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The Southwest Virginia Discussion Forums provide an opportunity for residents of Southwest Virginia's communities to engage in online discussion of a variety of topics and issues.
We also offer to create upon request, a custom discussion forum for local Southwest Virginia community organizations and neighborhoods. To access our special Buchanan County forum for discussion of the government, issues, and local politics of Buchanan County, Virginia, click here. To access our special Town of Grundy forum for discussion of the government, issues, and local politics of the Town of Grundy, Virginia, click here. Click here for information on how to request a community organization forum. Click here for information on how to request a custom forum for your neighborhood

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Welcome to www.Buchanan.Info Posted by buchananwebmaster (2008/12/22)

Welcome to www.Buchanan.Info - the "Web 2.0" website serving the the Town of Grundy and Buchanan County, Virginia community. Watch this site as we roll out new features. Register as a user and take advantage of the opportunity we offer to promote your business, share news and announcements of your group or organization, interact with fellow residents of Buchanan County, Virginia via the internet, and keep abreast of whats going on in Buchanan County, Virginia.

This site will be primarily devoted to promoting local content contributed by local businesses, organizations and residents. If you are interested in being a contributor, contact us. We welcome the opportunity to provide you the ability to promote your local business, share the success of your local sports teams, promote your local club or charity. Register as a user and take advantage of the free opportunities we offer to promote your business, share news and announcements of your group or organization, interact with fellow residents of Buchanan County via the internet, and keep abreast of whats going on in Buchanan County, Virginia.

The first step to use our features is to register as a user on our site. Then, as you explore www.Buchanan.Info let us know what feature or news you want to share. Upon verification, we can give you privileges to input and post your news instantly.

Local businesses may become "Link Partners" and receive free promotion via banners ads, links and the ability to post news and announcements. Local Businesses may also list themselves for free in our local Business Directory and grow their business via the world wide web.

Local organizations, charities, and contributing writers may even profit by contributing content as qualifying contributors can earn financial rewards via Google Adsense from clicks by visitors to the news, announcement and content you supply.

Buchanan.Info is what is known as a "Web 2.0" website - i.e. a feature that is composed of contributions by those who view and participate in the site. Anyone can participate. In order to post, you must be a registered user of the website. Posting is subject to our Terms of Use as linked from the bottom of our Home Page. By posting, you adopt and agree to our Terms of Use and News and policies applicable to various features as a binding legal agreement. These include (i) a representation by you that the post is accurate, does not contain any copyright content of any third party unless you have the right to post it, (ii) a prohibition against any posting that is slanderous, illegal, containing "hate" material," (material expressing racial, religious, sexual orientation or other bigotry) or known to you to be untrue, and (iii) a representation by you that if posting on behalf of an organization or other person, that you have the right to make such posting. Violators are subject to loss of posting and/or website access privileges. If you observe any posting which violates our Terms of Use, please notify us via our contact link (on the Home Page) and report the abuse and we will endeavor to promptly investigate and remove if appropriate.

[2009/12/9] GOVERNOR KAINE ANNOUNCES SYKESâ€™ GROWTH SUCCESS IN BUCHANAN COUNTY
RICHMOND â€“ Governor Timothy M. Kaine today congratulated Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated, officials as they celebrated the grand opening of the companyâ€™s Southern Gap industrial park facility that has brought more than 250 jobs to the Buchanan County area over the past year. SYKES, which also operates a facility in Wise County, is a global leader in providing outsourced customer contact management solutions and services in the business process outsourcing (BPO) arena.

â€œIâ€™m excited to congratulate SYKES on its newest Virginia facility,â€ Governor Kaine said. â€œThis company has maintained a presence in Wise County for more than 10 years and has proven to be a valuable...
[2009/2/11] Water projects servicing 207 homes in Dickenson, Buchanan, and Tazewell Counties to be funded by largest water projects grant in history of Virginia Abandoned Mine Land program
2-11-2009: RICHMOND– Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced the approval of $3.6 million in funding for public water projects that will service 207 homes in Dickenson, Buchanan and Tazewell Counties. The $3,621,944 in funding for two public water projects is the largest amount granted to date through Virginia’s Abandoned Mine Land (AML) program. Water supplies in both project areas were affected by pre-1981 coal surface mining activities.

