'Let Love Grow' at the Seed Swap
Local gardeners are known to enthusiastically bring everything from gardening tools, extra pots, soil, and bags of fertilizer, as well as gardening books and magazines, to seed swaps.
Tanja Rose Harmon
Natural Resource Construction: Building with Straw
Saucha Atma Ananda, a local contractor who has worked in and around Floyd County for the past six years, is looking to change the way that people think of constructing a new home through the use of natural building materials, including straw bale insulation.
Special fundraiser to benefit Plenty! features work of mysterious local artist, William Bruce Brittingham
The nonprofit recently announced a unique fundraiser made possible through the donation of over 40 original paintings by local artist William Bruce Brittingham, who passed away in September 2025.
Artisan Jim Grant forges a new creative path
Floyd is home to hundreds of artists and musicians. For Jim Grant, that spirit of acceptance is what makes the county special. He noted that Floyd seems open to all artists: "It is a wonderful thing because in other places, you don't find that.”
Big Indian Bakery to emphasize community togetherness with new cafe, 'Gather'
Earl White and Adrienne Davis, who founded Big Indian Bakery in 2017, plan to launch the new cafe, "Gather," in mid-March after some weather-related shipping delays of equipment pushed back their original goal of opening in February.
Floyd Homefront, Part 3: Nurturing the Workforce
Floyd Homefront Part 3, “Nurturing the Workforce,” is about key aspects of Floyd County's locally driven economy and the value of investing in the infrastructure employers need.
Floyd Homefront, Part 2: The Cost of Homeownership
“The Cost of Homeownership,” is about the financial gaps that contribute to Floyd’s housing crisis and the county-wide efforts to make homeownership and repairs more affordable.