Sylvia McDowell-Kent's (samcdowell) Blog

BERNARDS LANDING, 100 DOCKSIDE CIRCLE, SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE VIRGINIA GREAT ONE BEDROOM END UNIT WATERFRONT CONDO.  AWESOME LAKE VIEW. 763 SQUARE FEET OF LIVING SPACE.  ALSO, GREAT INVESTMENT - RENTAL PROPERTY.  WONDERFUL AMENITIES - HEATED SWIMMING POOL, TENNIS, RESTAURANT, CLUB HOUSE, CONFERENCE ...

The Smith Mountain Lake Wine Festival, known far and wide as one of the "must attend" vintner happenings in Virginia, is taking up new quarters for its 20th anniversary celebration.  Slated for Saturday and Sunday, September 27 and 28, the 2008 event will be held on pastoral fields overlooking th...

Often referred to as "The Jewel of the Blue Ridge," Smith Mountain Lake was created in 1966 when engineers dammed the Blackwater and Roanoke rivers flooding Smith Mountain Gap. American Electric Power (formerly Appalachian Power) built the Smith Mountain Dam and began making electricity for the s...

How do sellers decide what to charge for the shack on the hill versus the identical house it looks down on? View properties are worth more, sure, but there's no hard-and-fast rule for calculating how much more. Guess too high and a beautiful home can sit and sit and sit, ignored by buyers in even...

Talk business. Do business. Celebrate business. That's what the Business Expo is all about. On Friday, April 25th, from Noon - 6:30PM,  Downtown Moneta will be turned into a bustling EXPO of over 150 businesses here at Smith Mountain Lake. Free lunch is offered to all visitors and  last year's do...