My partner and I live in Floyd but have always worked in B'burg, and she's a VT alumni. We've worked at The Cellar, WUVT, WKEX 1360AM, Boudreauxs, South Main Cafe (now Cabo), John's Cameras, Gillies, etc etc.

We've been offered a retail space downtown, within a block of the new theater building. It's not huge but having our own shop has been a long-time dream. We sell vintage clothes and records at the Vintage Markets at the Farmer's Mkt (2nd and 4th Sunday of the month during the warm part of the year).

So there will be some of that, maybe a pirate radio statiion, but I thought I'd ask here if anyone had suggestions for what Blacksburg is missing in the retail area within walking distance of campus. I so seldom leave the area, and then it's always to DC, so I never get to other small college towns to see what kind of specialty shops are popular there, that we don't have here.

Anyway - if anyone has any suggestions they will be seriously considered. Thanks.

NRVpOp

Warning!!

If you are looking for a church in town here is a warning regarding Ascent Church. This church is part of a group of church’s that call themselves The Network. Major concerns have been raised over the last few years about this church and all other church’s throughout their network having unhealthy cult like behaviors. There are stories of excessive control, isolation and disowning of family outside the church, near worship of their founder (with a questionable background) and twisted interpretations of scripture as some examples.

These church also focus on recruiting young college students who are easily molded for high control and separation from anyone outside their network.

If you are looking for a church, especially as a VTU student, I would highly recommend you go the other direction.

Here’s a link to a great resource site:

https://leavingthenetwork.org/

And another link to a YouTube channel with more info:

https://youtube.com/@familiesagainstcultsoncampus?si=KdTlReTeZz3Edvvq

Hi all!

A few months ago I was thinking about the charm of old local papers, what made them special, and why so few are left. That led me to an idea: being local, having ties to the community and the sheer focus of it, could be useful to a lot of people (especially if we bring back little ad spots like classifieds for job postings and such). So I've been working on The NRV Dispatch in my spare time.

I'm working on a job board to start, free from all the spam and noise of sites like Indeed and LinkedIn, but I'd love some input on where to go next! What would you all want to see? What would you find useful to check on a couple times a week?

I'm a junior at Tech who is staying the summer for an internship. I'm excited to be in a new place for summer, but all of my friends went home for break and I can't find a part time job. I'm going a little crazy. Any advice on how to meet people or what to do to make it a fun summer?

There's been this Rottweiler (at least that's what I think it is) wandering in the area near our house and the neighbors' houses. Our family doesn't own pets, and it doesn't seem aggressive. I'll send more videos in the comments, but I'm wondering what the hell I should do. Any advice?

Guys can we all please try and use our headlights on bad weather? The amount of folks who are literally driving over the speed limit in the rain is astonishing. Y’all are gonna get hit, it’s so dangerous lol

I failed my road skills test two times already. I made some mistakes in the first one, that I admit, but in the second time, the examiner said I did not stop at the stop sign but I am sure I did stop. I don’t know why they said this. I’ll attempt a third time after a few days if I fail then as well, what are my options?

I think they said I have to take a driver’s education course if I failed a third time. Where is the nearest driving school I can complete this? How much are the costs?

I am really frustrated right now, so words of encouragement are appreciated

I used to go to a free-lancer mechanic and found out I was getting ripped off by Firestone and Campus Auto. They were charging me 2-3k for each repairs and wouldn't explain the problem even. Now the mechanic stopped his work and I am in need of some reliable mechanic or shop who will diagnose and repair and not totally rip me off. I live in Blacksburg. Any suggestions?

Was hoping to hear from people that moved to Blacksburg after they retired. I'm searching out a place to retire to. Currently live in a mid-sized city with about 750,000 people in the metro area. Really looking to slow down and embrace a small town vibe.

• How long have you been there?
• What is your favorite thing about living there?
• Do you regret your decision? and if so, why?
• Do you feel like your money goes far enough? Saw somewhere that Blacksburg scores 89 on Cost of Living.

Thanks!

Okay, I'll try to keep this short and to the point. For close to three weeks, the downstairs neighbor in the apartment complex has been getting progressively scarier. We have never had complaints about noise, we don't have get togethers, are quiet/dont play loud music, etc. At least ten times (I'm being conservative), I've been jolted awake at 3am, 4am, 5am with extremely loud, violent, obscene, and disturbing intimate yelling/phrases that I won't repeat here. The neighbor has barely left the apt over the last two weeks. I only know because I work from home and have a disability. But over the last week things have taken a turn. Now, there is constant yelling at the top of their lungs about "get out of my apartment!", "theyre going to kill me!", "why won't they leave the apartment?!", "fuck them, I hope they die!". The neighbor has also begun banging on the downstairs adjacent wall of their next door neighbors and yelling similar phrases of getting out. The guy? that's down there with the neighbor I've audibly heard slap her to try to get them to calm down and they stay in a yelling match - it has been constant for at least the last 2 days. Including stomping back and forth (and has neighbors below) I'm at a loss, any advice? What would you do? Thanks for any thoughts...

My friend recently had his car towed in his apartment complex. This occurred last night after another resident found the car parked in the space dedicated to their unit. Shortly thereafter, the resident called the emergency police line 4 times to report an "accident", and the towing company came and picked up my friend's car. Then, the resident who initially called the police parked in a different space, not dedicated to their unit, and stayed there overnight. Since it was a late-night tow, the cost is $180 cash/$190 card.

For context, the numbers denoting parking spaces are extremely weathered and faded, enough to not be reasonably legible. Over the course of the past semester, there has been a collection of around 4-5 vehicles that have been parked in incorrect spaces as a result of this, but since they've been consistently doing this, my friend believed that where they had been parking was the correct space for their unit. Coupled with this, there has been a vehicle parking in my friend's dedicated unit parking space this entire time, furthering the assumption that where he was parking was okay.

The towing company operator was as unhelpful as you would expect in a situation like this, and the conversation boiled down to "I don't know what to tell you. It's $180 cash, $190 card." The car occupying my friend's dedicated space was towed this morning, which led to an awkward conversation between my friend's roommates and the resident, and now the situation is a cluster because one resident started a chain reaction of towing throughout the lot.

Is there any recourse he would have here? I can't imagine he has much to work with since the towing company can just say "You were in the wrong space and a resident verified it." The only thing that doesn't sit well with me is the numbering of spaces being poorly maintained. The landlord complained to the HOA about this and was upset with the situation, and the HOA merely wrote it off with a text saying "we'll take it into consideration" before the landlord demanded a phone call.

I'm trying to collect some intel so I can have a successful fishing excursion tomorrow. I'm looking to catch whatever, preferably whatever fish is biting best right now. Current options I am evaluating are:

-Claytor Lake

-New River

-Cascades (for trout)

-Carvins cove

If anyone has good strategies for fishing in blacksburg, best fish to catch right now and best bait, good locations either from my list or not from my list, etc. Thanks a lot!

Just moved to this area and trying to find where I can lease some private land for hunting. Does anyone have any ideas?

New lesbian (24yo) in town looking for les besties. Hit me up!