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Linked: Business, Growth, and the new 460/Odd Fellows Road Connector Project

Issue: September 2011 by .

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“If you don’t have great roads, nobody’s coming.” And Marjette Upshur would know. As Director of Economic Development for the City of Lynchburg, transportation is crucial for bringing people—and business—to the area. That’s why she’s so excited about the new transportation project coming to Lynchburg, the Odd Fellows Road/U.S. 460 connector. “This is really going [...]

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All Aboard: Roanoke-Lynchburg Smart Way Connector is a Go

Issue: August 2011 by .

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All aboard! There’s a new way to get from Point A to Point B. The Smart Way Connector is now running between Roanoke and Lynchburg and is making travel by train a whole lot easier. This new bus service connects the New River Valley, Roanoke Valley, Bedford and Lynchburg with connections to Smart Way, Valley [...]

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Keeping Your Vision Healthy on the Job

Issue: March 2011 by .

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Save Your Vision March is often a month that brings us the hope of better things to come—longer, brighter days, the end of the winter and the welcomed start of spring. But March is more than that: it’s also “Save Your Vision Month,” which makes it an ideal time to take a good look at [...]

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Secondhand is the New Black: Scouring Consignment Shops around Lynchburg

Issue: February 2011 by .

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Read the newspaper. Watch the news. Listen to the radio. And you’ll find that most indicators still seem to point to an economy that has yet to recover. But even with many folks keeping a close eye on their finances, the need for new clothes—or the urge to shop—hasn’t gone away. And it doesn’t have [...]

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A Family Tradition: The Cobbler’s Shop, Inc.

Issue: January 2011 by .

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Most families have traditions. Perhaps it’s a special celebration shared on a birthday or a certain dish served every Thanksgiving or traipsing through the woods every year to cut down the Christmas tree. The Hawkins family is no different. They, too, have traditions. Theirs is the tradition of shoes. There’s a bell above the door [...]

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Delta’s Gone, Now What? The Future of Flight in Lynchburg

Issue: December 2010 by .

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It’s the final boarding call for Delta passengers. The airline announced it will be pulling service from Lynchburg’s Regional Airport on January 4 and the region is reeling about the decision. “I was completely blindsided by the announcement,” Mark Courtney, Airport Director, said. “Six months before the Delta Network Planning Department made the announcement, I [...]

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Generation Solutions: There’s No Place Like Home

Issue: November 2010 by .

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The Vision Tulane Patterson is quick to greet you with a warm smile, kind eyes and an energetic handshake. On this particular day, that welcome comes in the waiting room of the Generation Solutions building on Route 221 in Lynchburg. The building is actually a red brick ranch-style house, with a large sign out front, [...]

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Historic Tax Credits: Renovate and Rehab without Breaking the Bank

Issue: October 2010 by .

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Take a drive through downtown Lynchburg and you’ll see old becoming new again and again … and again. Aged warehouses and factories are now art galleries, retail space and spacious loft apartments. The old architectural style of the past has met design elements of the future to create the perfect blending of old and new. [...]

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Countdown to Kickoff: LU’s Football Stadium Remodel

Issue: September 2010 by .

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There are some things that just naturally fit together, like peanut butter and jelly, or summertime and sunshine and football in the fall. And now that school is back in full swing, football teams are gearing up for the season and fall is sweeping in. For students, faculty and football fans at Liberty University, this [...]

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Theater in Production: Bringing Lynchburg’s Oldest Theater Back to Life

Issue: August 2010 by .

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ACT I Scene I: corner of Main Street, Lynchburg, Virginia The building is hard to miss. Whether you’re driving down Main Street or coming into the city from Amherst on Route 29, you can’t help but notice it. Lynchburg’s Academy of Fine Arts is essentially the cornerstone of downtown, a reddish-brick building with white columns [...]

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