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Danville By Choice Meet & Greet (Part #1)

We’ve mentioned Danville By Choice a lot here at SouthsideCentral and there’s a good reason for that. It’s a group of people who love living in Danville and aren’t ashamed of saying it. You can become part of the group by “liking” their Facebook page and spreading the word.

On Friday night, Danville By Choice […]

The MLK Day of Service Blanket Project – Part #2

Let’s continue a quick PhotoCentral series about Averett University’s Center for Community Engagement and Career Competitiveness‘ “MLK Day Of Service” blanket project. We published Part #1 of this series a few weeks ago and we’ll keep looking at the t-shirt blankets that were made. Volunteers came together to put these blankets together and they were […]

Danville Planning Commission – LIVE! (2/8/16)

SouthsideCentral was LIVE! at Monday’s Danville Planning Commission’s 3 PM meeting. It was over in less than nine minutes, but we’ve got the best and most comprehensive… Feh, who am I kidding? We’ve got photos, though!

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Danville School Board – LIVE! (2/4/16)

SouthsideCentral was LIVE! at Thursday’s Danville School Board meeting. Although we had loads of technical difficulties, we’ve managed to put together a comprehensive recap article. Enjoy!

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Danville City Council – LIVE! (2/2/16)

SouthsideCentral was LIVE! at Tuesday’s Danville City Council meeting. We’ve cleaned up the article and added bonus content, so enjoy the most comprehensive recap of the meeting!

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BreakDown: The City of Danville’s “Bank Account”

Contrary to what a lot of people say and/or think, the City of Danville is not “in debt” or “broke”. Let’s take a comprehensive look at the city’s general fund balance in this BreakDown/NumbersCentral and see exactly what the dollar amounts say.

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The MLK Day of Service Blanket Project – Part #1

In our last PhotoCentral article, we showed you how volunteers were rebuilding and refurbishing Danville’s Little Free Libraries at the annual “MLK Day of Service” sponsored by Averett’s Center for Community Engagement and Career Competitiveness. But that wasn’t the only project going on that day! Volunteers also helped make t-shirt fleece blankets to be donated […]

Rebuilding the Little Free Libraries

It’s a snowy day in the Southside, so we’re going to catch up on some PhotoCentral articles.

On Monday, January 18th, Averett’s Center for Community Engagement and Career Competitiveness organized the “MLK Day of Service” with volunteers helping on projects that benefit the community. One of the projects was rebuilding the Little Free Libraries that […]

Danville City Council – LIVE! (1/19/16)

SouthsideCentral was LIVE! at Tuesday’s January 19th Danville City Council meeting. We’ve added some bonus content and photos, so enjoy the most comprehensive recap of the meeting that you’ll find from any media source. We’ll clean this article up in the editing process. Let’s get started!

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America’s Sunday Supper – Part #3

Let’s wrap up our PhotoCentral series on Sunday’s “America’s Sunday Supper” sponsored by Averett University’s Center for Community Engagement and Career Competitiveness. The event was held at the River District Event Center and we’ve already published Part #1 & Part #2. Away we go!

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America’s Sunday Supper – Part #2

We’re continuing our quick PhotoCentral on Sunday’s “America’s Sunday Supper” sponsored by Averett University’s Center for Community Engagement and Career Competitiveness. We’ve already published Part #1 in the series, so let’s get to Part #2 now!

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America’s Sunday Supper – Part #1

On Sunday, January 17th, Averett University’s Center for Community Engagement and Career Competitiveness sponsored the first “America’s Sunday Supper” at the River District Event Center. People from all around the Southside region got together to have small group discussions about the region and ways to make things better. In this PhotoCentral series, we’re going to […]

BreakDown: Danville IDA’s Rental Income

Let’s take a look at some of the December financial statements from Danville’s Industrial Development Authority. In this NumbersCentral article, we’ll look at their main checking account and talk about what got paid in rental income during the month of December 2015. I could call this a NumbersCentral article, but I’ve got a cool BreakDown […]

Danville IDA – LIVE! (1/12/16)

SouthsideCentral was LIVE! at Danville City Hall for Tuesday’s Industrial Development Authority meeting. We’ve got the most detailed recap of what happened, so enjoy reading!

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*UPDATED* BREAKING: Danville IDA To Buy “Museum” Gas Station

UPDATE: Danville’s IDA voted to take a 90-day purchase option on the property so that they could have the time needed for an environmental study on the underground gas tanks. We’re still 100% confident that the IDA will eventually buy the property.

SouthsideCentral has learned that Danville’s Industrial Development Authority will vote to buy the […]

RIFA – LIVE! (1/11/16)

SouthsideCentral was at Monday’s RIFA meeting and almost nothing happened! But hey, that didn’t stop us from getting some photos. Let’s take a look at what did happen in this article…

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Centra Groundbreaking – Part #4

Even though this event happened in May 2015, the numbers are showing that you readers are enjoying the photos, so we’ll continue with the next PhotoCentral article in the series on Centra’s Danville Medical Center groundbreaking.

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Centra Groundbreaking – Part #3

We’ll continue on with our look at the May 2015 groundbreaking event for Centra’s Danville Medical Center. Part #1 & Part #2 have already been published, and we’ll roll on with Part #3.

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Centra Groundbreaking – Part #2

We’re continuing with our PhotoCentral series on May 2015’s Centra Danville Medical Center groundbreaking. We’ve already published the first part of this series and we’ll continue where we left off.

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Centra Groundbreaking – Part #1

Back in May 2015, Centra had the groundbreaking ceremony and celebration for their new Danville medical center complex. I had thought we had done a PhotoCentral series on the event, but it looks like that never happened. Since the Centra construction is being talked about in the Southside News & Views Facebook group, let’s get […]

Danville Veterans Day Parade – Part #11

We’re going to jump back in to the PhotoCentral series of articles on Danville’s Veterans Day Parade. We’ve already published ten articles in this series and we’ve got the rundown on them for you below the cutline.

Let’s move along and see some more parade photos!

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Danville School Board – LIVE! (1/7/16)

SouthsideCentral was LIVE! at Thursday’s Danville School Board meeting. Enjoy the recap!

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Danville City Council – LIVE! (1/5/16)

SouthsideCentral was LIVE! at the January 5th Danville City Council meeting and we finally got around to adding the bonus content and finalizing the article. Whoops! Enjoy the recap!

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The City’s Statement on Joe King’s Death

Recently retired Danville City Manager Joe King died at the age of 65 on Saturday. Today, the City of Danville issued a statement about his death and SouthsideCentral is glad to publish it for you to read in its entirety.

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Danville Veterans Day Parade – Part #10

On Christmas Day, we’ll bring you some more photos from the Danville Veterans Day Parade. No, that doesn’t make any sense to us either. I’m sensing that we may actually get to Christmas Parade photos before next October. Maybe. Heh. Anyway, on we go with Part #10!

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