Altavista On Track

05/20/2026

🚨 VENDOR APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN! 🚨

The Altavista Summer Business Showcase is coming to the Booker Building on July 17th from 4–9 PM, and we are currently seeking vendors that are based in or connected to Altavista!

This event will feature:
• 7+ food trucks
• Live DJ
• Splash Pad fun
• Indoor & outdoor vendor spaces
• Community activities and shopping
• Paid advertising and regional promotion to help drive attendance

We are looking for:
🛍 Retail businesses
🎨 Makers & creatives
🍪 Specialty food vendors
🧵 Handmade products
💼 Service-based businesses
🏢 Local organizations & entrepreneurs

Indoor spaces are limited and expected to fill quickly.

Vendor Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9kcAdM0nHUnaEIaRxewds1V4hVzfYfAXPNnu1feUTnPZODQ/viewform?usp=preview

05/15/2026

Come downtown to the Spark Innovation Center on Friday, beginning at 11 a.m., to get delicious Thai food from Thai Naka Express! While there, please consider eating your meal under the new umbrellas at the picnic tables in the parklet! It's supposed to be a beautiful day on Friday! So, please join us downtown!😀😋

05/03/2026

Our Volunteer Appreciation Cookout was tonight. We are so grateful to everyone that has supported us over the year! The Reynolds were our Volunteers of the Year!

04/17/2026

Happening TODAY at the Spark Innovation Center in downtown Altavista! Please stop by from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and enjoy some tasty home-made fixings from The Happy Heifer under umbrellas at the parklet! 😃

Friday the Happy Heifer will be at Spark from 11-7pm. Our beautiful parklet will be a great place to eat lunch or dinner!

Never had the Hungry Heifer? They will be serving Fried Chicken, Meatloaf, Fried Catfish, Cheeseburgers, Creamed Potatoes, String Beans, Mac & Cheese, Corn Pudding, Baked Beans, Potato Salad, Fries, and Assorted Desserts

Everything is homemade too! So come on out and give them a try!

04/10/2026

Last night was the Reimagine Downtown Community Walking Tour. We loved hearing all the thoughts shared and chatting with our community!

03/27/2026

Another opportunity for downtown revitalization in Altavista! 😀AOT, along with our partners the Spark Innovation Center and Town of Altavista, Virginia want to invite anyone interested in reimagining our downtown district by join us on a walking tour with Place + Main on April 9th from 6 pm - 7:30 pm. Please see flyer below:

03/26/2026

Let's "Get Fired-Up, Altavista" for the future of our downtown! The Community Business Launch (CBL) classes began last night at the Spark Innovation Center, with the Small Business Development Center - Lynchburg Region guiding the entrepreneurs who have been selected to participate in this exciting business development program! These CBL participants represent retail and restaurant-style businesses that will help bring even more energy and opportunity to our community.

Programs like "Fire-Up Altavista" are about more than competition — they’re about supporting entrepreneurs, strengthening our downtown, and helping great ideas grow into successful businesses.

Altavista On Track wants to give HUGE THANK YOU's to our partners who made this program possible:
the Spark Innovation Center, the Town of Altavista, Virginia, the Community Business Launch and Virginia Main Street programs within the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD, the Small Business Development Center - Lynchburg Region, Main Street America, Campbell County VA Economic Development, the Virginia To***co Region Revitalization Commission (TRRC), the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance (LRBA), the Central Virginia Business Coalition (CVBC), and
Earth Right Mid-Atlantic.

Please share. Thank you.

https://www.altavistajournal.com/news/article_435d6da3-9df1-4d46-8b18-d896fe12ab8f.html

03/14/2026

Following up on the "Fire-Up Altavista" post/theme, here is a photo that includes not only the participants in this cohort, but also members of the team coordinating and implementing this Community Business Launch (CBL) grant program from the Virginia Main Street program within the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. We're all "fired up" in this picture . . . . for the future of downtown Altavista! 🔥😀

03/13/2026

Altavista On Track is "Fired-Up" about this wonderful Community Business Launch (CBL) grant opportunity to help revitalize our downtown district! AOT, as an accredited Virginia Main Street Network and Main Street America program, is very thankful that it received a $50,000 CBL grant from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to entice and support entrepreneurs to "spark" more creative energy and opportunity in downtown Altavista! This truly is a team effort, as AOT is partners with the Town of Altavista, Virginia (which provided a $10,000 match for this grant), the Spark Innovation Center, Campbell County VA Economic Development, the Small Business Development Center - Lynchburg Region, the Virginia To***co Region Revitalization Commission , the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance, the Central Virginia Business Coalition, and Earth Right Mid-Atlantic. Let's get "Fired-Up, Altavista! 🔥🤩😃😍🔥

03/09/2026

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