Floyd and Giles Locations Win 2024 Best of Blue Ridge Awards

New River Valley, VA – Seven locations around the NRV recently won Best of the Blue Ridge 2024 Awards from the Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine. Another four locations were highlighted as runners up in a variety of categories. The Best of the Blue Ridge Outdoors Awards winners were voted on by readers from around the […] Read more

Oransi Listed in Rolling Stone’s Best Air Purifiers List

Radford, VA – Rolling Stone Magazine recently listed Oransi’s Mod Air Purifier as one of the best HEPA air purifiers. Oransi’s air purifier was ranked number 3 on their list as the most powerful. According to the Rolling Stone article “Oransi says the Mod has been lab tested to remove 99.4% of the tiniest particles” […] Read more

Alacran Consulting Graduates from VALET Program

Montgomery County, VA – Alacran Consulting was one of 16 companies to graduate from the Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program in January of 2024. Alacran Consulting joins a growing number of New River Valley companies who have graduated from the 2-year program. VALET was established by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) to […] Read more

Pulaski County Focuses on Affordable Housing

Pulaski County, VA – WSLS New Channel 10 recently reported that Pulaski County is working to bring affordable housing to the area by “revitalizing three former schools, Pulaski and Dublin Middle, and Claremont Elementary”. Pulaski Middle School has completed about 75 percent of the abatement process and representatives for community development are in talks with […] Read more

NRV 2023 Top 50 Metro Area for Economic Growth in the US

New River Valley, VA – The New River Valley is one of the top 50 places in America for metro areas that are “hotspots for economic growth”, according to Area Development. The magazine recently released its rankings of the 2023 leading metro locations that are hotspots for economic growth. The Blacksburg-Christiansburg metropolitan statistical area (MSA), […] Read more

Virginia Business Features NRV Leaders in ‘Top 100 People to Meet in 2024’

New River Valley, VA – Several leaders from across the New River Valley were listed in the 5th annual list from Virginia Business of “Top 100 People to Meet in 2024”. According to the article, this list includes a wide range of professions from novelists and podcasters to up-and-coming entrepreneurs, influential attorneys, nonprofit leaders, educators, […] Read more

NRV Receives Grant for NRV Materials and Machinery Cluster Scale-Up

New River Valley, VA – WSLS Channel 10 recently reported that Governor Youngkin announced $1.9 million in GO Virginia grants for eight different programs. These projects help promote economic growth and workforce development throughout the commonwealth. A New River Valley partnership comprised of the New River Valley Regional Commission, the Virginia Tech Center for Economic […] Read more

10 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2023

New River Valley, VA – Virginia’s New River Valley has experienced an exciting 2023! Let’s count down the top ten 2023 posts on TheNRV.org website. The following posts had the most pageviews online: 10. Broadband Partnership Brings Countywide Fiber to Floyd Citizens Telephone Coop recently reported that their Countywide Broadband Expansion project with Floyd County […] Read more

NRV Accolades and Awards for 2023

New River Valley, VA – The New River Valley is proudly celebrating a year of triumphs and accolades that showcases how the region is filled with thriving communities and innovation. Below are just a few of the accomplishments and awards won this past year by the NRV’s counties, city, towns, schools, businesses, and universities. Regional […] Read more

LewisGale Hospital Pulaski Celebrates 50 Years in Pulaski County

Pulaski County, VA – WSLS Channel 10 recently reported that LewisGale Hospital Pulaski is celebrating 50 years of service to Pulaski County. The hospital was originally built as a cottage hospital in 1915 with 7 beds and moved to the current location in 1973 where LewisGale Hospital Pulaski has grown the hospital to house a […] Read more