On Saturday, March 28th an annual event is being held called "Earth Hour". You can read more about this by using the Google Earth Hour page which has good information and some great links.
Monthly Archives: April 2009
The Many Faces of Storm Water
What does the water standing in your backyard after a rain and the pending severe floods in North Dakota have in common? They are both the result of stormwater.
Town of Christiansburg Finance Committee Meeting: 1st Budget Discussion.
On Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 the Finance Committe for the Town of Christiansburg held its first meeting on the new budget.
Some information about Historic Districts & Historic Overlays
Several months ago, I started doing some research on Historic Districts and Historic Overlays. It has taken some time to go through and find good, solid information that may be useful as the Town of Christiansburg Planning Commission works on the Historic Overlay project. (Am I a world-class topic hopper, or what?)
A different kind of blog: Your picket fence.
Economic times are hard. There is no arguing that. Historically, it is during those times that citizens have pulled together to help each other make ends meet. Often, this was done simply by sharing ideas for saving money.
Special Salute to Sunshine Week: Here is where your money goes Christiansburg.
A few months and several hundred hours of work ago, I asked myself "What does Town Council get in the packets they receive at the beginning of each meeting. One of the things that I found to be MOST interesting were two documents: 1) Bills to Pay for the month & 2) Bills Paid...
Bicycle Registration and Children’s Fingerprinting
SPRING IS HERE!!!! BICYCLE REGISTRATION & CHILDREN'S FINGERPRINTING
Christiansburg VA Town Council Meeting Full of Surprises
I was pretty much stunned last night when the Town Council voted against the Planning Commission recommendation to allow storage buildings in an area where residents are already having problems with stormwater. (You can see the video of the 3/17/09 Town Council meeting and form your own opinion.) This was a major win for...
Christiansburg Planning Commission Meeting on 3/16/09
It should be interesting to see how Town Council handles the issues involving areas where stormwater is a significant problem. Several months ago, the town was to have made modification to the existing codes concerning stormwater after an audit was performed by the DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality).
Christiansburg Town Charter on the topic of erection of public buildings
The purpose of the criteria is to prohibit any misuse of taxpayer funds by way of deals arranged by the Council Members where a perceived conflict of interest would exist.
