New River Water Trail
Giles County in the New River Valley boasts 50 miles of the Appalachian Trail, beautiful scenic drives, and recreation opportunities for the whole family. Now …
Solid Waste Management Floyd
Floyd County’s existing Solid Waste Management plan was adopted in 2004. A technical update to waste volume projections in the plan was made in 2013. …
Downtown Pulaski Needs Us
Beans and Rice sponsored a Community Economic Development forum: Downtown Pulaski Needs Us, this past April. The focus of the forum was to generate strategies grounded …
Pearisburg Farm to Fork
In 2014, the town of Pearisburg Farm to Fork Program received a Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) grant to increase the access and utilization of …
The Kinder, Gentler, Shark Tank
This past spring the Floyd County Economic Development Authority held the Floyd C4: Creators, Curriculum, Coaching and the New Business Challenge. This event signified an …
Blue Ridge Center for Chinese Medicine
For a number of years, The Blue Ridge Center for Chinese Medicine has been tending their own herbal medicine garden to help supply the treatments …
The Transformation of Prices Fork Elementary School
Imagination and collaboration are the special ingredients that will soon be transforming a beloved rural school into a rejuvenated community facility. The purchase of the …
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Marketing the Pulaski Marketplace
In 2014, The Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce secured a $57,000 grant from the USDA Farmer’s Market Promotion Program to expand it’s marketing efforts of …
Floyd Innovation Center
The Floyd County Economic Development Authority is owner and landlord of a new 13,250 square foot facility, which provides a variety of office, research, event …
Appalachian Spring
Appalachian Spring is a program initiated by the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Friends of Southwest Virginia to develop and promote the outdoor …