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Posted: Tuesday, August 02nd, 2022

Starting August 5th we invite you to do the Catfish Art Crawl! Find all the catfish art by local artists throughout the town at sponsored businesses through Sept 5th. Get a map and be sure to vote at any voting box through town through Sept 2nd
Final Event and bobber drop Sept 3rd!

Now available you can purchase a numbered bobber for $5! Our goal is to sell 1000 bobbers for the 50/50 raffle which the winning numbered bobber picked by Clark may win up to $2500. The proceeds help out marketing our beautiful town! Come to Clarksville…we know you will love it here! Clarksville Chamber 105 Second St.

On September 3rd at 10 am we will award the top three artists voted by the public at the Lake Life Live Park corner of 5th & Virginia Ave. At 10:30, we invite kids to join Clark as he parades downtown towards the dock to get on a boat for the bobber drop. Kids that participate will receive a Clark pin. Above the water a helicopter, operated by Paul Jackson will drop the bobbers into the lake and Clark will net one winning bobber number and the winner will net 1/2 of the proceeds of bobbers sold.

New this year is the Catfish Cook-off at 1 pm at the Town Hall Council quarters where three judges will sample catfish dishes provided by local eateries within 30 miles and vote for the best dish. The winner will take home bragging rights and a trophy.

So come to Clarksville and do the Catfish Crawl.


 

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Posted: Tuesday, August 02nd, 2022

We are rolling out the free shuttle service in Clarksville! Beginning in January this year the Chamber board has been planning and looking for a golf cart for this new service for our tourists.

We wanted to give them the opportunity to visit our Chamber Merchants along the route when they arrive at the town dock and need a lift to visit our chamber member stores. We found a six-person golf cart in late May and jumped on the purchase the cart.

It debuted at the 4th of July parade with signage saying Free Shuttle coming soon. So after Lakefest weekend, we started Clark’s Caboose Shuttle service which will run 11-6 pm weather permitting on Fridays and Saturdays! We just ask the riders to please tip their volunteer.

We have been asking for volunteers to help drive the shuttle and are pleased with the turnout of interest. We would love to have more volunteers. They must complete an hour-long orientation and can sign up for a three-hour shift on weekends they are available.

If you are interested in being a shuttle volunteer for a 3-hour shift contact the Chamber for an orientation date! We like to thank our four Business Sponsors as well. Clarks Caboose Board committee members, Karin Kuhn, Erica Romano, Jennifer Garrett, Jennifer Williamson & Aundrea Smiley & Heather Garnett


 

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Posted: Monday, May 09th, 2022

Mark YOUR  calendar and make this the year to come, experience the fun at our 45th annual event and experience the wonder and fun of LakeFest – you’ll be glad you did!

Opening Ceremonies, Friday, July 15th starting at 6:30 pm, join us at the Clarksville Ruritans Parking lot behind WF Bank!

Join us on, Saturday, July 16th, for a full day of events starting with the Hot air Balloon show and 5 k fun run. Starting at 9 am the streets will be filled with over 175 vendors and plenty of activities and fun for all ages! The Paradise Road Band takes the stage at the Clarksville Ruritans Parking lot at 7 pm and we end the day with our grand finale with fireworks over the Lake. More details will be out soon.


 

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Posted: Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
Big Lake Flea Market in Clarksville on Saturday, May 7th! We will have a variety of vendors-crafts, yard sale items, food, and retail. Treat mom to a fun day of bargain shopping and explore all the happenings in Clarksville this weekend.  In addition to the vendors, the Clarksville Shops and restaurants will be hosting specials throughout the day, too, so make time on your Saturday to visit with them. Vendors will be located on the pavement (in the parallel parking spaces) along Virginia Avenue from 2nd Street to 5th Street Thus, vehicle parking will be available in the lots of Wells Fargo Bank and behind the Virginia Avenue Mall, plus on the sides streets of Downtown Clarksville. Virginia Avenue will not be closed for this event, please exercise extra caution around the vendor areas. The road isn’t closed for this event just the parking spaces. Get ready to hit the streets early (vendors will be ready at 8 am) and make your plans to spend a fun day in Virginia’s only lakeside town.


 

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Posted: Wednesday, March 02nd, 2022

WINE FEST TICKETS are available now for the Clarksville Lake Country Wine Festival in Clarksville,  Saturday, April 9, NOON to 5 pm. 617 Virginia Avenue grounds of the Delicate Flower B & B. A great selection of Virginia wineries, Buggs Island Brewery, & newly added Springfield Distillery Whisky, great local food, hand-selected artisan vendors, & live music by the Premiere Trio & Tobacco Road Band.

