FXBG SOLARPUNKS

POST SCARCITY, FREE SERVICES, & MUTUAL AID
Fredericksburg, VA

About

This is a collated list of post-scarcity, free services, and mutual aid networks within the Fredericksburg, VA town and surrounding areas.Focus will be on services available to all - with no means testing.If a service requires means testing, it will be noted.

No cost or low cost classes.
Classes may be in person, online real time, or via digital app.

The following digital apps utilize your local FXBG Library Card
More Information Here - CRRL Library WebsiteMango Languages App: (iOS | Android) - Language Learning App
Transparent Language Website: - Language Learning Site
Libby App: (iOS | Android) - eBooks, AudioBooksMagzter: (iOS | Android) - Magazines
The Free Lance Star - Web - Local NewspaperFor Kids:
Kanopy Kids: (iOS | Android) - Kids Movies and Shows
Just For Kids - Access Video - Web - Kids Movies and Shows

Audit College Courses - University of Mary Washington - Small fee ($30 per course hour: Example: $90 per course)
Audit courses without getting a credit or degree. Rules and restrictions apply, please check below websites for latest information.
UMW Audit Information
Latest Tuition Information

Streaming Movies, eBooks, Audiobooks
& More

No monthly subscription. No ads.
All you need is a library card. Get one here.Free streaming movies, shows, music, ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more.

The following apps utilize your local FXBG Library Card
More Information Here - CRRL Library WebsiteKanopy App: (iOS | Android) - Streaming Movies, Shows
Hoopla App: (iOS | Android) - Streaming Movies, Shows, Music, eBooks, AudioBooks
Libby App: (iOS | Android) - eBooks, AudioBooksMagzter: (iOS | Android) - Magazines
The Free Lance Star - Web - Local NewspaperFor Kids:
Kanopy Kids: (iOS | Android) - Kids Movies and Shows
Just For Kids - Access Video - Web - Kids Movies and Shows

Free & Post Scarcity Food

The best place to store our extra food is in the bellies of our neighbors. The following is infrastructure and intentional mechanisms to produce post-scarcity food. Contribute to and use from.

Free Fridges & Community Pantries
Downtown Greens: Website - Free Fridge & Pantry
- Location: Corner of Princess Anne St. and Dixon St.
- Give a food, take a food. Open 24/7. Walk up to outside refrigerator & pantry and take what you need. Bring any extra food or garden produce you have and place it in the Fridge & Pantry for your neighbors.

Food Assistance

The following are meant to provide food assistance to folks who are in need. That said, much of it is not means tested, so if needed please use.

Free Groceries
Order Ahead
- OrderAhead is a fast, private, & easy way to order free groceries online. Brought to you by the Feeding America Network and the Fredericksburg regional food bank.Hot or Prepared Meals
Micah Organization
- Various locations. Dinner every night of week. Breakfast on some mornings:
- Micah Website: Look under "Food Assistance"Food Pantries - Some are means tested, some are not. Check each food pantry to see what, if any, requirements they have.
- FXBG Food Bank Website
- Food Pantry Locator Web
- FXBG Food Pantry Locator App (iOS | Android)

Foraging & Fishing

The following include publicly accessible forageable plants and fishable waterways.

Local Foraging Guide & Locations
Falling Fruit - FXBG
- If you locate forageable food, note the location in the app.
- If you plant publicly available forageable food, note the location in the app.Fishing Locations
Old Cossey Pond - Map / Location
- Part of the Urban Program Waters
- Stocked pond with Trout, Catfish, Bass, and Sunfish. Limits apply.
- Requires fishing license with trout license required from Nov 1st through April 30th.Rappahannock River Upper & Rappahannock River Tidal
- Map / Location for City Dock
- The Rappahannock River runs through FXBG with multiple fishing locations up and down the river.
- Fishing license and limits may apply.Motts Run Reservoir - Map / Location
- Motts Run is a city of Fredericksburg water supply reservoir located in Spotsylvania County. Fishing includes Bass, Catfish, and Panfish
- Fishing license and limits may apply.

Transit

Public transit in and around Fredericksburg, VA.

FXBGO!: Town Public Transit - Free Fare, No Ticket Required
- App: Apple Maps (iOS) - Select the "Transit" option.
- App: Google Maps (iOS | Android) - Select the "Transit" option.
- FXBGO! Main Website
- FXBGO! Transit City Website
- FXBGO! Alerts
- FXBGO! News
- FXBGO! Routes
- FXBGO! Complete System Map

Passenger & Commuter Rail

Passenger and commuter rail to and from Fredericksburg, VA

City Information
- Fredericksburg, VA Rail Station & Service City WebsiteVirginia Railway Express (VRE) - Ticket Required
- App: VRE (iOS | Android)
- VRE Main Website
- VRE Fredericksburg Station Info
- Line: Fredericksburg Line ScheduleAmtrak - Ticket Required
- App: Amtrak (iOS | Android)
- Amtrak Main Website
- Amtrak Fredericksburg Station Info
- Line: Northeast Regional
- Line: Carolinian / Piedmont
- Line: Silver Meteor / Palmetto