Pluck’d announced last year that it would build out more than 60 acres of greenhouses to grow tomatoes. Its products now are heading to stores.
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Tech Briefs: Generative AI’s content thirst, entrepreneur center opens in Blacksburg, state to fund EV charging infrastructure
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Chase City revitalization efforts will see historic school and theater transformed
Town officials are hoping that renovations of the Robert E. Lee Elementary School and the Mecca Theatre will catalyze more redevelopment.
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AeroFarms avoids shutdown, says it will be a ‘stronger, more stable business’
The indoor farming company in Pittsylvania County said in late March that it was working to sell its business.
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Cardinal Commerce Notes: 9 years of I-81 work, police buy Roanoke County building, restaurant and brewery reopen, Lester Group names chair
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Lynchburg transit company takes stock as driver shortages, inflation and budget uncertainties persist
A temporary stop of Sunday transit service takes effect this weekend. More service cuts are being considered.
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3 Virginia electric utilities to add battery storage in bid to increase reliability, cut costs
The technology is anticipated to improve grid reliability and save the utilities millions of dollars over the next 20 years by reducing how much they pay to deliver power during the highest-demand times.
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Tech Briefs: Blacksburg micro-3D printing developer gets patent, Virginia Tech team hunts for microplastics on fish scales
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Cardinal Commerce Notes: Wood council created, Walmart stores to be remodeled, program for Helene-hit farmers reopens, BWXT acquires machine shop
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Big projects have claimed most of the industrial land in Danville and Pittsylvania. The region is preparing for more growth.
Though lots of industrial park acreage has been claimed so far this year, the region still has more shovel-ready sites than anywhere else in Virginia. But local officials say they can’t get complacent.