There are any number of marvelous opportunities to learn and grow in the business world of Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia. Below are two excellent ways to help your business improve and increase it’s visibility. Whether your business needs some creative ideas for marketing or you just feel stuck, one of the 2 are bound to be of [...]

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Mariners Landing at Smith Mountain Lake is the place to be on March 7th, 2010. This is one of the best kinds of parties, the kind where you benefit a good cause and enjoy yourself immensely all at the same time.
If you recall a while back we wrote about Life Out Loud Films and the [...]

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Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia is known for it’s beautiful scenery, gorgeous real estate, retirement properties, bass fishing and tournaments, and fabulously fun activities just to name a few. There is always a variety of entertainment, marvelous restaurants, and unique events happening around the lake. Here are a few of those events you won’t want to [...]

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You don’t want to miss the Southwest Virginia Boat Show coming this weekend to Smith Mountain Lake. This year promises to be even bigger and better than last year, beginning with an enlarged indoor show/exhibit area.
There will also be a number of new exhibits this year including barbecue grill promoters, dock building companies, outdoor clothing [...]

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If ever there was a party at Smith Mountain Lake that sounded just too fun to miss, this one may be it.
On Feb. 26th at the Elks National Home there will be a Black Tie and Blue Jeans Ball. A few of the more entertaining activities will include a Community Dance run by the McKenzies, [...]

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If you live at Smith Mountain Lake or one of it’s surrounding counties, and are looking to hire new employees or need a job yourself, you will want to attend the Career Fair in Franklin County this month.
The Franklin Center for Advanced Learning and Enterprise will be co-sponsoring a Career Fair on Thursday, February 25th from 11am-4pm at The [...]

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For those of you at Smith Mountain Lake unfamiliar with the Gaither Vocal Band, they are one of the more excellent gospel groups around. Many of us middle aged folks have been listening to them for years. You can enjoy them for yourself on Friday, Feb. 12th at 7pm. at the Roanoke Civic Center.
For the [...]

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I love Valentine’s Day and Smith Mountain Lake has everything I could possibly need to make it a special time for my sweetheart.
Whether you have a sweetheart or not, everyone has someone they could choose to honor with a loving note or gift. Share the flowers and other colorful and bright icons of the holiday [...]

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The Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce will be at the Southwest Virginia Boat Show February 26, 27, & 28 this year, with a specific purpose in mind. They want to help the growth of your business and our Smith Mountain Lake community.
At their table in the boat show, SML Chamber can aid your business by distributing your literature/advertising along [...]

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The Smith Mountain Lake Women’s Club will be sponsoring a blood drive this Friday, Feb. 5th. If you have never had a loved one in need of a blood transfusion, then you may be unaware of how very important it is that the blood banks have plenty of blood (and of a variety of blood [...]

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