2009.08.13
Local Food Expo- location correction!
D'oh!!!
Today's Extra section indicates that the Taste of the Roanoke Valley Food Expo is taking place at the Education & Training Center within the Botetourt Center at Greenfield. It is actually taking place at the recreational park, which is also located within the Botetourt Center at Greenfield.
The tricky part is that while the education and training center is accessible directly off U.S. 220, in order to get to the recreational park, you have to go down Catawba Road, then turn on Etzler Road. It's really rather confusing and I don't understand why there is no connecting road to the recreational park from the U.S. 220 side, but hey, I didn't engineer and build this thing.
If you have a GPS system in your car, the exact address for the Food Expo is at 97 Preston Parkway in Troutville. Here are precise directions:
From Roanoke:
I-81 North to Exit 150B to U.S. 220 North to Daleville, left on Catawba Rd., right on Etzler Road, right on Preston Parkway.
From Alleghany/Craig:
U.S. 220 South to Fincastle, take a right on Blacksburg Road, then a left on Etzler Road, complex on left.
From Botetourt:
From Daleville - U.S. 220, left on Catawba Rd., right on Etzler Rd., complex on right.
From Fincastle – U.S. 220 to Blacksburg Road, left on Etzler Road, complex on left.
I am hoping that the boss will let us go early tomorrow so that I can pick up my son and head out to the Expo. It looks wonderful!
What time will you be there?
Comment by Lori — August 13, 2009 @ 11:27 am
Lori, I am going to probably be there about 3 p.m. and I'll stay as long as it takes for me to gather the information I will need for a story in Saturday's newspaper.
Look for me -- I'll probably be the ghostly redhead wearing SPF 50 and a sun hat
Comment by Lindsey Nair — August 13, 2009 @ 1:08 pm
Hey Lindsey!
We look forward to seeing you at the food expo this afternoon! We'll be looking for your hat!!
Comment by Samuel Old — August 14, 2009 @ 10:51 am