“Thanks to Virginia’s Abandoned Mine Land program, thousands of families throughout Southwest Virginia coalfields have reliable supplies of clean drinking water,” said Governor Kaine. “Now, hundreds more households will join other families...
[2008/12/21] Whitewood High School - Excerpts from Nomination to National Register of Historical Places
Whitewood High School, which later became a combined high school and elementary school serving grades 1-12, is a two story brick building erected in 1940, with several brick additions of compatible design, dating to 1957. It includes a secondary, contributing building containing three additional classrooms. The architectural character of the larger facility is defined by the original 1940 section, in which Classical and Gothic-inspired elements are deftly combined with modern design elements and the use of modern materials such as pre-cast concrete. The school is the most prominent and significant architectural landmark in the Whitewood area of Buchanan County.

Whitewood...
[2008/12/21] Buchanan County Courthouse - Excerpts from Nomination to National Register of Historical Places
The Buchanan County Courthouse, originally built in 1905-06, is the only building of architectural sophistication in the frontier-like, coal-mining community of Grundy in the hook of southwestern Virginia's tip. The building is located at the town's main intersection with the steep, almost cliff-like wooded hills rising immediately behind. The courthouse is in the Renaissance Revival style; its focal point is a graceful corner clock tower. Rough-faced ashlar of locally quarried stone is used for the wall surface. Because of a 1915 fire and subsequent remodelings, little of interest survives on the interior. Included in the nomination is an adjacent county office building and a large,...
[2008/12/21] "Articles, News & Announcements" versus "News & Announcements from the Community"
Understanding the difference between our "Articles, News & Announcements" feature and "News & Announcements from the Community."

"News & Announcements from the Community" is intended to be an organized community "blog" which enables all registered users to submit and self approve for posting news and announcements on a variety of topics relevant to daily life in our local region. That feature is unmoderated, thus registered users have the flexible ability to post news and announcements relative to the topic. Submissions to that category will be "pruned" after a reasonable period of time. We will, upon request, create a new topic category or subcategory for use by any regional...

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Hints for Use - News and Announcements from the Community Subcategories (2008/12/21)
We have the ability to create subcategories under each of our main categories. If your organization, business, sports team, neighborhood, home owners association or other group desires to make regular use of this website feature, please contact us and request that we establish a separate subcategory under the appropriate category - this will aid visitors and your members to locate the latest news and announcements of your group. If you send us an electronic .gif or .jpg picture or image of your facility or logo, we can post that so that it appears with the Section devoted to your organization or group.
Hints for Use - Subcategories
How to make use of our News & Announcements from the Community feature (2008/12/21)
One exciting feature of the new www.Buchanan.Info is our "News and Announcements from the Community" feature. This feature permits registered users of the website to submit and self approve news and announcements in a variety of categories. Available categories include "Community & Civic Organizations", "Neighborhoods & Communities," "Churches & Religious Groups", "Charitable Organizations", "Local Business News", "Local Schools & Educational Institutions", "Sports & Recreation", "Death Notices & Obituaries", "Job Promotions, Awards & Honors", "Governmental", "Birth Announcements", "Marriages", "Fairs & Festivals", and "Local News." This feature also allows us, upon receipt of a request from you, to creat...
Terms of Use for News & Announcements from the Community (2008/12/21)
The News and Announcements from the Community portion of www.Buchanan.Info is made available as a public service. This feature is unmoderated and is what is known as a "Web 2.0" service - i.e. a feature that is composed of contribtions by those who view and participate in the site. Anyone can participate. In order to post, you must be a registered user of the website. Posting is subject to our Terms of Use as linked from the bottom of our Home Page. By posting, you adopt and agree to our Terms of Use and News and Announcements from the Community Policies as a binding legal agreement. These include (i) a representation by you that the post is accurate, does not contain any copyright content of any thir...