The best of small town living yesterday, today and tomorrow takes forward thinking... and forward motion. St. Paul is definitely moving forward! 

 

We are a forward-thinking community, driven by the efforts and energy of our citizens, engaged in revitalizing our downtown as well as the surrounding area. It involves more than new facades and a coat of paint. It involves becoming a model for small towns everywhere. We ARE unique, we are an eco-epicenter... both economically and ecologically. We are demonstrating the two "e's" can co-exist and prosper while maintaining the small town atmosphere, values, culture and heritage. We are St. Paul Virginia... the heart of the Clinch River Valley.

The Town of St. Paul plans to develop a viable downtown business district supplemented by quality shopping and a diverse industrial mix in outlying areas that will translate into job opportunities and expanded tax base, while working to enhance and develop outdoor activities that embraces the area's natural resources.

 

St. Paul will be known as a desirable tourist destination offering a wide variety of historic exhibit, water activities, cultural offerings, lodging, dining, shopping, and other attractions.

 

St. Paul will have sound, stable infrastructure that meets the needs of citizens, business and industry including properly maintained streets, water, sewer, electricity, etc., and a government that works collaboratively with citizens and other governments to plan for and respond to citizen needs and provide timely, efficient, effective, and customer-friendly services.

 

The town will preserve and promote its historic resources and unique downtown focusing on community attractiveness, while maintaining a strong sense of small town values and citizen involvement.

St. Paul, celebrated it's first 100 years in 2011, is one of the smallest of the six towns in Wise County VA, being home to less than 1,000 people. St. Paul is located on the crossroads of Southwest Virginia directly upon the intersection of two (2) major highways and railroads and divides the coal country to the west and the agriculture-based communities to the east. St. Paul is commonly referred to as "The Gateway to the West".

 

Eco-tourism is a growing phenomenon, particularly in Southwest Virginia and tourists are often drawn to these regional cultural resources and their unique outdoor settings. The Town of St. Paul sits directly above the Scenic Clinch River, one of the cleanest and most biologically diverse ecosystems in Eastern North America. In addition, the Town boasts the only exclusive public access in the Commonwealth to the Scenic Clinch River with several popular hiking and biking trails directly on the river.

 

In addition, Wetlands Estonoa enhances the draw to our community with world-wide recognition for place-based, student initiated and managed service learning at its best.

 

But most unique to St. Paul are the people. Dedicated, hard working, innovative, talented, artistic, creative, caring, sharing, compassionate, are a handful of words that can describe the people of St. Paul. Their goal... to insure there is a St. Paul Tomorrow!