Lake Country Visitor & Newcomer Guide 2009 - (Page 58) Welcome Browse our shops. Meet our people. Join our community. 58 South Hill Revitalization for more information, please call… (434) 447-4547 With high-speed, high-bandwith Internet access available for a reasonable cost, telecommuting from this quiet paradise is an attractive and viable option. It all comes back to community spirit, whether the Lake Country lures you for a festival, a week-long vacation, a new home or a business venture. The 30,000-square-foot center offers a full LPN curriculum and includes a state-of-the-art nursing lab. Here, students can practice medical skills on lifelike computerized models. “They also gain practical experience,” Gilliam says. “It’s like working on an actual patient.” Periodically, the center also hosts training in phlebotomy and cosmetology. “We’re not just for nursing,” Gilliam says. “We have computer classes and some business classes.” Bringing such offerings to Chase City helps students cut down on fuel bills, Gilliam says. “It sure does save them a lot. Some students have limited funds.” FOCUS ON TOURISM Clarksville focuses soundly on tourism. Fishermen converge here all year long, but most especially during fishing tournaments, spending money on lures, food and motel rooms near the banks of Buggs Island Lake/John H. Kerr Reservoir. “We have focused and invested in the infrastructure to make it appealing,” says Clarksville Town Manager Melinda Moran. “So, when you drive through, you pay attention. The lake is the focal point.” “Tourism,” Moran says, “is an industry.” That’s especially true during Clarksville’s Virginia Lake Festival. This party GENERAL CONTRACTORS INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL & INSTITUTIONAL A Well Known Name For Over 71 Years Southern Virginia ⁄ Northern North Carolina’s Lake Country http://www.southhillva.org http://www.jeburtonconstruction.com
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