projects are currently in process: Wayne Theatre completion Streetscape Phase II Mill at South River ...