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Posted on: January 13, 2022

[ARCHIVED] Local megasite to receive grant for grading lots

News release by the governor's office

Governor Ralph Northam today announced a total of $7.0 million in Virginia Business Ready Site Program development grants for 11 projects across the Commonwealth. Administered by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, this discretionary program develops and characterizes sites to enhance the Commonwealth’s infrastructure and promote its competitive business environment. The program identifies, assesses, and improves the readiness of potential industrial sites, which must contain a minimum of 100 contiguous, developable acres.

“Companies want to invest in the Commonwealth, and this program is critical to making it easier for businesses to do business here,” said Governor Northam. “Virginia has been named the best state in which to do business in for three years, and investments like these are part of the reason why.”

The program has two components: 1) site characterization – to assess and designate a site’s level of development, and 2) site development – to further develop a pool of potential sites across the Commonwealth. Localities can apply for grants to assist with the costs associated with the initial assessment and the development required to upgrade a particular site.

“The Virginia Business Ready Sites Program is a powerful economic development tool that gives localities the resources they need to assess and develop sites for economic development opportunities,” said Secretary of Commerce and Trade Brian Ball. “These projects across the Commonwealth will strengthen Virginia’s business portfolio and our overall competitiveness.”

The Virginia Business Site Ready Program was developed by a team of state, regional, and local stakeholders including the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, railroad representatives, utility representatives, civil engineers, and other government, business, and industry representatives. Grants are considered on a competitive basis and made at the discretion of the Virginia Business Ready Site Program Project Review Committee and the Funding Approval Committee. The most recent round of program funding was highly competitive with 25 applications from communities across Virginia totaling more than $50 million in cumulative funding requests. Fiscal Year 2022 VBRSP award recipients include the following:

Locality

Site Name

Grant Award

Botetourt County

Botetourt Center at Greenfield

$362,700

 

Franklin County

 

Summit View Business Park

$1,017,870

 

Greensville County

Mid-Atlantic Advanced Manufacturing Center

$605,000

 

 

Henry County

Commonwealth Crossing Business Centre

$1,036,250

Louisa County

 

Shannon Hill Regional Business Park

$300,000

 

City of Norton

 

Project Intersection

$500,000

Pittsylvania County

 

 

Southern Virginia Megasite at Berry Hill

$1,312,400

 

 

Prince Edward County

Heartland Innovative Technology Park

$640,000

Pulaski County

New River Valley Commerce Park

$300,000

Roanoke County

Wood Haven Technology Park

$75,000

City of Staunton

Staunton Crossing

$850,780


More information on the VBRSP is available here.  


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