So mark your calendars and stay with us that weekend.  Get up early Saturday and Shop our one-of-a-kind stores & dine at our restaurants, at noon then stroll on over to the wine festival for those who are 21 and over.

You can purchase to the left (or below if you’re on your phone) or at the Chamber office, The Virginia Avenue Mall, Coldwell Banker Advantage  & Cooper’s Landing Inn. Tickets in advance are $25, $30 at the gate, ticket includes a souvenir wine glass. For non-taster/DD tickets in advance are $12, $15 at the gate.

All festival proceeds will benefit the Town’s Chamber of Commerce and will go towards future projects. For more information, contact the Chamber at here or 800-557-5582.


 

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Posted: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022

“Blossom with us” is our campaign motto for the 2022 Membership Drive here at the Clarksville Lake County Chamber of Commerce. Every January we send out well over 300 membership packet applications to partner with area businesses & organizations. In 2021, we had 225 members of the Clarksville Chamber. We love to have more!! The last few years have been tough on everyone, dealing with the pandemic and now inflation. The Clarksville Lake Country Chamber of Commerce values our members and we are proud to say we haven’t raised our membership dues in over 12 years. We are committed to assisting our current members and those who may want to join us.
The primary purpose of this Chamber is to our members. Members are “preferred” businesses because they make the commitment to the purposes of the Chamber – to promote civic, economic, and area enterprises. Chamber members promote job readiness for youth, efficient public services, a positive business climate, and solid customer service. This Chamber refers only to investing members’ information throughout the year. We make thousands of referrals yearly via telephone, email, and person-to-person, In our office alone, we handled more than 15,000 inquiries in 2021—phone calls, emails, social media contacts (Facebook), and people walking through our door, all asking questions and needing assistance with information.
The Clarksville Chamber has been serving this community and county for over 50 years and hopes that you know we could not do it without our members and community support! Please join our organization for another successful year by joining our organization of businesses. “Let’s Get Growing.”
“Coming together is the beginning, Keeping it together is Progress, and working together is a success.” We are all different, it’s the one thing we all share. Difference unites us. Joining your local Chamber of Commerce sets up all different kinds of possible alliances, including new & key customers, local leaders, non-profit organizations, networking, Chambers of Commerce, community recognition and support, coop marketing, and so much more.


 

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Posted: Friday, October 15th, 2021

Christmas in Clarksville Holiday Open House

Make your holidays extra special by attending the Christmas in Clarksville Open House on Sunday, November 21st! Downtown merchants have made special plans to be open from 1-5 pm and help B and W Carriage Buffalo Junction VAyou to wrap up your holidays with one-of-a-kind special gift ideas, discounts and refreshments. In addition, Christmas music will be playing your holiday favorites. Santa Claus will be at Santa Land located in Virginia Avenue Mall. Take a ride down Virginia Avenue in a horse-drawn carriage, provided by B & W Carriage, of Buffalo Junction. Downtown Clarksville will be shining in its beautiful splendor of the holidays that take you back to Christmas of yesteryear.

Everyone is invited to come out and enjoy what Downtown Clarksville has to offer for the holidays. Remember that when you spend your money here, 1% of your tax dollars go back into our community!  SO…SHOP MECKLENBURG FIRST!

Clarksville’s Grand Illumination Tree Lighting event. December 1st

Come celebrate our new Christmas tree and lighting. There will be Christmas caroling, free refreshments, Santa Clause, & a whole lot of Christmas Cheer! 6pm  Downtown Clarksville.

Clarksville Christmas Parade

 

Clarksville Christmas Parade 2016Kick-off December by attending or participating in Clarksville’s annual Christmas Parade, December 3rd at 6:30 pm. What’s more fun than marching December in with a Christmas Parade, can’t think anything? Me either. So come enjoy the floats, bands, & see Santa in his sleigh!

It’s time to register for the Clarksville Christmas Parade ENTRY FORM must be received in the Clarksville Lake Country Chamber Office by Thursday, December 2nd, to be eligible for the December 3rd event. We are seeking participants—beauty queens, businesses, community clubs, organizations, churches, antique vehicles and others interested in making this the best parade to date.

The parade will be fun-filled with no competitions and each entry is required to adhere to the parade regulations below. The parade is hosted and sponsored by the Clarksville Chamber and the Town of Clarksville. For more info, contact the Chamber at (434) 374-2436.


