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Hanover church anchors historic Black community of Brown Grove

In December 2019, then-Gov. Ralph Northam and Wegmans Food Market, Inc. announced plans to construct a 1.1 million-square-foot regional distribution facility in Hanover County. The facility's 219-acre site is situated in the small, rural, Black community of Brown Grove, founded in the Reconstruction era by formerly enslaved men and women on land owned by its 19th century community matriarch Caroline Morris. 

Mega-warehouses: A next-day-delivery economy, but at what price?

Mega-warehouses: A next-day-delivery economy, but at what price? Published Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2021, 6:50 pm Join AFP s 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Bay Journal News Service (© Ken Pilon – istockphoto) If you have ordered something online and been amazed when it arrives at your doorstep the next day, you can probably thank a super-sized warehouse. Driven by “eCommerce” and supercharged by the stay-at-home shopping habits induced by COVID-19, mega warehouses are reshaping the landscape. The gargantuan, windowless structures along major highways, with 18-wheel tractor-trailers streaming in and out of loading bays, make a Walmart Supercenter look like a drive-through hamburger joint.

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