Leadership, Integrity of Character, and Service among qualifications

Partnership with local workforce development system provides money for out-of-work individuals to take college classes to train for new career.

Bedford County has one of the largest participation rates for farmers using voluntary state and federal cost share programs to protect water quality by excluding livestock from surface water. These programs protect the water that all citizens depend upon. Significant investment is required to install this exclusion fencing. Farmers now have many thousands of feet