Update: 3/7/2022, 1 pm: WE ARE SOLD OUT! No longer accepting orders. 3/6/2022, 12 noon: Due to a big surge in orders, we are pausing new orders while we double-check our inventory, which is almost sold out. If you want to place an order, please email us at sustainableblacksburgva@gmail.com with your desired order and we will contact […]
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The mission of Sustainable Blacksburg (SB) is to preserve and enhance sustainable living in Blacksburg and environs by promoting clean energy, smart growth and mobility, ecological integrity, social equity, and reduction of waste (especially carbon emissions, and pollution). To encourage others to assist in accomplishing this mission, SB will be awarding (up to) four grants of up to $500 each during
2022 Small Grants to Preserve and Enhance Sustainable Living Read More »
DID YOU KNOW that Monarch butterfly numbers have dropped by 90%, in large part because of loss of milkweed, the only food source for Monarch caterpillars. YOU CAN HELP by participating in the New River Valley Milkweed Seed Release. Starting October 26th, pick up a FREE milkweed seed growing kit at the YMCA at Virginia
The plastics shown above are currently being collected for Trex recycling at the following locations: Blacksburg Community Center: 725 Patrick Henry Drive (thanks to Blacksburg Junior Women’s Club) Christiansburg Farmers Market: Hickok Street in downtown Christiansburg Learn more about plastics recycling by Trex at trex.com/recycling
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An endowment to Susan’s memory has been created through the Community Foundation of the NRV. This endowment will last in perpetuity; the interest-income generated will provide the Town of Blacksburg with a modest source of funding year after year. “The Susan Garrison Memorial Fund provides financial resources to the Town of Blacksburg for its use
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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
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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