Lake Country Visitor & Newcomer Guide 2009 - (Page 6) Welcome! 6 One destination with dozens of unique towns and communities. personalities bring out our best celebrations – jazz and bluegrass music, festivals and fishing tournaments, live theater and hometown parades. Travel a little further out – along scenic, gently sloping roads stretching from one Halifax (Virginia) to another Halifax (North Carolina) – and visit little roadside stores, historic landmarks and Civil War routes. Wander through rolling farmland and gorgeous scenery – to hike, bike or camp. Head out on romantic country drives through pretty-name towns like Bracey and Buffalo Springs, Valentines and Virgilina. Spend the weekend on an antiques ramble or just exploring the nooks and slopes, the coves and crannies of a beautiful region. Now, bring your bird’s-eye view a little higher still, to look down upon what is no less than a perfect Eastern U.S. location. Lake Country is at a crossroads, halfway between the beaches of the Atlantic Ocean and the mountains of the Blue Ridge. Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, lies little more than an hour south, and Richmond, Virginia’s capital, just a little more than an hour north. Other major East Coast metros are only hours away. The pieces of that patchwork quilt – the 75,000 acres of wet, the welcoming small towns and countryside, the terrific location – come together to form the overall appeal of the Lake Country. We have a low cost of living, low crime rates, great schools and a community that volunteers. We’re a perfect place to raise a family. Start a business. Build a dream home. Retire in style. That quality of life appeals to everyone. And that quality of life, along with our economic development incentives, serve as a very real lure to business professionals. Come visit us and find out for yourself. You’ll discover a paradise away from the noise and the traffic of the cities. You’ll find a true retreat nestled in gentle, four-season land. You’ll find it all! Please consider this your invitation. We look forward to seeing you soon – here in the Lake Country of Virginia and North Carolina. < G et your toe in the water with the very best of the Lake Country: the 75,000 acres of beautiful Lake Gaston, Buggs Island Lake/Kerr Reservoir and Roanoke Rapids Lake – all just right for a refreshing swim, a tug-of-war with a giant catfish or a cool, fast boat ride. Or a boat race, a flight on waterskis, a leisurely paddle on a spring morning. Pull back just a little from our blue waters and pretty shorelines – from the docks, the woods and the beaches – to discover our next layer of bounty. Drive the country lanes and explore our main streets bordered with old-fashioned storefronts, brick sidewalks, museums and eclectic restaurants. The Lake Country quilt of the best of rural and town life is crafted from our independent yet interrelated communities, each with its own unique history and personality. And those community Southern Virginia ⁄ Northern North Carolina’s Lake Country
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