History of SustainFloyd Archive

  • SustainFloyd’s History

    SustainFloyd’s History

    2008:  On November 16th 2008, a small group of Floyd County residents gave a public presentation in the Floyd Country Store entitled “The Future of Floyd.”  This gathering was arranged by The Floyd Fund, a local affiliate of the Community Foundation of the New River Valley.  Some 60 residents attended and presented diverse viewpoints. After [...]

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  • Tourism Business Development in Floyd Opens with 9th Dist Development Funds

    Tourism Business Development in Floyd Opens with 9th Dist Development Funds

    From Congressman Boucher’s web page after the Wednesday event in Floyd… The Station at South Locust will further the Town’s successful tourism development by providing twelve commercial spaces for local entrepreneurs. These include a new musical instrument store, which is affiliated with the Floyd Music School and sells instruments from local luthiers and artisans. In [...]

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  • Congressman Boucher Visits Floyd

    Congressman Boucher Visits Floyd

    Cameras were poised for Congressman Rich Boucher’s stop in Floyd  on 31 March, 2010. Woody Crenshaw, Mike Burton–SustainFloyd Director, and other project funders, allies and friends of the Community Market and “the Station” spoke in the cool shade of the timber-frame pavilion across from the Floyd Country Store. Doug Thompson captures the event at Blue [...]

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