Thursday, August 26, 2021
Request for Proposal- 306 Depot Square
The Town of Abingdon seeks bids for Lease of Property for a two-year period. Enclosed with this Request for Proposals are documents with the following titles: “General Terms & Conditions”, “Formal RFP for Leasing Real Property” and “Attachments”.
QUESTIONS: Questions must be submitted in writing to the Contract Manager seven (7) business days prior to the specified closing date. An electronic message may be submitted to aclifton@abingdon-va.gov. If necessary, an addendum will be issued and posted here. It is the responsibility of the offeror to download any addendum.
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL, 4:00 pm, prevailing local time on Thursday, September 23, 2021, at the Town Municipal Building, First Floor, 133 West Main Street, Abingdon, Virginia.
Click here to view the full RFP and supporting documentation.
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Tourism Advisory Meeting Notice for September 7, 2021
TOWN OF ABINGDON
Abingdon, Virginia
NOTICE
THE ABINGDON TOURISM ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL
MEET ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 AT 3:00 P.M at the VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS SMALL
BUSINESS INCUBATOR, 851 French Moore Jr. Blvd, Abingdon, VA 24210
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Monday, August 16, 2021
Abingdon Recycle Day August 28, 2021
Abingdon Recycle Day
On Saturday, August 28, 2021, the Town of Abingdon Sustain Abingdon Committee and Keep Southwest Virginia Beautiful will hold an Abingdon Recycle Day. This event will be from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at 314 Depot Square, Abingdon. There will be E-Waste Recycling, Document Shredding, and Aluminum Can Recycling, all of which will be FREE. For more information on the America Recycles Day event, please call 276-628-4321.
*Open to Town of Abingdon residents and business owners only. You will need to bring an id or utility bill, to show proof of address.
Planning Commission Cancellation Notice for August 23, 2021
TOWN OF ABINGDON
Abingdon, Virginia
THE PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING
FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2021
AT 5:30 P.M. LOCATED IN THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
SECOND FLOOR OF TOWN HALL
133 WEST MAIN STREET
HAS BEEN CANCELLED
For information regarding the meeting, please contact:
Janice Dornon
276-628-3167
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Special Called Meeting HPRB August 11, 2021
TOWN OF ABINGDON
Abingdon, Virginia
NOTICE
SPECIAL CALLED MEETING
THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW
BOARD
WILL MEET ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11,
2021
AT 5:00 P.M.
134 WALL STREET, MAMMA MIA RESTAURANT
THE BOARD DECIDED AT THE AUGUST 9,
2021 MEETING TO VIEW THE SITE BEFORE VOTING ON THE SUBMITTED COA
For information regarding the meeting, please contact:
jdornon@abingdon-va.gov
276-492-2121
Monday, August 9, 2021
Update on Sports Complex August 2021
TOWN OF ABINGDON
133 WEST MAIN STREET · P. O. BOX 789 · ABINGDON, VIRGINIA · 24212
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Update on Sports Complex
We
are rounding second base and headed to third base with the Town of Abingdon
Sports Complex. Things are moving right along and these pictures show lots of
progress from the last update.
Construction of the concession stand and maintenance building continues, concrete curb and gutter installation continue for the parking lot areas, and the asphalt work continues for the north parking lot. Street lights are being installed in the north parking lot area. Contractors are continuing grade work in several areas of the project, and fencing work throughout the site. Sod has been placed on the baseball fields and one of the multi-purpose fields, with base and root zones being ready for sod installation at the beginning of August for the rest of the fields.
The sound of bats pinging will be here real soon!
Thursday, August 5, 2021
The Gallery @ Barr Photographics announces the resurrection of the Corner Gallery’s exhibition schedule...
NEWS RELEASE
The Gallery @ Barr Photographics announces the resurrection of the Corner Gallery’s
exhibition schedule with the return of the venerable, award-winning, 88-year-old
COVID-19 survivor, John F. Sauers’
exhibit of new, Plein Aire oil paintings titled, “Change of Seasons” for the summer installment.
