BY NBC17
PIKEVILLE, N.C. – About a hundred people lined up outside the Pikeville-Pleasant Grove Volunteer Fire Department waiting for Vice President Joe Biden.

The Vice President is scheduled to speak to the crowd at 2 p.m. about how the Recovery Act is helping rural America. The Pikeville-Pleasant Grove FD has outgrown its current facility and is getting help to build a new one through the Recovery Act. Its president, Russell Robertson, said the new station has been three years in the making and help from the Recovery Act will make it much more affordable.

Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is also scheduled to speak. Lt. Governor Walter Dalton is in attendance.

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