TOWN SERVICES

CURBSIDE SOLID WASTE SERVICES
- Weekly trash collection
- Regular brush collection
- Twice annual “clean up” event
- On call services at no additional cost as needed (including pickup of “white goods”)

POLICE
- Professionally accredited force
- Quick average response time
- Animal Control*
- Motorist assistance (such as “jumping” dead batteries)
- Cop Camp

VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
- Professional training
- Quick average response time
- Favorable ISO rating
- Ladder truck equipped

STREETS
- Maintenance and repair as needed/regularly scheduled
- Snow removal
- Sidewalks
- Street lights
- Stormwater Infrastructure
- Right-of-Way mowing

PUBLIC FACILITIES
- Municipal Building
- Centertown Plaza
- Public Works Building
- Electric Department Operations Center

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- Streamlined process for zoning and building permits (same day service in most cases)
- Dedicated Building Official services*
- Economic Development*
- Focused planning area of 12.7 square miles
- Property Maintenance Code enforcement
- Administration of Virginia Enterprise Zone
- Active redevelopment including Bedford Middle School, Jackson Street, and Railroad
Avenue

QUALITY OF LIFE
- Swim lessons at YMCA at no cost to Town residents

- Town owned and operated cemeteries
- Provision and maintenance of multiple park/recreational facilities

CAPITAL PROJECTS
- Little Otter River Greenway proposal
- Town and Country neighborhood sewer line improvements
- Bell Town Road water line improvement

ELECTRIC SERVICE
- Underground electric installation and maintenance

COMMUNITY SUPPORT/INVOLVEMENT
- Redevelopment and Housing Authority
- Current Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) projects
- Repair assistance for eligible homeowners
- Economic Development Authority
- Grants and assistance for eligible business owners
- Special event assistance/coordination (such as Centerfest, Holidays, and Liberty High
School parades)
- Youth Council/civic engagement

NOTE: Services marked by an asterisk (*) are also funded by taxes and fees administered by
Bedford County