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Greenbrier County Commission

Western District residency, Unexpired term

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Term
6 years
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Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The three-member county commission adopts the county budget, sets the county levy, oversees county offices and hears estate and election matters.

Matt Ford

Republican

Environmental consultant; nonprofit executive director · Rainelle

The gist

  • Pledges to help first responders coordinate and win grants.
  • Supports tax-credit reuse of empty buildings for housing.
  • Pledges to seek farm groups' input on the agricultural economy.
  • Proposes marketing recreation tourism across the county.
  • Pledges county partnerships with addiction treatment providers.
  • Pledges continued flood recovery and flood resiliency work.
More about Matt
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  1. Pledges to help first responders coordinate and win grants.

    Matt Ford's Plan

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Matt Ford · mattford4greenbriercountycommission.com

    “Matt Ford will work with our first responders to organize efforts to increase efficiency among organizations and facilitate fundable grant applications.”
  2. Supports tax-credit reuse of empty buildings for housing.

    Matt Ford's Plan

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Matt Ford · mattford4greenbriercountycommission.com

    “This model needs replicated across the county to address increases available housing, address abandoned/empty buildings, and spur economic development.”
  3. Pledges to seek farm groups' input on the agricultural economy.

    Matt Ford's Plan

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Matt Ford · mattford4greenbriercountycommission.com

    “work with the Farm Bureau, Farmland Protection Board, and others in the agriculture community”
  4. Proposes marketing recreation tourism across the county.

    Matt Ford's Plan

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Matt Ford · mattford4greenbriercountycommission.com

    “Matt Ford will work with Experience Greenbrier Valley and others to market all that the Greenbrier and Meadow River Valleys have to offer.”
  5. Pledges county partnerships with addiction treatment providers.

    Matt Ford's Plan

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Matt Ford · mattford4greenbriercountycommission.com

    “the county is partnering with organizations such a Seneca Mental Health, Seed Sower, God’s Way Home and others to facilitate treatment”
  6. Pledges continued flood recovery and flood resiliency work.

    Matt Ford's Plan

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Matt Ford · mattford4greenbriercountycommission.com

    “Matt Ford will continue work on long-term flood recovery in Greenbrier County. He will also advocate for flood resiliency improvements.”

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