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Stafford County delays summer activities, seeks more info on coronavirus reopening plan

Stafford County needs $131,000 in additional funds if its parks and recreation department is going to operate its annual summer programs.

The county's parks and rec budget took a hit due to the coronavirus pandemic. Couple that with social distancing rules and the slow reopening of the state under a plan laid out by Gov. Ralph Northam and officials are working on a path forward to safely get more people active again as the summer heats up.

Stafford County Parks and Recreation Director Mike Morris, and County Administrator Thomas C. Foley, explained to the Stafford Board of Supervisors at a meeting on Tuesday, June 2, how the coronavirus pandemic has, effectively, put a halt to the county's summer programs it had planned to offer residents.

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