Voters ousted the incumbent mayor, who is a high-ranking official at Southern Virginia University.
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City officials are responding to complaints from residents about increased traffic in their neighborhood because of more than 100 officially registered businesses located in homes.
Buena Vista has received a $72,000 state grant to study flood areas and create a plan to prevent floods. Historically, Buena Vista has endured floods spawned by hurricanes and some flooding without catastrophic storms. The grant will fund a study but work to prevent floods will need to come from other sources.
Buena Vista’s plan to expand the city’s canopy includes a proposal to encourage private planting and establish a tree board.
A pipe “bridge” in Buena Vista has been the only way to cross a small creek. But a new, real bridge is planned to go on top of the pipe and Washington and Lee engineering students are designing it.
City officials, business owners and residents say Buena Vista is making a comeback.
A gathering of classic cars and trucks attracted people to downtown Buena Vista and its businesses over the weekend, a triumphant return after a COVID hiatus last year.
Developer Ed Walker brought excitement to Buena Vista with plans to revitalize the downtown. After almost three years, he’s leaving. But BV officials have a new plan to keep going.
The new sign code could provide exemptions that would save businesses $30 per sign.