CONSERVATION CELEBRATION 2008
Honoring the City of Roanoke

The setting: A beautiful 116-acre farm in Roanoke city limits, yet a world away from the city’s hustle and bustle. The verdant slopes of Read Mountain rise up behind you, while Mill Mountain and the Wachovia Tower peeking over the treetops remind you you’re still in the Star City. And off in the distance, the familiar misty-blue silhouettes of Poor Mountain and Fort Lewis Mountain frame the western end of the Roanoke Valley. Bluegrass music mingles with the lowing of cattle.

Wrap your taste buds around this: Southwest Virginia smoked pork served with Virginia Cabernet barbecue sauce. Herb-rubbed chicken, roasted to perfection and served with an apple-onion chutney. All complemented by cole slaw, herb-roasted potato salad, a “Blue Ridge” caprese, cornbread, and Virginia apple crisp.

Add a few hundred friends and acquaintances and a glass of your favorite libation, and what do you have? The 2008 Conservation Celebration, of course. You won’t want to miss this year’s Celebration, being held on Sunday, September 14 from 4-7 pm at George and Louise Kegley’s historic Monterey farm in northeast Roanoke. The Land Trust is especially pleased to honor the City of Roanoke at the event as this year’s recipient of the annual A. Victor Thomas Award for the City’s many years of dedication to conservation. Blue Ridge Catering is preparing an exquisite feast featuring all locally-grown foods, while local bluegrass stars Easy Pickin’s will set the evening to music with the sounds of the hills. Everyone is invited to attend. Tickets are $40 per person by Sept. 5, or $45 at the event. Children under 12 are free.

Event sponsors include Cox, Blue Ridge Catering, Conservation Partners, LLC, Lanford Bros. Co., Wordsprint, American Electric Power, Boxley Materials Company, Breakell, Inc., Dixon, Hubard, Feinour & Brown, Inc., The Orvis Company, Wachovia Corporation, Brown, Edwards & Company, L.L.P., Brugh's Mill Country Store, Martin, Hopkins & Lemon, P.C., Miller, Long & Associates, Inc., RGC Resources, Inc., Bittle and Charlotte Porterfield, Roanoke Star-Sentinel, Rutherfoord, Stellar One Bank,  Woods Rogers PLC, Valley Bank, Farrell Foundation, and Leisure Publishing Company.  

Land Trust members will receive an invitation in the mail. If you’re not a member, please send a check for $40 per person to WVLT, 722 First St. SW Suite L, Roanoke, VA 24016 to confirm your attendance, and include the attendees' names with the check. You may also send in your payment via credit card or PayPal by clicking here: 

Y’all come!

6,185 acres of the Cove have been preserved--but there's still work to be done! Learn more here.

Recent News

7/28/08: Fall 2008 Newsletter now available online

7/14/08: WVLT featured in three magazines:
AT Journeys, July/August 2008
VA Game and Fish, July 2008
Fly Fisherman, Sept. 2008

6/18/08: Summer 2008 Land Protection News member newsletter available

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