Joe Short, Culpeper Town Council

About Us

Culpeper is an amazing town with unique character! As a member of Culpeper Town Council, I am deeply honored to help lead our town into our next era of growth and opportunity. We are addressing immediate issues such as budgeting short and long-terms improvements to our water quality and scaling zoning policies and tax structure to incentivize business growth and individual property improvements. We are upgrading our roads and sidewalks to smartly handle the increased vehicle and pedestrian traffic, improving our utility infrastructure for residents and businesses, prioritizing our police department’s community and co-response programs, establishing a public pool accessible to all town residents, and uniting around Culpeper’s significant history. I believe we each own the responsibility to tell the complete history of Culpeper in a way that strengthens us a community. My prayer continues to be that Culpeper models a grace-filled approach to political and racial division – we must find a way to have the courageous conversations that, while respecting each other’s beliefs, provides a common pathway forward for a better Culpeper.

Please contact me with comments, questions or concerns, or if you’d like to meet for coffee. I can be reached at 703-919-3070 (phone or text) and jshort@culpeperva.gov. My mailing address is 400 S. Main Street, Suite 105, Culpeper, Virginia, 22701. I look forward to hearing from you!