Pulaski County also is home to the highly respected New River Community College in Dublin. Pulaski County workers also have an impressive mix of job opportunities. The Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp. is one of the largest employers along with the Pulaski Furniture Company. Just as movie stars are attracted to Charlottesville, '60s-era holdouts have been migrating to Floyd for the past 35 years. Their tie-dyed counterculture communes nestle quietly along with small farms in a county that promotes an employer of six people, Chateau Morrisette Winery, as one of its major industries.
Many residents live quietly off the land.
Another employer makes gasohol, touted by some since the '70s gas crisis as the only way to fuel autos. A planned counterculture community has established a self-sufficient Ecovillage in Floyd County. High Flowing Community is an international community that focuses on sustainable agriculture, spiritual development and art with an emphasis on Mayan and shamanic influences. Just don't go to Floyd actively looking for the counterculture. They have ingratiated themselves to the local farmers with their true sense of community spirit and are safely tucked away in the hills of Floyd, bothering no one and expecting the same treatment.