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  • The Best of the Burg 08/08/2025
    Aug 8 2025

    Mari White and Anthony McAvoy are back for another edition of The Best of the Burg.

    Alicia Smith from F&S Building Innovations joins the show to talk about working with indoor and outdoor living spaces, mudrooms, decorating trends, bathrooms, their coverage area, 3D renderings, how their process works, and more.

    Les Sinclair from the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank talks about their new CEO, the end of year fiscal numbers, how they help the community, providing healthy options, how they've been effected by tariffs, what their needs are, and more.

    Mari and Anthony also learn about some national days from over the week as well as the events that are happening in and around the area this weekend in the Happenin' in the Burg segment.

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    42 min
  • The Best of the Burg 08/01/2025
    Aug 1 2025

    Mari White and Anthony McAvoy are back for another edition of The Best of the Burg.

    Public Affairs Director from Georgia Pacific, Chris Hughes, joins the show to talk about what they make at their factory in Big Island, being around for 135 years, their upcoming job fair and who they're looking for, safety feature in the industry, how technology has changed through the years, and more.

    Sherri Conner and Mary Taylor from The YMCA of Central Virginia talk about some of their Community Programs including Rock Steady Boxing, Live Strong, The Lean Program, and Memory Cafe.

    Mari and Anthony also learn about some National Days as well as some events going on in and around the area over the weekend in the Happenin' in the Burg Segment.

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    42 min
  • The Best of the Burg 07/25/2025
    Jul 25 2025

    Mari White and Anthony McAvoy are back for this final Friday edition of The Best of the Burg.

    Tracey Moore from Bella Vista Escapes joins to talk about cruises and river cruises, group and solo travelling, the importance of having a travel advisor, her most memorable trip, and more.

    Ashleigh Meyer from the Planning Committee of LYH250 talks about LYH250, the publication of a new book, who's on the committee, what events they have planned for next year, what Lynchburg was like during the American Revolution, and more.

    Mari and Anthony also learned about the National Days from over the Week as well as what's going on in and around the area over the weekend in the Happenin' in the Burg segment.

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    42 min
  • The Best of the Burg: 7/18/25
    Jul 18 2025

    This week on Best of the Burg host Mari White is joined by Guestie Bestie Jimmy Davis with Bank of the James

    They speak with Riverviews Artspace’s 2025 Artist in Residence Alpha Massaquoi Jr. about his focus on charcoal portraits and helping emerging artists. Tracey Langseth with Riverviews also drops in to talk about other things going on and shares how proud they are of Alpha

    Katie Lane with BARCC drops by for "Partnering for Good" presented by Bank of the James to talk about their mission to bring a new animal shelter to Campbell County. She also discusses the logistical needs of an animal shelter and working alongside Friends of Campbell County Control.

    And for Happenin’ in the Burg, Mari & Jimmy are joined by Patrick Earl with Endstation Theatre talking about their production of “Much Ado About Nothing”

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    42 min
  • The Best of the Burg 07/11/2025
    Jul 11 2025

    Mari White is back from vacation to rejoin Anthony McAvoy on this week's edition of The Best of the Burg.

    This week's Guestie Bestie, Shelley Basinger, the Public Information Officer for Bedford County talks about a brand new accreditation report for the county and what companies look for in the reports, some capital projects they're working on, broadband internet expansion, hosting another disc golf tournament, and more.

    Quincy Davenport, The Shredman, joins the show to talk about how he got into the business, the services that he offers and what industries he works with, are we moving toward a paperless society, his shredding process and what he does with the paper after it's shredded, and much more.

    Mari, Anthony, and Shelley also talk about some of the National Days from over the week as well as some events going on in and around the area over the weekend.

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    42 min
  • The Best of the Burg 06/27/2025
    Jun 27 2025

    Anthony "Biscuit" McAvoy is joined by Guestie Bestie, Jimmy Davis, from Bank of the James on this week's edition of The Best of the Burg.

    They're joined by Stephanie Reed, the CEO of The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lynchburg, to talk about their purpose and mission, the vision she has for the club, and the needs that the club has.

    Courtney Hollingsworth, Michelle Seddon, and Sydney Scotford from Patrick Henry's Red Hill join the show to talk about their upcoming 4th of July celebration event and all of the great things they do at Red Hill.

    Anthony and Jimmy talk also talk about the National Days of the Week as well as some great events going on in and around the area in the Happenin' in the Burg segment.

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    42 min
  • The Best of the Burg 06/20/2025
    Jun 20 2025

    Anthony McAvoy is joined by Guestie Bestie, Tim Saunders, for this week's edition of The Best of the Burg.

    They're joined by Trish Roth, the Publisher of HOME Magazine, to talk about the brand new Summer Issue of Central Virginia HOME Magazine.

    Anthony and Tim talk about Tim's work with Virginia Career Works and their Youth Work Experiences.

    They also talk about the national days from over the week as well as some events that are happening in and around the area over the weekend.

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    42 min
  • The Best of the Burg 06/13/2025
    Jun 13 2025

    Mari White and Anthony McAvoy are back for another edition of The Best of the Burg.

    They talk with Rhonda Holt, the Loan Maven, about refinancing and the things that you should know before starting the process.

    Guestie Bestie, Jeff Taylor, joins in on the fun to talk about the 40th Annual Batteau Festival, some of the trips that he's done on the James River, the events of the festival going on, and more.

    They talk about some of the national days of the week as well as some great events going on in and around the area in the Happenin' in the Burg segments.

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    42 min