John
is a highly collected, well-known artist in this region, who has been active in
the local art scene for more than forty-five years. John is a founding member of the Arts Depot
in Abingdon, Virginia, who enjoyed eight years, 2000-2008, as an artist in
residence at the William King Museum also located in Abingdon, Virginia. John
has influenced a host of local and regional artists through painting classes,
seminars, workshops, and his outgoing personality throughout his storied career.
John was born and raised in Harford County, Maryland, he graduated from the
Maryland Institute of Art in 1955, spent 35 years as a graphic artist for the
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company while concurrently pursuing his fine art
career. After retirement he moved to
his ancestral home White Top, Va., in 1990 where, for more than twenty years,
he produced his own creative work full time, in addition to sharing his love of
art, expertise, and enthusiasm with students young and old. In 2005
John left his ancestral home, moving to the village of Berkeley, near
Darlington Maryland, to be closer to his children.
In
his Artist’ Statement, John states, “Our lives are a perceived journey into places where the “Change of Seasons” touches our being. Recently, I introduced the crow into my work as a
metaphor of myself. The crow represents itself in proportion of vastness of the
landscape. The crow knows. As the crow, I have traveled from early in life
through Maryland into the Shenandoah Valley and landed at my grandparent’s farm
in Whitetop, Virginia, nesting there in 1981. Taking flight again in 2005, I
returned to the land of my Father, in Berkley Maryland, where the flight
originally began. Now at 88 years, I am beginning to feel a “Change of Seasons” after my brush with
mortality, from contracting COVID-19 last fall at 87 years old. I spent a month
in hospital battling COVID and the saving grace was that I did not have to be
placed on a ventilator. Upon my release from hospital, it took me three weeks
to be able to walk fifty steps. Those fifty steps took me from my bed to my
front porch, where my son, Sam, set up my easel and paints so I could begin
painting again. These fifty steps were almost to the end of the tubing extension
that Sam installed on the oxygen tank I had to use for a while during recovery,
because of the affect the disease had on my lungs. From the front porch I began
a series of autumnal, plein aire scenes, some of which are included in my
present exhibit. During this recovery time on the front porch, a crow showed up
and I began to follow my spirit animal around the farm, short distances at
first, then gradually longer as I began to regain some of my strength, all the
while sketching and painting. I credit that crow for helping me get back into
the field to paint!
The season may be changing but this old crow still
flies into the dawn of a new day.
“Change of Seasons” will be celebrated with a reception and art talk by John F Sauers, to which the public is cordially invited, on Friday, 13 August from 7 - 9:00 PM in The Gallery @ Barr Photographics, 152 E. Main Street, Abingdon, Virginia. “Change of Seasons” will hang, and be offered for sale, through 30, September. The Gallery @ Barr Photographics is housed in the Greenway Trigg Building, located in the heart of Abingdon’s main street historic district. Please call 276- 628-1486 or visit http://barrphotographics.com for further information.
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
BZA Cancellation Notice for August 10, 2021
TOWN OF ABINGDON
Abingdon, Virginia
THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING
FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2021
AT 6:00 P.M. LOCATED IN THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
SECOND FLOOR
133 W. MAIN STREET
HAS BEEN CANCELLED
For information regarding the meeting, please contact:
Janice Dornon
jdornon@abingdon-va.gov
276-628-3167
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Notice of Cancellation for the Historic Preservation Review Board for August 4, 2021
TOWN OF ABINGDON
Abingdon, Virginia
THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW
BOARD
SCHEDULED FOR
AUGUST 4, 2021, AT 5:15 P.M.
LOCATED IN THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
SECOND FLOOR
133 W. MAIN STREET,
ABINGDON, VIRGINIA
HAS BEEN CANCELLED
For information regarding the meeting, please contact:
Janice Dornon
jdornon@abingdon-va.gov
276-628-3167
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