Blacksburg working on amendment to comprehensive plan
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia Tech has plans to grow its student population, and with more students, the need for student housing will increase...
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia Tech has plans to grow its student population, and with more students, the need for student housing will increase.The town of Blacksburg is working on an amendment to its comprehensive plan to make sure it's able to meet demand.'We don't want to have the enrollment growing as the construction is happening,' Blacksburg's Vice Mayor Susan Anderson said. 'We want the construction to be ready to hold the students.'The way Blacksburg's 2021 comprehensive plan sits, there isn't much detail on student housing.