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Virginia is a warm and
friendly community ideally
located along the center
of the East Coast at
the intersection of I-95
and U.S. 58. Retirees
here can enjoy being
halfway between New York
and Florida, nestled
in a community where
your retirement savings
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Nestled along the border of Virginia and
North Carolina is Emporia-Greensville, a community that offers
all the charms of small-town living, a community where people
still stop to say hello. This is a place where you can stroll
down Main Street, where you can watch the sun set over picturesque
fields of the day’s harvest. Enjoy a picnic by the
Meherrin River, a round of golf any time of the year, or
watching a pair of nesting bald eagles soar through the sky.
People come to the Emporia-Greensville area for the beautiful scenery, and they
stay for the low taxes and cost of living, and the comfortable way of life in
our tranquil rural community.
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The Benefits
The Emporia-Greensville region has great benefits to offer as
a retirement location:
- Positioned along the Virginia-North Carolina border
at the intersection of I-95, U.S. 58 and U.S. 301
- Situated between three of Money
magazine’s “Best
Places To Live In The Southern United States”
- Over 1,100 motel rooms in our area
- Warm, sunny climate with an average
annual temperature of 58.8°F
- Wide variety of housing opportunities at attractive
prices
- Victorian, transitional and Colonial to contemporary
housing styles
- Low cost of living with low Virginia income taxes and
low city and county real estate taxes
- Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center, a new, $35
million, 140,000-square-foot health care facility
- Many opportunities for higher education
within an hour’s
drive
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Join In The Fun
The Emporia-Greensville
area has plenty of recreational activities to offer:
- Over 60 acres of park facilities with paved walking
trails and picnic pavilions
- 30 minutes to Lake Gaston, featuring sailing, sport
fishing and camping
- 2 1/4 hours to Virginia Beach
- The YMCA offers health and fitness education, and active
adult programs such as swimming classes, volunteer services,
outings and social clubs
- 60 minutes from Richmond, Virginia; 90 minutes from
the Norfolk, Virginia metro area and Raleigh, North Carolina
- Over 50 civic clubs and organizations:
– 280-member Chamber of Commerce
– garden, senior, photography
and book clubs
– public library and literacy
council
– Rotary International
– Virginia Federated Women’s
Clubs
– Meherrin Women’s Club
- Festivals, such as the Virginia Pork Festival and Virginia
Peanut Festival
- The Meherrin River Arts Council brings in national
entertainment, including great performers such as Burt
Bacharach and Tony Bennett, and theatre, ballet, opera
and symphony concerts
- Many historic sites, such as the Virginia Civil War
Trails, a tour that traces Civil War history in our community;
Village View, a restored 1830s home; and the Hicksford
Raid, a Civil War battle in 1864 that culminated in present-day
Emporia
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