Keeping Up
4/22/2010 St. Paul receives banner as part of the Crooked Road
At Monday's meeting of the St. Paul Town Council Meeting, Jonathan Romeo, Executive Director of The Crooked Road welcomed the town as a member of The Crooked Road and, with Tourism Director Bill Smith, presented a banner to the Town indicating membership. Romeo told Council that The Crooked Road stretches the 300 miles from Rocky Mount to the Breaks Interstate Park, and Smith added that St. Paul is the first community to be a part of the expansion of The Crooked Road. Romeo concluded by saying The Crooked Road in 2008 brought $23 millon in tourism to the area.
9/21/2009 Chancellor Prior, UVA Wise, addresses St. Paul Town Council
Dr. David Prior, Chancellor of the University of Virginia's College at Wise, appeared before the St. Paul Town Council on Monday night to thank the Council for its resolution which proclaimed the College "St. Paul's Hometown College." Dr. Prior told the Council that in his many years as an educator, he had never heard of a community wich declared a school to be its "hometown college,", and that UVA Wise is honored and will strive to continue to provide the kind of service to students and communities that its mission specifies. For more information, see the 9/24 edition of the Clinch Valley Times.