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Residents raise reassessment and federal‑budget concerns; Spring House requests Earth Day parade road closure
Summary
Several residents used the board’s public‑comment period to seek a one‑hour closure for an Earth Day parade, raise alarm about steep property reassessments (some noting increases up to about 200 percent) and ask the county to analyze the recent FY25 federal budget’s likely impacts on local health, transportation and social services.
During public comment on March 25, multiple residents addressed the Floyd County Board of Supervisors on assessment increases, a recently passed federal FY25 budget and a request to close roads for an Earth Day parade.
Kathleen Armstrong, representing Spring House School and in collaboration with Partnership for Floyd, asked the board to approve a one‑hour closure for a procession of Appalachian species during Floyd’s Earth Day celebrations. "We are requesting your support for the closure of several local roads to facilitate a parade," Armstrong said, describing a short downtown route intended to end in the farmers market parking lot. She said the group…
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