Aging together is a collaborative partnership of business leaders and  citizens who care about senior citizens and caregivers in Rappahannock County. We conduct community education and seek to fill gaps in service for older adults. Join our team meetings: 4th Thursdays at 2:30 at the Rappahannock Library.

Businesses of Rappahannock is a community organization of business owners who live and work in Rappahannock County. Our goal is to promote all local businesses, including tourist based and local services, to ensure that Rappahannock County remains a viable place to live, work and play for all of our members and their clientele. If you have any questions or comments, we can be reached via email at BoR@rappahannock.com or by using the contact form at this website. If you would like to sign up for our monthly email list, you can do that here.

Basic Package ($50) – The Basic Package allows you to join us for our quarterly socials, a profile in the Business Directory, listings in our Calendar of Events , exposure on our Facebook and Instagram pages, and voting privileges.

Map Package ($120) – You get all the benefits of the Basic Package plus you will be included in our county map with both a listing on the map and a business entry on the back. You are also entitled to distribute maps in your place of business. Additional map listings are available for $40 per listing.

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Basic Package $50.00 USD Map Package (1 listing) $120.00 USD Map Package (2 listings) $160.00 USD Map Package (3 listings) $200.00 USD Map Package (4 listings) $240.00 USD

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If you prefer, print the Membership Form and mail it with payment to Businesses of Rappahannock, PO Box 103, Washington, VA 22747. In order to be included on the annual map, payment must be received by August 1. Please note: Businesses of Rappahannock’s membership year runs from July 1 through June 30.

Foothills Forum is tackling the need for more fact-based, in-depth coverage of the issues we care about in Rappahannock County. We’re a nonprofit, independent group promoting community engagement, research and solutions. We invite every voice to the table.

The PATH Resource Center offers tools, training, consulting and resources to nonprofits serving Fauquier, Rappahannock, and northern Culpeper counties to help strengthen their organizations' impact on their communities. The PATH Resource Center is made possible through a partnership between the PATH Foundation and the Center for Nonprofit Excellence. The PATH Resource Center, funded by the PATH Foundation, will be managed and operated by CNE. Office hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday. Please visit our website at http://www.pathforyou.org/resource-center/ for the latest workshop dates and other online resources.

Working to establish itself in the coming year as a “village” organization dedicated to helping the county’s seniors stay in their homes as they age (a model established by more than 193 “village” organizations around the country with the same mission), Rapp at Home seeks volunteers and others interested in the mission. Contact planning coordinator Mary Katherine Ishee at mk@rappathome.org.

Rappahannock County has the traditional County Board of Supervisors form of government. The County has five voting districts that are decennially revised based upon population: Hampton, Jackson, Piedmont, Stonewall-Hawthorne, and Wakefield. One supervisor is elected from each district. The Board of Supervisors is elected to serve four-year terms and is basically responsible for the legislative, administrative, and financial aspects of County government. The Board holds regular meetings at 2:00 PM for General Business and 7:00 PM for Public Hearings once a month at the County Courthouse located in the Town of Washington, and such other meetings as the pace of business may dictate.

Rappahannock County has a County Administrator, Garrey W. Curry, Jr. The Rappahannock County Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals are administrative agents for the County and the Circuit Court, respectively. They direct the administration of the Zoning, Subdivision and Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinances. The County Planning Commission consists of seven members, one of whom is a member of the Board of Supervisors, another of whom is a representative of the Board of Zoning Appeals and the remaining five who are appointed to four-year terms of office by the Board of Supervisors by voting district. The Board of Zoning Appeals consists of five members all appointed at large by the Circuit Court for five-year terms of office.

Mailing address is P.O. Box 519, Washington, VA 22747

LifeLong Learning and Workforce Training Classes and Programs. Now located at the Sperryville Schoolhouse.