
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, February 23, 1995                   TAG: 9502230062
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG                                 LENGTH: Short

TOWN USES EXTRA $500,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION

In response to unexpected revenues totaling $500,000, the town has amended its current budget.

The sale of land and buildings, and funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency accounted for most of the money, Town Manager John Lemley told Town Council on Tuesday.

The largest portion of the money, $225,000, will be spent on the construction of a parking lot downtown, where three delapidated buildings once stood next to the town's administrative offices. The buildings were razed last fall.

Most of the $138,300 FEMA sent will be spent on street paving. A public works complex will get $100,000.

The new money pushes the town's total budget to just more than $10 million.

by CNB