BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 I doubt either of those are true. Any type of business will need deliveries and forgetting water pipes would be too stupid to beleive. If there is a hold up it's probably because Wal-Mart wants something the town/county doesn't want to give. Tazewell County had to rebuild the water system for our Wal-Mart because there wasn't enough pressure for their sprinklers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 Are you familiar with the politics of Grundy? lol I IF either or both are true, would not surprise me....and from what I remember seeing over in the new town area I don't recall ever seeing any water work going on over there...so I think that one might be true...not sure though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 Are they building anything over there yet? I haven't seen it since the football game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebs 10 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 The Corps of Engineers constructed the Redevelopment Site, which only included a small portion of utilities. The town was responsible for their own utilities and development. From what I understand, Tabb construction is currently working on finishing up the riprap and sewer stubouts and once that feature of work is complete they are also responsible for installing the section of utilities that will be directly under the 460 detour. As far as the remaining utilities; thst is all the Towns responsibility. Trust me the project has costs too much money to be delayed any further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 I think once they get it finished it will be pretty nice...look 100x better than those old run down buildings they are going to knock down soon anyway. Side note: noticed that Vansant Elementary was being torn down the last time I was over there...can't believe how ugly that building got in a short period of time...now if they would just get Big Rock, Harman, and Garden's old schools torn down and clean up some of Island Creek's old crap left sitting to rot, it would improve the looks of the place a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMan 10 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Side note: noticed that Vansant Elementary was being torn down the last time I was over there...can't believe how ugly that building got in a short period of time...now if they would just get Big Rock, Harman, and Garden's old schools torn down and clean up some of Island Creek's old crap left sitting to rot, it would improve the looks of the place a lot. [/ QUOTE ] Vansant used to be a great school and I had some of the best times of my school life there. It's sad to see the shape the building is in and now it's even more sad to see it torn down. The field I used to play football on and the basketball court I used to shoot on will soon be a parking lot. Dark Lord Emperor Smith will make another addition to his Food City empire there with a new Food City supercenter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveFan09 50 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Vansant used to be a great school and I had some of the best times of my school life there. It's sad to see the shape the building is in and now it's even more sad to see it torn down. The field I used to play football on and the basketball court I used to shoot on will soon be a parking lot. Dark Lord Emperor Smith will make another addition to his Food City empire there with a new Food City supercenter. [/ QUOTE ] your telling me =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,453 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 i guess there takin down the gym too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 I heard part of the deal with the Empire was that they had to either move the gym to a new location or build a new one somewhere else...don't know if that is true or not? I agree though...some great football,baseball, and basketball games at that place...sad to see it go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,453 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 didnt Grundy/Garden used to play there football games there back in the day, every time me and my grandpa used to drive by there he tells me about a game between Grundy and EC Glass 6-6 tie, he said it was the best game he had ever seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisecav72 10 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 yeah, ive heard about that game, twas a long time ago, dont know much bout it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Where the hell is Mark? He can probably tell you who was sitting in the front row....lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisecav72 10 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 , lol, youre probly right, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VHSLhelper 571 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 Vansant used to have the only football field in the county. Grundy Sr. High opened in '64, but "County Stadium" didn't open until 1965 (I can't find in my notes when it became Nelson Memorial Field). Ernie Hicks' last game was also the last game at Vansant (11/13/64 : Grundy beat Richlands 47-6). Garden & Hurley didn't get their own home fields until 1980. That was also when Grundy's new press-box and bleachers went up (who else misses the wood?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavefan64 10 Report Share Posted May 28, 2005 I'm baaaaaaacccckkkkkk...lol Vansant used to be sand and rocks, it wasn't much of a field from what I have heard..lol..I've seen pictures from back in the day, and they used to have boards all the way around the field, so nobody could sneak in, although I have heard a lot of stories about kids digging holes under the fence where Vansant Lumber is now...lol It is sad to see that place go, and the only part left standing as of 8 tonight was the back wall around where the office used to be. We used to have some killer football/baseball/basketball games at recess. Damn the memories. Never have heard that story about that game, but it is probably true..I know Grundy used to have Marion, Richlands, Tazewell, Graham, Bristol, Jefferson SR. out of Roanoke and E.C. Glass in their district. They didn't win all that much...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhstigerfan 12 Report Share Posted May 28, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Never have heard that story about that game, but it is probably true..I know Grundy used to have Marion, Richlands, Tazewell, Graham, Bristol, Jefferson SR. out of Roanoke and E.C. Glass in their district. They didn't win all that much...lol [/ QUOTE ] Dang, how did the Roanoke school and E.C. Glass manage to get in that district? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlue02 11 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Probably the same way Carroll County got in the SWD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhstigerfan 12 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Why isn't Carroll in the River Ridge? Lack of gonads or what??? I had always wished the BDD had one really far away school besides Hurley so I could miss more school to travel to that school. Thats why I wish we were still in Region C, Lebanon gets to stay at a hotel half the time when the go to Regions for something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,453 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 haha if richlands got to stay in a hotel we'd probley all get suspended, hell we cant even ride a bus for 3 hrs without doing something lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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