Posted on: December 6, 2019
Pay it forward this holiday season and clear your library fines by participating in the Danville Public Library's “Donation December” program.
For every unopened travel or full-size toiletry donation, the library will waive $2 from curr...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: December 4, 2019
Parks and Recreation once again will offer a full lineup of holiday events in December, beginning this weekend with the 11th annual Holiday Market, the Luminaria Trail Walk, and the Riverview Rotary Christmas Parade.
Here is the December schedule:
11th Annu...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: December 3, 2019
Milling and paving are underway on sections of Loyal, Stokes, and Holbrook streets, and Holbrook Avenue. The work will require alternating lane closures, and some of the streets that intersect with these streets may be closed temporarily when paving takes...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: December 2, 2019
Although the City Council has not yet taken an official position on how voters should vote if a referendum were held on casinos, today the City Manager’s Office issued a formal Request for Proposals (RFP) from companies interested in being desig...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: December 2, 2019
City Council will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 3, in a business session. No work session is scheduled. The business session will begin at 7 p.m. and will be aired by River City TV.
The business session will be held at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers on the fourth ...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: November 26, 2019
Representatives from the Virginia Department of the Treasury’s Unclaimed Property Program will be in Danville next week to help local citizens who might be owed funds they don’t know about.
The representatives will set up at the City of...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: November 25, 2019
The Municipal Building and all other City of Danville administrative offices will close for the Thanksgiving holiday at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 27, and will remain closed until Monday, Dec. 2.
The public library and the James F. Ingram Justice Center (cour...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: November 22, 2019
In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the River District Association announces the continuation of the River District Association Dream Launch entrepreneurship program in 2020.
The program consists of two portions; the boot camp is for entreprene...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: November 20, 2019
The City Council on Tuesday night listened to a presentation from a study of Danville’s potential as a location hosting a private casino gambling operation. Such an operation, according to the presentation, could produce gross gaming revenues of...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: November 19, 2019
The City of Danville has been named by the Center for Digital Government as one of the top cities with populations up to 75,000 for its use of technology.
In its 2019 Digital Cities Survey, the center ranked Danville second in its population size group – d...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: November 19, 2019
Kick off your holiday season on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the annual Holiday Bazaar. The show will feature more than 100 vendor booths displaying baked goods, handmade arts and crafts, flowers, wreaths, jewelry, and other unique gifts.
The event is held at the...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: November 15, 2019
Danville Police officers on Thursday, Nov. 14, walked door-to-door in the Paxton Street/Jefferson Street neighborhood. The community engagement walk was the 11th of the year and the department’s 22nd since these events began.
This neighborhood wa...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: November 15, 2019
Beginning Monday, Nov. 18, the right-hand, northbound lane on Central Boulevard will be closed between Memorial Drive and Riverside Drive to allow for maintenance of a gas main located underneath Aiken Bridge. Weather permitting, the repairs will be compl...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: November 12, 2019
Local law enforcement agencies will present a program on Thursday, Nov. 14, to provide seniors with practical tips on how to deal with panhandlers.
The program will be presented at 11 a.m. at the Ballou Recreation Center, 760 West Main St. Reservations are...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: November 8, 2019
Mayor Alonzo Jones joined other Danville city officials and citizens Friday morning in a “ribbon-chopping” ceremony marking the grand opening of Grizzly's Hatchet House and River City Escapes.
The two entertainment venues are located in...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements
Posted on: November 5, 2019
Danville city officials joined state and other local leaders and citizens Monday morning in a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking PRA Group's purchase of the former Telvista facility at Airside Industrial Park.
The facility will be PRA Group's third location i...
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Danville, VA Local Government News and Announcements