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Daily Archives: April 18, 2010

Taxes and Fees: Blacksburg and Christiansburg Compared

If the Town of Christiansburg has all of those homes in the low end of the price scale and the property tax is so low (see previous blog article), how does it manage to provide the services that it does? Well, first off, it seems to pick and choose what projects to work on. Per the Town Manager at a recent Town Council Meeting, sidewalk repair has not been done because the employees that do that work are busy working at the Aquatic Center. Maybe the choices are just not to upgrade and repair until something completely falls apart. Maybe it is found in the details of the revenue reports to the State of Virginia. Read the rest of this entry »

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