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 See everyone this weekend at the Central Virginia Blues – Blues Society Festival this Saturday at 4PM. Someday – 4-4:30 Bluzonia – 4:45-5:15 Kiz Carter & Juke Jackson – 5:30-6:10 Parker and Gray – 625-7:05 Jon Spear Band – 7:20-8:20 Dave Chappell – 8:35-10PM
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 […]
Afton Nelson County, Virginia As we first reported on Thursday, the Rockfish Valley Community Center in Afton has accepted a matching grant from The Dominion Foundation for a windows project at the center. The grant, at times, has recently become a lightning rod of discussion since Dominion subsidiaries are also responsible for pursuing the Atlantic […]
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 […]
Afton / Greenfield Nelson County, Virginia As the trees begin turning greener and the flowers start budding out, you know it’s getting near the end of the season for the RVCC Indoor Community Market. Over the cold winter months the indoor market gives people a place to go while the farmers markets across the area […]
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 […]
Afton / Greenfield Nelson County, Virginia A complete success! In spite of threatening skies the first SK8 Nelson Community Festival went off well with tons of people showing up to help save the beloved skatepark located at RVCC. BRLM was a sponsor of the event along with several other folks across the area. It was […]
