FRANKLIN CO., Va. – A nonprofit group in Ferrum is pushing for about $30,000 in county funding to improve a park they’ve been building, saying the funding has faced delays while similar projects elsewhere in Franklin County have moved forward with county dollars.
The effort to improve Ferrum Park has been underway for nearly two years through the work of the nonprofit Friends of Ferrum Park, assisted by Ed Saunders. The group is seeking funding to bring electricity to the park, a move Saunders said would help expand the park’s campground and farmers market, as well as begin work on other amenities.
“That would allow us to start working on a bath house,” Saunders said. “We wouldn’t have to do porta potties. We’d have places for folks to come and shower. It would open up lodging opportunities here.”…