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Home>Joan Tupponce

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Danville-Pittsylvania County Regional Industrial Facility Authority Chairman Sherman Saunders at Pat’s Place in Chatham. Photo by Hannah King
Regions June 30, 2021

Pittsylvania officials hope to spur brownfields development

Pittsylvania County’s growth trajectory received an added boost in May when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded the county a $600,000 grant to conduct environmental due diligence on 18 brownfield sites in the county. Five of the sites are considered high priorities. They include the former Southside Manufacturing mill site in Blairs; Pat’s Place in […]

Following multimillion-dollar improvements, the Port of Virginia now delivers the best turnaround times for trucks among East Coast ports, says Ray Jalkio, vice president of sales for Chesapeake-based Service Transfer Inc. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Ports/Trade April 29, 2021

Turn up the volume

The Port of Virginia is benefiting from pent-up demand for goods, seeing a significant uptick in cargo volume since last fall, which translates into more work for truckers. The $800 million-plus investment made in the port’s Virginia International Gateway and Norfolk International Terminal has allowed more room for vessels, and “cargo is flowing really well,” […]

Danville's $400 million Caesars Virginia casino is set to be built on the former Schoolfield textile plant site. Rendering courtesy Caesars Entertainment Inc.
Hotels/Tourism February 28, 2021

A jackpot for Danville?

The now-blighted property that was Dan River Mills when textile was king in the city of Danville will soon morph into the gleaming, $400 million Caesars Virginia casino and resort. At one time, the 80-acre site in the Schoolfield neighborhood was the world’s largest single-unit textile manufacturing site. Now abandoned, the unsightly property represents the […]

Pure Salmon International Co. is constructing a $228 million, 1-million-square-foot indoor fishing farm facility in Tazewell. Photo courtesy state Del. Will Morefield
Southwest Virginia February 28, 2021

Regional reboot

Public and private investments are boosting the economy in Southwest Virginia, bringing in a diversified group of new companies, from indoor salmon farming to medical information technology firms — as well as a long-awaited casino. Addressing the region’s steady decline in the coal industry, officials in the Southwestern region continue to lay out the roadmap […]

A rendering shows the future Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, a $400 million resort set to be built on the Bristol Mall property. Rendering courtesy Friedmutter Group
Hotels/Tourism February 28, 2021

Payout on a dream

“Get it done!” Those three words sent Jason Eige and Martin Kent on a mission to bring a casino to Bristol Mall before commercial gaming resorts were even legal in Virginia.  Eige, general counsel for The United Co., and Kent, the oil and gas company’s president and chief operating officer, vividly remember the day they […]

"We are staying busy," with activity in the food and beverage and automotive sectors, says Pittsylvania County Economic Development Director Matt Rowe. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Southern Virginia February 28, 2021

Growth and development

Despite dealing with the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Southern Virginia is celebrating the development of a resort casino, new investments in the area and several company expansions. The pandemic has presented localities in the region like Danville with a number of challenges they haven’t seen before, but the city continues to look for […]

Steve Mize is president of Golden Piedmont Labs, which opened its South Boston hemp processing plant in October.
Regions October 27, 2020

Hemp industry takes another step forward

The co-founders of South Boston-based Golden Piedmont Labs want to give the county a boost by processing hemp from local farmers. “We were looking for a way to give back,” says Rick Gregory, who started Golden Piedmont Labs with Sterling Edmunds Jr. Both are Halifax County natives with extensive backgrounds in real estate and finance. […]

Home prices still increasing
Real Estate September 28, 2020

Home prices still increasing

Hampton Roads home values continued trending upward from July 2019 through July 2020. According to the latest available data from the Real Estate Information Network Inc., the Multiple Listing Service for the region, the median price of buying a home in Hampton Roads this July was $275,000 — a 7.84% increase from July 2019. When […]

A projection of Black Union soldiers on Richmond’s Lee Monument, an art installation by local artists Dustin Klein and Alex Criqui. Photo by Kate Andrews
Economic Development August 29, 2020

Staying strong

No one could have predicted 2020 would bring such dramatic changes. Civil unrest after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, coupled with a once-in-a-century pandemic, is accelerating social and economic changes around the country, including in the Richmond region. Once the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond began creating a blueprint for the future […]

Tad Deriso, CEO and president of Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corp., is bringing a tech hub to South Boston. Photo by Meridith De Avila Khan
Economic Development July 29, 2020

Creating space for startups to bring products to fruition

South Boston’s town manager, Tom Raab, was elated when Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corp. announced in early summer its plan for a Southern Virginia Tech Hub adjacent to its Southern Virginia Innovation Hub. “That’s big for South Boston and Halifax County,” Raab says. “The locations will have the fastest free Wi-Fi in Southern Virginia.” The Tech […]

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