The traveling exhibit on the Civil War is here and in full throttle!  The exhibit will be here until 4:00 pm, Saturday November 5, and then it heads home.  If you haven’t already toured this wonderful show please come on Saturday from 9am- 4pm.  In the past two days the South Boston - Halifax County Museum has had over 600 students tour this wonderful exhibit and many more students will be coming today.

Mosey  on down & join The Prizery for a good ol' southern porch party!  Sunday, July 10, 5-8pm.

Spend your Sunday afternoon taking a leisurely stroll down Mountain Road and stop to visit with friends on the porches of these exceptional historical buildings in Halifax.

Three of South Boston's adaptive reuse projects - The Prizery, Southern VA Higher Education Center, and the American Tobacco Warehouse (currently under renovation) - were recently featured in a Richmond Times-Dispatch column about how tax credits can help revitalize a community. 

All three of these projects made use of state and federal historic tax credit programs; read the full article here.

Southern Virginia will be featured on a new reality TV series Friday night, "Who Do You Think You Are?" (8pm, NBC).  Emmitt Smith, the NFL's all-time leading rusher, was in the area last spring  to film the show, which traces his ancestry back to a horse and slave breeder in Mecklenburg County.  During filming Smith stayed at Berry Hill and a number of the interviews that will appear in the show were filmed at there.  For more information, read the article on the News & Record's website.

With the right of way now secured from Norfolk & Southern and on the cusp of implementing the grants to construct the next phase of the Tobacco Heritage Trail, Roanoke River Rails to Trails, Inc. (RRR2T) will be having a community meeting to inform citizens in the South Boston and Halifax County area about how they can get involved to help clear, clean, maintain and enjoy sections of trail in the near term.  Ms. Sandra Tanner, President of  RRR2T will explain what has been involved with the trail acquisition and the implementation of the trail management plan.  Ms. Carol Corker, Regional Planner, and Sara Fulks, Trail Volunteer Coordinator, will be available to answer questions.  Ms. Fulks will help coordinate volunteer groups which will be able to "adopt" certain sections of trail to clear, maintain and enjoy even before grant construction begins.

The meeting will be held at the Prizery, 700 Bruce Street, South Boston, VA on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.