Giles County and town governments team up to support local restaurants, lodging and seniors.
Many of the New River Valley’s local businesses are working to stay open and serve customers amidst the coronavirus pandemic, but there is no doubt …
Poverty Creek Trails Coalition: A Partnership Improving Outdoor Recreation
Back in 2013, a small group of committed mountain bikers got together to explore how they might help with maintaining and improving the trails in …
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Outdoor Recreation Tourism and Downtown Revitalization in Giles County
Giles County boasts bucolic farmland valleys amid large areas of mountain wilderness in the National Forest, and a total population under 20,000. Although largely rural, …
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Creating Systemic Change in Giles County: FOCUS
Early in 2015, the Giles County Administration and Board of Supervisors decided to take a detailed look at exactly where, and by whom, reactive services …
RALLY Southwest Virginia
RALLY Southwest Virginia is building community leadership capacity and reinforcing collaborative communities across the region. The Town of Narrows is the first community in the …
Renew the New Event Goes Region Wide in 2017!
The 2017 ReNew the New clean-up event on August 26th marked the first time all four counties and the city held multiple volunteer events on …
Renew the New Cleanup Expands in the NRV- Join Us Aug. 27th
The successful river clean-up effort, known as ReNew the New has expanded this year to all NRV localities and will culminate in a regional clean-up …
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Young Artists 2016: Home
The Moss Arts Center’s recurring Young Artists exhibition program has traditionally featured finished art works from art classes in schools in Southwest Virginia, including Montgomery …
The POWER Project
A recent study completed by the Appalachian Regional Commission identified that coal production peaked in the Appalachia region in 1990 and has been declining ever …
Giles County Team Attends ‘Coal Reliant Communities’ Workshop
A team of regional partners representing Giles County participated in a workshop series designed to help communities that rely on the declining coal industry to …
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New River Valley Trail Guide available at Visitor Centers and Online
The New River Valley Regional Commission and the tourism departments of Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski and Radford have teamed up to develop a regional guide of …
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Giles County and New River Community College Partner to Make College Affordable
Giles County is the first locality in the New River Valley to participate in the “Access to Community College Education” initiative. ACCE is a public …
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