Massie Mobile Home Park in Montgomery County
was purchased by a company linked to the hedge fund Alden Global Capital. Shortly after, many residents, many of whom receive HUD aid, found “notices to quit” on their doors telling them to pay about $700 on top of their regular rent or be evicted.
Economy
A flood took their homes. Three months later, some in the community are frustrated by the pace of recovery.
Three months after a flash flood devastated parts of Buchanan County, winter looms for residents who lost homes.
Lab school focusing on health care planned for Southwest Virginia
Emory & Henry College’s School of Health Sciences would be the college partner for the high school program.
New behavioral health wing at Bradley Free Clinic helps meet rising demand for mental health services
In 2019, the clinic had fewer than 50 mental health patients. This year it expects to serve more than 1,000.
Virginia is well-suited for controlled environment agriculture, summit says
A CEA Summit in Danville this week emphasized Virginia’s capability to be a leader in this industry
Carilion to move behavioral health services to Tanglewood Mall
Carilion had previously announced plans to build a separate facility but later put those plans on hold due to the pandemic.
Old Valleydale plant in Salem to be turned into 300-unit apartment complex
Salem mayor says it’s the most transformative economic development project in city’s recent history.
Southwest Virginia Rural Summit to be held in Abingdon
The event is billed as a way to bring together business leaders, local officials, school superintendents, health care leaders and non-profit leadersin the region under one roof.
Pulaski is reinventing itself: ‘I feel like good stuff’s finally happening here’
Pulaski is renovating old roads and buildings and building new housing, mountain bike parks, and skate parks. “I know from experience that the way you sell a community is to get people to visit it first time,” Pulaski’s town manager said.
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott gives $13 million to Danville Regional Foundation
This money from the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will help amplify the transformation of the region, the foundation’s CEO said.