About Townhound
OUR HISTORY
TownHound, Inc. was started in 2006 by Alan and Kathy Abbott and Lorie and Jim Foley, two couples connected by blood (Kathy and Lorie are sisters) and by their love of Ashland, Virginia. Affectionately known by its residents as the “Center of the Universe,” Ashland is a unique and tight-knit community north of Richmond. Although the town boasts many community-building groups and events — and a very vocal and engaged population — it lacked an active, online destination where residents could come together to exchange information, ideas and opinions. Thus, TownHound was born. Our hope is that our website will become the place where Ashlanders come regularly for discussions, important information and all of the things that encourage people to “get off the porch” and interact with their neighbors.
OUR SERVICES
In addition to local news, weather and Ashland-specific information, TownHound offers the following:
- A regularly updated Community Calendar
- Advertising to local markets
- Custom webpages on TownHound for your business or organization
For additional services, our sister site, Slash Technology, can help you with all of your computer and web needs:
- Independent website creation, design and maintenance
- Logo and branding design
- Domain registration with unique email addresses
- Local computer support
- Network solutions
- Software and antivirus installation, virus and spyware removal
OUR MISSION
To provide a place where people can connect on a local level, whether it’s through a forum about the school system, the direction of town leadership, tips about home improvement, gardening and childcare, or simply to discuss current events. Free classifieds provide easy and convenient transactions between neighbors, and our advertising enables businesses – particularly home-grown enterprises and services – to reach the people they are targeting.
Contact us at:
PO Box 45
Ashland, VA 23005
(804)417-6840
