Blacksburg

Slightly composted leaves are available for free on Saturday, October 2 and 30 from 8 am – noon at the Virginia Tech Toms Creek Basin site.

The Blacksburg Police Department is partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in a nationwide prescription drug “Take-Back” initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft by collecting unused, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs.

The Blacksburg Partnership requests proposals from qualified development teams interested in the purchase of, or a long term lease arrangement for, property in Blacksburg, Virginia.

We are having a charity event that will knock your socks off! BLAZE, the comedic hypnotist has donated his time to our charity for a show one night only! September 18th 2010, at 8:00P.M.

Trash service in the SE Quadrant will run on schedule on Monday, September 6. Please have your trash and recycling at the curb by 7 am Monday morning.For more information contact the Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling at (540) 961-1806.

ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability USA (ICLEI USA) in partnership with the Virginia Municipal League’s (VML) Go Green Virginia initiative announced this week the selection of four outstanding communities to participate in Virginia’s Green Community Challenge. The Green Community Challenge is...

The Town of Blacksburg would like to remind drivers of the changes in traffic pattern on North Main Street since the Main Street Improvement Project began.

The Blacksburg Parks and Recreation is offering additional new programs. Registration for these programs begins September 14, 2010 at 9 am.

The Town of Blacksburg has received Conditional Use Permit requests from Kroger for a Gasoline Station and External Speakers in the General Commercial zoning district at 830 University City Boulevard (current Kentucky Fried Chicken [KFC] site). The proposal is to remove the KFC building and...

Blacksburg Transit has significantly changed routes and schedules in the Toms Creek, University City Boulevard, Progress Street, Patrick Henry Drive and Broce Drive areas.

On Friday, September 24th 2010, Sustainable Blacksburg and its sponsoring partners invite you to join them in “Broadening the Pallet: A Contest.” As part of Sustainability Week, the contest aims to re-imagine the wooden pallet – a potential source of building material, art media, fencing, yard art,...

About Town has been the recognized go-to tool for town news and information for more than 20 years. To freshen things we’ve added a simple tagline Life and Recreation in Blacksburg. The new About Town will celebrate all that is great about life in the Town of Blacksburg. It will still be published...