 

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Posted: Monday, September 13th, 2021

Come and celebrate the fall season the first Saturday in October at the Annual Harvest Days Festival! On the morning of Saturday, October 2nd, 2021, vendors will line the streets facing the storefronts and sidewalks along Virginia Avenue offering seasonal crafts, specialty items, antiques, collectibles, and antiquities from 9 am to 3 pm. In addition to the vendors, the one-of-a-kind specialty shops and restaurants will offer specials throughout the downtown area, along with a host of crafts for the kids.  Come out and enjoy the beautiful autumn weather and the activities that are available. The event is opened to the public and there is no admission charge.


 

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Posted: Wednesday, July 28th, 2021

The Clarksville Lake Country Chamber of Commerce board of directors is excited to host a whole new event this year. Buggs Island/Kerr Lake is home to the world’s largest Blue Catfish back in June of 2011 weighing 143 pounds! The Clarksville Chamber board discussed highlighting this and art so we started earlier this year seeking a mascot for an art crawl idea. This contest was open to the public and the winner won $500 which was sponsored by Karin Kuhn of Coldwell Banker Advantage. Once our mascot was chosen we had a contest to name him and the winner won $250 sponsored by the Galleria, and the winning name was…Clark and then had a life-size mascot made as well. After that was settled we sought artists out whose talent could include pottery, metal or woodwork, paintings, digital design, jewelry, photography…and so on, and businesses who would sponsor an artist to be displayed at their business or accessible location. We have 24 artists and 24 businesses who are participating in the Catfish Art Crawl which will debut starting August 6th through September 5th. An art crawl map will be available to the public for them to find all the creative Catfish masterpieces. You will also get to vote for your favorite and if you love it, you can opt to buy it if the artist is selling their piece, but it will need to stay in their window until Sept 5th. On September 4th, winners will be announced. Also available is our Bobber Drop 50/50 Raffle, purchase a number for $5 and on Sept 4th we will be dropping the bobbers from a helicopter between the two bridges and Clark will be bobbing for a bobber with a net and the bobber caught will win half of the proceeds this event is at 11 am, so come watch it all unfold.

Once you have done the Catfish Crawl be sure to get a jersey:

Men’s Jerseys available in Green & Blue $30

Ladies Jerseys in Blue only $25

We also have Catfish Pins available for $5

Keep a lookout for Clark and all the updates via our Facebook event page or clarksvilleva.com


 

Posted: Friday, July 09th, 2021

Sober-Non-AlcoholicWe have a few less food and beverage vendors but there is always our usual Thai, Mediterranean, Greek, African, All-American choices & Kono Pizza! For the sweet tooth, Homemade ice-cream anyone? check out the Amish booth…also it would not be a festival without funnel cakes, deep fried candy bars, & Oreos to icees, smoothies, Lemonade is great for a hot day! NEW this year is a Sober Mobile Bar which is a non-alcoholic beverage truck. There will be lots of food to temp you but nothing like the Smell and aroma of kettle corn, popcorn, cotton candy & more! All here on Saturday.


 

Posted: Friday, July 09th, 2021

We get that question a lot here in our office, and to make life a little less stressful for you & the Town of Clarksville during Lakefest we encourage you to use the shuttle service offered to you as our solution for everyone. (View the Shuttle Map here)

 This service will help with the age old question of where to park? This way you don’t have to worry about being stuck on the side street with all those others trying & hoping to find a spot nearby. The side streets are really narrow and if you are new to the area, you might not know the best way to navigate around the back roads, even though there are detour signs. Even if you are familiar and live out of town, there will be fewer headaches to park your car across from the YMCA, catch the bus and ride to the drop you off at 8th street. And any time you are ready to head back to your vehicle, a bus will be there within minutes to take you back.

Parking & Shuttle Service

Festival-goers are encouraged to Park & Ride.  Parking is $5 per vehicle; there is no charge to ride the shuttles to and from the festival.  Parking will be at the Lake County Business Park, on Noblin Farm Road.  The Shuttle will run from 8 am until 6 pm. If you want to participate in the night activities you will have to catch the last ride by 6 pm to retrieve your vehicle so you can then just park closer to town after 6 pm.

We are excited to announce that we are again working with the Mecklenburg County Public School division with renting two of their buses – one handicapped accessible – and hiring division bus drivers to operate them.


 

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Posted: Monday, May 24th, 2021

Top20Winner2021-LakefestATLANTA, Ga. May 13, 2021 – Southeast Tourism Society has named Virginia Lake festival one of the STS Top 20 Events in the Southeast for July 2021.

This year’s Virginia Lake Festival is tentatively July 15-16. The STS Top 20 Festival and Event Awards have highlighted programs around the Southeast since 1985.

