Day: March 22, 2013

Ode to Susan

Leave a Comment / Blacksburg, Lifestyle, Susan Garrison, Sustainable Blacksburg, Uncategorized / By araridon

by Jean Elliot In the town on the plateau off Brush Mountain lived a kind and gentle soul who loved the land. She arrived in the highlands, went to Tech and earned degrees and like many never left again, the valley works its peace. Loyal and dependable, she quickly earned respect and the town soon …

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Susan’s View: Heritage Park Bench & Tree Grove

Leave a Comment / Blacksburg, Susan Garrison / By araridon

Dean Crane (TOB Director of Parks & Recreation) and Kelly Mattingly (TOB Director of Public Works) conceived of this memorial and chose a location, at Blacksburg’s Heritage Park, for a memorial bench with a plaque honoring Susan. The bench is near the picnic pavilion, close to the upper parking lot off of Glade Road in …

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