Seventeen Hampton Roads mayors and county board chairs launch the ‘Year of Regional Citizenship’

The Tidewater News, Thursday, May 4, 2006

Last week, Mayors and chairs in Hampton Roads pledged themselves to take significant steps toward greater regional cooperation. The next 12 months will be known as the “Year of Regional Citizenship.’ Representing Franklin and Southampton County were Franklin Mayor Jim Council, top photo, and Southampton County Supervisor Walt “Red Hawk” Brown (also Chief of the Cheroenhaka [Nottoway]Indian Tribe)