The Town of Blacksburg is a vibrant college community with a daily population of over 50,000 people. Whether you’re living full time in Blacksburg, attending Virginia Tech, visiting, or thinking of expanding your business, there are a number of helpful resources available to you.

The town works with partnering organizations on event planning, prospective business outreach, business development and retention, retail recruitment, and industrial recruitment. These economic development organizations include:

• The Blacksburg Partnership
• Downtown Blacksburg, Inc.
• Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
• Montgomery County Economic Development Office
• Onward NRV
• Virginia Tech Office of Economic Development
• New River Valley Regional Commission
• Virginia Tech

The Town of Blacksburg’s population includes approximately 25,000 Virginia Tech students living on and off campus within the town limits and elsewhere in other localities in the New River Valley. The towns of Blacksburg and Christiansburg plus the unincorporated areas of the county make up the overall Montgomery County population.

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Blacksburg Quick Facts (2014)

Date of incorporation: March 22, 1871

Form of government: Council - Manager

Area: 19.7 square miles

Miles of public street lanes: 354

Number of street lights: 1,804

Number of water customers: 9,159

Average daily water consumption: 2.27 million gallons

Miles of water main lines: 177

Miles of sanitary sewer lines: 156

Miles of storm sewer pipes: 34.5

Number of full time employees: 269

Average part time/seasonal employees: 214