The Roanoke Regional Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is hosting a Loan Application Pop-Up event this week to assist small business owners who have not yet applied for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and/or an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). This includes sole proprietors, single owner LLCs, and others who are a one-person operation. The SBDC will be in Roanoke City this Wednesday, July 22.  Assistance is by appointment only. Interested business owners can call or text at 540-632-1174 or visit the website to register: www.roanokesmallbusiness.org.

Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge and our partners have been working hard to help ensure the health and safety of our visitors and local businesses.  Adopt the VBR Stay Safe Pledge today and help us spread the word, not the virus!

NEW PARKWAY CLOSURE DETAILS – Visitors can access Explore Park via the Blue Ridge Parkway if you are traveling from the North to Milepost 115 (Entrance of Explore Park).  The Parkway remains closed from Milepost 115 to Milepost 136 (Rt. 221 at Adney Gap) due to recent rains and deteriorated road conditions. 

Vote for the Best Destination Resort in America!  Primland Resort, in Meadows of Dan, and a member of Visit VBR has been nominated for USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Award for the Best Destination Resort in America. Voting is open until July 27; you can vote once per day by clicking here.   

Congratulations to Debora Wright!  She is now the Vice-President of Sales & Marketing, which will lead the VBR external marketing, communications, sales and sports efforts.

VBR Savings Pass - Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge (VBR) invites tourism related businesses to participate in this NEW mobile-exclusive Savings Pass for visitors. During these unprecedented times visitors are seeking value, the VBR Savings Pass is an incentive for visitors while supporting our partners and local businesses.  To learn more, contact Catherine Fox at cfox@visitvbr.com or (540) 342-6025 (Ext. 114) The DEMO site is currently a work in progress and can be previewed here. 

Visitor Resources - Online Virtual Visitor’s Guide and Website

Virginia’s Blue Ridge Visitor Center is now open 9:30am – 4:30pm seven days a week to assist visitors and residents hosting friends and family. Located at 101 Shenandoah Ave., NE in Downtown Roanoke.

Catherine Fox
Vice President of Public Affairs & Destination Development
cfox@visitvbr.com
(540) 342-6025, ext. 114