Southwest Virginia Discussion Forums
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 Town of Blacksburg forum for
discussion of the
government,
issues, and local politics of the Town of Blacksburg, Virginia,
click here.
To access our special Montgomery County forum for
discussion of the
government,
issues, and local politics of Montgomery County, Virginia,
click here. To access our special Town of Christiansburg forum for
discussion of the
government,
issues, and local politics of the Town of Christiansburg, 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.Blacksburg.Biz Posted by blacksburgwebmaster
(2008/12/14)
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| Welcome to www.Blacksburg.Biz - the "Web 2.0" website serving the the communities of Montgomery County and the Towns of Blacksburg and Christiansburg, Virginia. 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 Montgomery County, Virginia via the internet, and keep abreast of whats going on in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County via the internet, and keep abreast of whats going on in Montgomery County, Virginia.
The first step to use our features is to register as a user on our site. Then, as you explore www.Blacksburg.Biz 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.
Blacksburg.Biz 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.
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[2007/4/17]
Va. Tech Creates Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund
To remember and honor the victims of April 16, Virginia Tech University has established the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to aid in the healing process and generate financial support. If you desire to make a donation in remembrance of the recent tragedy, support for this local university administered fund is encouraged. Visit http://www.vt.edu/tragedy/memorial_fund.php for more details or to make a donation.
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[2007/3/25]
BlacksburgFAQ Feature Launched!
We have launched our BlacksburgFAQ - a feature designed to enable users to ask and answer questions, to share their knowledge of Blacksburg, Virginia, and to create a knowledge base of frequently asked questions about Blacksburg, Virginia. Visitors and residents are welcome and encouraged to submit questions. If you know the answer to a posted questions, please feel free to share your knowledge abd submit an answer. If you beleive a posted answer is wrong, or could be improved, please post a comment.
The BlacksburgFAQ feature may be accesses from either the menu bar atop each page, or from the user menu in the left column of our home page.
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[2007/3/25]
"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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Recent - News & Announcements from the Community
- Terms of Use for User Posted News (2007/3/25)
The User Posted News portion of www.Blacksburg.biz is made available as a public service. 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 User Posted News 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 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, religous, sexual orientation or other bigotry) or known to you to be u...
- How to make use of our News and Announcements from the Community Feature (2007/3/25)
One exciting feature of the new www.Blacksburg.com 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", "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 create a special subcategory fo...
- Hints for Use - Subcategories (2007/3/25)
We have the ability to create subcategories under each of our main categories. If your organization, business, sports team, or other group desires to make regular use of this website feature, please contact us and request that we establish a seperate 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.
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