JUSTIN COOK The Roanoke Times

Administrative Assistant Karen Hanson works at the Blacksburg Municipal building as supplies are packed up before the move to new offices at the former Blacksburg Motor Company building.

Blacksburg employees packed for big move

Blacksburg town employee Kasey Thomsen already knows some of the decorations she wants to display around her new desk and lobby.

A lamp here, some potted flowers there and maybe the addition of a small aquarium.

"I really want to make it such a welcoming place," said Thomsen, office manager for the planning, building, engineering and geographic information systems departments.

Thomsen's new desk will be on the first floor of the Blacksburg Motor Co. building and will serve as the first point of contact for the public.

But exactly when Thomsen and some other town employees will be able to settle into their new digs is not known.

Last month's downpours delayed for a second time the reopening of the building that will house the town's planning, building, engineering and GIS departments.

Groundwater seeped into the basement level of the building, and crews have worked since to remedy the problem. A new move-in date into the historic building at 400 S. Main St. has yet to be scheduled.