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Pentagon awards $12.7M to IperionX for expansion of South Boston plant
IperionX has received a $12.7 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Defense to expand its titanium recycling demonstration plant in South Boston, a step toward bolstering the nation’s supply chain for the defense industry. The federal award will allow IperionX to produce 125 metric tons of titanium powder annually, according to an Oct....
4000+ Students Connect With Employers at 10th Career Choice Youth Expo
The 2023 Career ChoICE Youth Expo events – hosted at the Olde Dominion Agricultural Complex in Chatham and Hampden-Sydney College in Farmville – allowed 4,027 middle and high students to connect with employers and learn about career pathways and employment opportunities in their region. Over its 10-year history, 36,710 students have participated,...
Housing Summit 2023
The 2023 Southern Virginia Regional Housing Summit served as a dynamic platform for six thriving localities to showcase the latest breakthroughs in residential housing development. The primary objective of the summit was to inspire the development of fresh residential housing projects. By uniting experts from diverse sectors, our aim was to...
Betting on Success
Article by: Virginia Business | Written by: Elizabeth Cooper Thousands of new jobs are flowing into Southern Virginia as Caesars Virginia prepares to open its permanent casino resort next year, and industries move into the region or expand. Meanwhile, local economic developers have been pitching the vacant 3,500-acre Southern Virginia Megasite at...
Developer proposes 600-acre mixed-use residential project in Pittsylvania County
Article from Cardinal News | Written By: Grace Mamon An investment group wants to bring 1,900 new residential units to 600 acres of southwestern Pittsylvania County in a master-planned community that would be a mix of single-family homes, townhouses, apartments and senior living. If approved, the project by Southside Investing LLC...
Clean energy companies could get tax credits for coming to Southside Virginia megasite
Companies making clean energy products could get federal tax credits for bringing an industry to the Southern Virginia Mega Site at Berry Hill. The 3,500-acre mega park in southwestern Pittsylvania County sits in a census tract adjacent to another area in Rockingham County, North Carolina, that has experienced job losses in a fossil-fuel-related...
After classification upgrades, Southside Virginia leads state in number of shovel-ready industrial sites
Article from the Danville Register and Bee | Written by John Crane Southside Virginia has the most shovel-ready industrial sites in the state, thanks to recent upgrades in classification for numerous pieces of land. A total of 19 sites in Danville and Pittsylvania County were bumped up from tier-two to tier-four or tier-five sites under...
With casino opening and possible major industry at megasite in Dan River Region, where will workers come from?
Article from Danville Register & Bee | Written by: John Crane With major manufacturers’ eyes on the Southern Virginia Megasite at Berry Hill and the upcoming Caesars Virginia casino resort, there is the potential for thousands of additional new jobs in the Dan River Region. That scenario brings up the question: where will the workers come...
Danville and Pittsylvania now have more industrial sites ready for development than any other locality
Article from Cardinal News | Written by Grace Mamon Industrial parks in four Southside localities see 25% of the state’s leads on economic development projects. Almost 20 industrial sites in Danville and Pittsylvania County are being upgraded to shovel-ready status, and these localities now have the highest number of developed industrial sites in...
Southern Virginia Increases Virginia’s Inventory of Shovel-Ready Sites
The Southern Virginia Regional Alliance (SVRA) is pleased to join localities of Halifax, Patrick and Pittsylvania Counties and the City of Danville in announcing twenty-one sites that will move from Tier-Two to Tier-Four sites (signifying shovel-ready sites) in the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program (VBRSP) and eight sites that will move from...