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New business coming to vacant Gretna building

New business coming to vacant Gretna building

CHATHAM – An additive feed manufacturer is coming to the long-vacant Techma building in Gretna. Micro Blenders, Inc. will invest more than $3.5 million and bring 15 jobs to the northern Pittsylvania County town over the next three years, Virginia’s secretary of agriculture and forestry announced Friday morning at the Olde Dominion Agricultural...

State officials talk key issues with local leaders

State officials talk key issues with local leaders

The Southern Virginia Regional Alliance and the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) of Halifax County hosted Secretary of Commerce and Trade Brian Ball, Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) President and CEO Stephen Moret, members of their staff and others for a round table event held late last month. The round table session, held...

Secretary Ball and VEDP’s Moret Share Mega Site Update and Tour Southern Virginia

Secretary Ball and VEDP’s Moret Share Mega Site Update and Tour Southern Virginia

The Southern Virginia Mega Site at Berry Hill has been certified by the Commonwealth of Virginia as infrastructure ready, announced Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Brian Ball and Stephen Moret, President and CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP). Ball and Moret joined Southern Virginia economic developers and...

VIR Named One of The 15 Best Race Tracks in America

VIR Named One of The 15 Best Race Tracks in America

Want to see the best racing in America, or drive on track yourself? These are the best places to do it.  Virginia International Raceway is famous for being one of the most challenging tracks in America. The fast turns and blind crests mean years of practice before you'll be able to set a perfect lap.  From Roadandtrack.com

Plywood manufacturer expands operations in Pittsylvania

Plywood manufacturer expands operations in Pittsylvania

A longstanding corporate citizen of Chatham, Eastern Panel Manufacturing Inc. is investing $1 million to expand its manufacturing operations. The custom plywood manufacturer recently moved from its former 30,000-square-foot site to a 55,000-square-foot facility in the Chatham Industrial Park. Matt Rowe, Pittsylvania County’s director of economic...

Astronaut is Keynote Speaker at Technology Council Awards Banquet

Leland Melvin is the only person to have caught a football on the NFL field and in space. On Wednesday, he spent the day with Dan River region students at the 2018 Southern Virginia STEM-H summit at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville. “This community is doing an amazing job inspiring a new generation of explorers,”...

Panaceutics to create 70 new jobs in Pittsylvania County

Panaceutics to create 70 new jobs in Pittsylvania County

Governor Ralph Northam made a special announcement on the southside. A pharmaceutical company is creating dozens of new jobs in the area. "Panaceutics and Pittsylvania County that's got a good ring to it," said Governor Ralph Northam. A $5.8 million investment, and 70 new jobs are coming to the Danville/Pittsylvania County area thanks to a...

Legislature honors legacy of Henrietta Lacks

A cancer science center honoring the memory of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman who lived in Clover before her cells were used to create the first immortal human cell line, is on the way to become a reality in Halifax County, and on Wednesday Lacks’ legacy was honored from the floors of the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate. The...