The $22 million to Henry County’s Commonwealth Crossing Business Park is the second biggest appropriation for site development in this round of state funding.
Economy
Redevelopment plan aims to turn American Viscose property into Roanoke’s newest neighborhood
Developer Ed Walker wants to bring apartments, restaurants, small businesses and artists to the sprawling century-old manufacturing campus at the base of Mill Mountain – without losing sight of its gritty industrial history.
White Mill renamed ‘Dan River Falls’ at groundbreaking ceremony
The historic riverfront building will go by a new name once the transformational project is completed.
‘A reimagining steeped in history’: White Mill project breaks ground in Danville
Construction has begun on the project that will turn the vacant former Dan River Mills site into a mixed-use property with retail, commercial and residential purposes.
10 years ago, Virginia started an agriculture grant program to support small businesses. Here’s how it looks now.
AFID was created as a way to boost agriculture and forestry businesses that would otherwise be too small to qualify for state incentives. A decade later, more than $12 million has been awarded, and the governor wants to put more money into the program.
The Launch Place in Danville is one of the top angel investors in the Southeast U.S.
The Launch Place started as a business consulting service, but lack of funding resources for startups inspired a rebranding to provide financial support for Dan River entrepreneurs.
Study says Lynchburg can’t support an inland port but Bristol-to-Wytheville region might
State Sen. Todd Pillion, R-Washington County, says he’ll push for a “substantial” budget amendment to pursue more study of a second inland port.
Danville’s White Mill restoration project began with a tweet
“Would love for you guys to come take look at our historic riverfront White Mill,” Danville Councilman Vogler tweeted at a developer. Now, after sitting vacant for years, the former mill will be converted into a commercial and residential mixed-use space.
Youngkin wants a small nuclear reactor in Southwest Virginia. Here’s what we know about nuclear waste disposal in Virginia.
Questions surround the plan for a small modular reactor in Southwest Virginia and many center on waste. Although there aren’t many answers yet, the only approved SMR design’s waste would have a lot in common with spent fuel from today’s nuclear reactors, about which we know a lot.
The number of sheep in Grayson County has nearly doubled; a single machine might help it grow even more
The county is getting a new wool baler. Here’s how a single machine shines light on a growing business in Southwest Virginia.