Afton / Greenfield Nelson County, Virginia By Yvette Stafford In between grilling hot dogs and burgers this Memorial Day Weekend, the Rockfish Valley Community Center is welcoming people to its 4th Annual Celebrate Rockfish! event Saturday, May 27 from 5 to 9 PM. Rockfish River Gallery owner Kathy Bonham — who has a shop at […]
Afton / Greenfield Nelson County, Virginia After a long and sometimes controversial wait, the new windows are being installed at the Rockfish Valley Community in Afton. Last weekend the windows started going in that will replace the old ones. Some of them date back to days the building housed the old Rockfish School. Congrats RVCC […]
Afton Nelson County, Virginia As we first told you weeks ago, considerable resistance was met when RVCC accepted a $20,000 grant from The Dominion Foundation. The same company promoting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline through Nelson and surrounding counties. After a unanimous decision by the RVCC board to return the grant to the Dominion Foundation, the […]
Afton / Greenfield Nelson County, Virginia When we stopped in to drop off our check to Stu Mills on Monday afternoon, he was busy at his computer reviewing a spreadsheet and going through a stack of checks people in the community had sent. “The response has been overwhelming. It’s very heartening to see the generosity,” […]
Afton / Greenfield Nelson County, Virginia In an email prepared for individuals who have pledged contributions in the campaign to send back the Dominion Foundation grant proceeds, Stu Mills, the Executive Director of the Rockfish Valley Community Center, announced the following: “We are very pleased to report that RVCC has today returned the $20,000 that […]
Afton Nelson County, Virginia In a meeting held Tuesday evening – July 19, 2016 at the Rockfish Valley Community Center in Afton, the board voted unanimously on motion to return a Dominion Foundation grant that was received earlier this year. As we first told you in these earlier stories, considerable resistance was met when word […]
Scroll to the bottom for additional updates. Afton Nelson County, Virginia The Rockfish Valley Community Center has apparently accepted a grant to the tune of $20,000.00 from The Dominion Foundation, an arm of Dominion Resources, which is spearheading the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. In a phone conversation with RVCC director Stu Mills, Mills told BRL publisher, Yvette Stafford […]
Greenfield / Afton Nelson County, Virginia A few days ago we told you about the official start on the Blue Mountain Pavilion at RVCC in Nelson County. Once completed the pavilion will be a place to provide a protected outdoor performance venue for events large and small. This past Sunday they officially began putting the […]
Afton / Greenfield Nelson County, Virginia After months of preparation the Blue Mountain Pavilion Project is underway at Rockfish Valley Community Center. It’s a joint effort with the Building Goodness Foundation. Once completed the pavilion will be a place to “provide a protected outdoor performance venue for events large and small,” says Mandi Smack, Blue […]
Afton Nelson County, Virginia Release via RVCC Rockfish Valley Community Center in Afton has announced the successful completion of its fundraising effort to build an outdoor performance complex for the community, thanks to a partnership with Blue Mountain Brewery. The stage and connected event shelter, to be known as Blue Mountain Pavilion, will provide a […]
