Nelson County, Virginia
18 years ago on this very day the first issue of then Nelson County Life Magazine was launched. Boy, how things have changed since those days! All of us have seen a lot since then. Whether it was a blizzard or a derecho, or sadly something even worse, we tried our best to let people know. Remember the large fire at Wintergreen Resort’s Copper Mine Restaurant? There have been so many stories covered. Thousands.
This is a good place to let you know all of the old Nelson County Life issues have been archived by the Rockfish Valley Foundation, along with all of the Blue Ridge Life issues. This was done in a cooperative effort with the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library where all of the 193 issues are stored in print and electronically.
Back in 2013 we changed the name from Nelson County Life to Blue Ridge Life. That allowed us to include things in nearby counties that might not fit under the NCL umbrella.
April 1, 2021 we made the decision 16 years in the print business had been enough. It was another bittersweet moment, but kids were growing, times were changing and those monthly print deadlines, 193 of them in all, were wearing us down. So with our final issue we called it quits for the printed edition.
We really wouldn’t change much in those years. It was an exciting ride, and still is! We’re still here, just not in the printed edition.
We thank each and every one of you for staying with us for nearly 2 decades. Let’s see what the next 20 years will bring! No foolin’!
