Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 17, 1991 TAG: 9104170282
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER/ NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: DUBLIN LENGTH: Medium
That means signs directing travelers to the center can go on Interstate 81. The Department of Transportation will put them up this month.
Mary Goodwin, director of the New River Valley Fine Arts Center, is helping to prepare the room that will house the center. It will have monthly exhibits of works from the Fine Arts Center, along with a central exhibit.
The first Fine Arts Center exhibit will show photographs of Pulaski County and the New River Valley. The initial exhibit in the middle of the room will feature Claytor Lake and New River Trail State Parks.
Brochures on places and activities in the county will be on racks, along with brochures from elsewhere in Virginia.
County businesses wanting their materials displayed must join the Pulaski County Hotel, Restaurant and Hospitality Association, which is affiliated with the county Chamber of Commerce. Membership is $10 plus three hours a week of volunteer time to staff the center. Those unable to offer time can join for $50 and still have materials displayed.
Membership applications are available at the Comfort Inn, or by telephoning temporary chairman Bob Thomas at 980-0201.
Those interested in becoming part of the center will have a meeting Monday at 5 p.m. in the Comfort Inn Conference Center. A reception will start at 4:30 p.m.
The center will be open for members to see. Potential members can bring 200 or more of their brochures for the racks.
Shifts for center volunteers will be three hours, with three shifts each day, seven days a week.
Volunteers will get four hours of training on giving proper information to travelers, being hosts and presenting a good image of the area. Training will be done with the New River Community College Continuing Education Department.
by CNB