Glade Spring, Va., expresses great beauty through its history, its neighborhoods and its caring people. As is the case with many small communities, Glade Spring welcomes you warmly. But this community will do more than make you feel at home; it will give you an opportunity to express yourself. Located along Interstate 81 at Exit 29, Glade Spring finds itself in two worlds -- a world of commerce, new faces and new opportunities and a world of traditions, families and friendships. During the last few decades, these two worlds have increasingly shaped one another in a very positive way. Glade Spring grows as a community that builds on its values in the context of new ideas and new faces.  

• Community Center rental is $125 for 8 hours and $175 for 12 hours. Call Town Hall to check availability and get an application. 
• The Glade Town Council meets the first Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at Town Hall unless otherwise changed by Council.    

The Town of Glade Spring is an Equal Opportunity Employer 

NOTICE

TOWN OF GLADE SPRING, VIRGINIA
NOTICE OF PROPOSED REAL PROPERTY TAX INCREASE AND PUBLIC HEARING


Notice is hereby given that the Town of Glade Spring, Virginia proposes to increase property tax levies.
1. Assessment Increase: The total assessed value of real property, excluding additional assessments due to new construction or improvement to property, exceeds last year’s total assessed value of real property by 58%.

2. Lowered Rate Necessary to Offset Increased Assessment: The tax rate which would levy the same of real estate tax as last year, when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate with the exclusion mentioned above, would be $.15 per $100 of assessed value. This rate will be known as the “lowered tax rate.”

3. Effective Rate Increase: The Town of Glade Spring, Virginia proposes a tax rate of $.20 per $100 of assessed value. The difference between the lowered tax rate and the proposed rate would be $.05 per $100. The difference will be known as the “effective tax rate increase.”

4. Proposed Total Budget Increase: Based on the proposed real property tax rate and charges in other revenues, the total budget of the Town of Glade Spring may exceed last year’s by 3% percent. The Proposed Total Budget Increase is based only if Town Council were to fully fund all requests made to the budget.

A public hearing on the increase will be held on April 21, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at the Town Hall, 113 East Glade Street, Glade Spring, Virginia. All citizens have the right to attend the public hearing and comment on the proposed tax rate within such reasonable time limits that are established by the Council. The Council is not obligated to adopt the proposed tax rates, but may modify them, as it deems necessary.