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Central Virginia Training Center

Officials envision new life for shuttered state campus
Jun 29, 2025

Officials envision new life for shuttered state campus

Summary CVTC closed in 2020, costing the region 1,600 jobs and $87M. Redevelopment plan envisions housing, retail, and light industry. Site includes 98 outdated buildings, many with asbestos. State allocated $6M for demolition to attract developers. [/box Lynchburg-area leaders want to see a second act for about 386 acres that were once home to the […]

Two years after the closing of the Central Virginia Training Center, its site in Amherst County will soon be available for private development. Photo by Parker Productions
Jul 28, 2022

CVTC property inches closer to redevelopment

Once home to more than 3,600 people with intellectual disabilities and other conditions, the Central Virginia Training Center property in Amherst County is drawing closer to a different future. In June, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed into law the latest state budget, which removed $25 million in tax obligations from the 350-acre site, making it more […]

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