Travel industry experts select 20 events per month, and STS publicizes them throughout the United States. The complete list is published on two websites: Southeast Tourism Society and Travel Media Press Room.

For 36 years, STS has been spotlighting the best festivals and events in the Southeast with our Top 20 Festival and Events program.  Our goal is to highlight the efforts of devoted event organizers and provide additional media exposure and accolades for their events,” said Monica Smith, president, and CEO of the Southeast Tourism Society.  “The Southeast offers so many unique, year-round, opportunities for tourists and festival-goers to create memories and support the tourism industry-–a vital economic generator for communities.”

Events considered for the STS Top 20 recognition must be at least three years old and have an attendance of at least 1,000.   The online nomination link and submission deadlines are available at SoutheastTourism.org or by calling 770-355-4002.

STS, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Roswell, Ga., is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting travel and tourism within 14 states – Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,  North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

For over 43 years, all the activities provided during this event have been free and open to the public. We are very committed to continuing this tradition, although our expenses continue to increase. Our entire community (population 1,400) becomes involved with one aspect or another of this three-day event. Our civic groups are instrumental in lending a hand, as well as our rescue, fire, and police departments to ensure that all of those attending have a wonderful and safe time. This year we are continuing to plan for the 44th annual event with hopes that we will be able to resume to 100% capacity in July as we wait to see the lifting of  COVID19  restrictions that are still in place and which we had to cancel the event last year. There may be some changes but our hopes are to continue to enhance the elements of Lakefest, festival-goers enjoy so much! More vendor choices, Great music, sand sculpture, fun entertainment for the children, a great show of Hot air balloons, & the biggest Fireworks show to date!


 

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Posted: Wednesday, May 05th, 2021

Over 50 spaces are filled for this year’s Big Lake Flea Market. So we are excited to have the streets filling up with Bargains Galore for the weekend! Treat MOM to a fun day of shopping and dining right here in Clarksville

Big Lake Flea Market in Clarksville on Saturday, May 8th! This year’s vendors are representing not only the local but also surrounding areas. Treat yourself to one of our newest local food trucks Mezquital, and Kona Ice….also, Twisted Cakes will be here with funnel cakes, and grab a big bag of old fashion kettle corn. After you’ve sampled the various delectable treats, you’ll want to visit the variety of Flea Market Vendors selling yard sale items: anything from decorations, clothing, old toys, household items, antiques, and collectibles, there will also be crafts vendors selling anything from handmade signs, gift baskets, jewelry, driftwood just in time for Mother’s day along with other great gift ideas, plus there are a few commercial vendors such as Origami owl, Pure Romance and many promotional vendors on hand.

In addition to the vendors, the Clarksville Shops and restaurants will be hosting specials throughout the day, too, so make time on your Saturday to visit with them.

Vendors will be located on the pavement (in the parallel parking spaces) along Virginia Avenue from 2nd Street to 6th Street, spaced apart this year due to Covid. Thus, vehicle parking will be available in the lots of Wells Fargo Bank and behind the Virginia Avenue Mall, plus on the sides streets of Downtown Clarksville. Virginia Avenue will not be closed for this event, please exercise extra caution around the vendor areas. The road isn’t closed for this event just the parking spaces.

Get ready to hit the streets early (vendors will be ready at 8 am) and make your plans to spend a fun day in Virginia’s only lakeside town.


 

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Posted: Friday, March 05th, 2021

We are moving forward with our plans for our April 10th Wine Festival. It will have some time changes. NO tickets will be available till April 1st. ATTENDANCE IS LIMITED! The time slots are 11 am to 2 pm and 3 pm to 6 pm. Tickets are $25 in advance at $30 at the Gate (IF NOT SOLD OUT). DD tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the gate. Tickets will be available online and at the Clarksville Chamber office 105 Second Street starting April 1st.

We appreciate your patience and understand of the necessary changes we have to make to host this event to make it safe and enjoyable.


 

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Posted: Monday, December 07th, 2020

We invite you to come to Clarksville starting December 12th at 6:30 pm to tour our homes and business all lit up for Christmas. On the opening night Santa will be leading the tour in a fire truck to see all our entries. You and your family can follow him or choose to view them on your own. A map will be provided by the Clarksville Chamber of Commerce on Friday, December 11th. The Parade of lights tour will run through December 24th. Also, if you would share your top three favorites, we are giving out prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners. Voting can be done via our Facebook page event page or message us. Enjoy the Season with some Christmas Cheer in Clarksville