Cobbs Creek Reservoir, Cumberland County

Call to Action

Cobb’s Creek Reservoir---you’ve heard about it, but what comes next?  Recreation? Commercial or residential development? New employment?
Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University have been asked by the County to help answer that question. We can “run the numbers” but that’s only part of the story.  We need your vision.      
A picture is worth a thousand words!
What would you want to see in the area around the reservoir, the largest project ever undertaken in the County?  Tell us in pictures!    
County residents are being asked this summer to take pictures and collect images from the internet, newspapers and magazines.
When you look around the County what do you like?  What would you like to change?  We’ll provide the camera you bring us pictures of these assets.
When you think about the new things that could come with development, what would be an improvement?  What would pose a problem?
Come talk and listen!
You are all invited to County-wide meetings this fall where will talk about your pictures and what visions you share for the Cobb’s Creek area.    
WE NEED YOU TO:

• Take pictures and collect images this summer
  You can pick up a camera by calling Mike Cooper, Community Development Director at (804) 492-3625, or request one be mailed to you by calling Marc Oliphant at 540/231-5278. You may also email your web images to Marc at molipha@vt.edu.
• Tell your friends and neighbors
  Download and distribute this flyer
• Come to the big county-wide meeting this fall

 

Send your contact information to John Provo at:

702 University City Blvd.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540/239-4004
Fax: 540/239-8850
Email: jprovo@vt.edu

 

Project Overview

• News Release

Meeting Minutes

• May 23
• July 1

Maps

• Land Cover of Cobbs Creek Reservoir
• Wetland Analysis of Cobbs Creek Reservoir
• Soil Analysis for Septic for the Cobbs Creek Reservoir Site
• Soil Analysis for Shallow Excavations for the Cobbs Creek Reservoir Site

Spread the Word

• Printable material for the community

 

 

 

 

For more information on how Virginia Tech can help to improve the performance of your organization, contact:

Virginia Tech
Office of Economic Development
702 University City Blvd. (Mail Code 0373)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone (540) 231-5278
Fax (540) 231-8850
E-mail econdev@vt.edu