One exciting feature of the new HighlandCounty.Biz is our "News and Announcements from Highland County" feature. This feature permits registered users of the website to submit and self approve news and announcements in a variety of categories. Available categories include "Community & Civic Organizations", "Neighborhoods & Communities," "Churches & Religious Groups", "Charitable Organizations", "local Business News", "Local Schools & Educational Institutions", "Sports & Recreation", "Death Notices & Obituaries", "Job Promotions, Awards & Honors", "Governmental", "Birth Announcements", "Marriages", "Fairs & Festivals", and "Local News." This feature also allows us, upon receipt of a request from you, to create a special subcategory for any individual group, and the ability to post and approve news under this subcategory can be restricted to members of your group designated by you.

We have the ability to create subcategories under each of our main categories. If your organization, business, sports team, neighborhood, home owners association or other group desires to make regular use of this website feature, please contact us and request that we establish a separate subcategory under the appropriate category - this will aid visitors and your members to locate the latest news and announcements of your group. If you send us an electronic .gif or .jpg picture or image of your facility or logo, we can post that so that it appears with the Section devoted to your organization or group.

October 8 - 10, 2010
(Second weekend in October)

Celebrate the beauty of Autumn at Highland County's annual Hands & Harvest Fall Foliage Festival. Held on the second weekend in October on Columbus Day weekend, this event offers two full days of activity and entertainment. Come and observe for yourself the mountain forests of Virginia's Western Highlands transformed into a rich palette of russet, gold, and scarlet.

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September 1 - 4, 2010

An old-time country fair steeped in tradition! Having celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2001, the Highland County Fair opens with a hometown parade that winds its way through the streets of historic Monterey on the Wednesday preceding Labor Day.

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March 13 - 14 & 20 - 21, 2010

Take a step back in time to Highland County, "Virginia's Switzerland." Travel back roads and mountain byways to the annual Highland Maple Festival. Held on the 2nd and 3rd weekends of March, the Maple Festival has been an annual event in Highland County, Virginia, since 1958.

Each year, thousands of visitors are drawn to this unspoiled, rural region of Virginia to celebrate the "opening" of the trees and observe the process of maple syrup-making. Sugar camp tours provide a unique and educational experience that portrays a rapidly vanishing way of American life.

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