A 30-acre parcel with one building erected at the former Avtex Superfund site in Front Royal is poised to be auctioned off as a foreclosure on August 12 to help the now Warren County overseen Front Royal/Warren County Economic Development Authority (EDA, FR-WC EDA) settle one outstanding debt stemming from the EDA “financial scandal”, circa 2014 to 2018. As Royal Examiner readers will recall, criminal charges against former EDA Executive Director Jennifer McDonald have left her imprisoned on convictions stemming from the unauthorized transfer of EDA assets for personal gain.
The auction is being conducted on behalf of First Bank, also known as First Bank and Trust, to help settle an outstanding debt incurred by the…