Community 

Walkersville Carnival Schedule

The Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company has released its schedule for the 75th Annual Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company Carnival.  The carnival runs Monday, June 30th through Saturday, July 5th. There will be three “Ride All Night” specials during the week.  Those nights will be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Tickets for the Ride All Night can be purchased on select days or by mail (see our previous story on the schedule). The Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company Carnival Parade will be held on Tuesday, July 1st at 6:30 p.m.  The parade begins at Glade…

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Community 

Walkersville Carnival Ride-All-Night Pre-Sale

The Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company announces the Pre-Sale Dates for Ride-All-Night tickets.  Tickets will cost $12 instead of $25 the night of the special.  Ride-All-Night will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. on June 30th, July 2nd, and July 4th. Pre-Sale Tickets can be purchased on the following dates: June 21st 9:00 – 12:00 June 22nd 13:00 – 15:00 June 28th 9:00 – 12:00 at the Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company’s Carnival Grounds. Tickets can also be purchased by mail using this form.

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Government 

Four Condo Buildings for Glade Road

The Staley Family of Walkersville will propose a site plan for four four-unit condominium buildings to the Walkersville Planning Commission on Tuesday, May 27, 2014.  Tuesday evening’s meeting will not be the first time for a proposal to the Planning Commission, but it will be the first time going as far as a site plan review. The four buildings would be built on the family’s 4.0993 acres on Glade Road across from Winterbrook.  The property is currently zoned for high density residential in the Walkersville Comprehensive Plan, which was adopted in…

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Old Town Mixed Use Lot Size Requirements

The Town of Walkersville’s Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, May 27, 2013 to consider reducing lot size requirements for mixed use properties in the Old Town Mixed Use District.  The Burgess and Commissioners will hold a public hearing the following evening, Wednesday, May 28, 2014.  Both public hearings will be at Walkersville Town Hall and begin at 7:30 p.m. The proposed ordinance appears to address one property in town, the old Walkersville Market property on the corner of Maple Avenue and Maryland Avenue.  The building was most…

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Government 

Another Development Proposed in Walkersville

Days after GladeValley.net listed developments under review by the Walkersville Planning Commission, Verdant Development Group asked for a preliminary discussion and comments on a proposed development, Parkside,  on Biggs Ford Road. The property lies south of Biggs Ford Road just before Kenneth Drive, and had been listed for sale a few months ago, and had been a working farm.   The developer proposes twenty-six lots of “upscale, large” properties.  The property is very close to another development in the works, Mill Run, which proposes twenty-two lots. Verdant Development Group plans to build…

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