While the proposal to add commercial components like a grocery store and hotel created some of the resistance, the main objection was a change the country way of life so
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HURT, Va. â After more than a year since its announcement and multiple delays attributed to Covid-19 effects, âProject Emotionâ â a moniker for the Staunton River Plastics (SRP) facility slated for construction at Southern Virginia Multimodal Park (SVMP) in Hurt â continues inching ever closer the eve of its groundbreaking.Â
The Staunton River Regional Industrial Facility Authority (SRRIFA) Board of Directors met May 25 in Chatham. A sizable part of their agenda consisted of ratifying key documents leading up to commencement of actual site preparation and construction.
Five resolutions were considered that would:Â (1) amend an existing performance agreement to reflect changes in financing; (2) approve a subdivision plat developed by engineers for the parcel of SVMP land; (3) exercise SRRIFAâs option to acquire the tract from Hurt Partners LLC (current SVMP owners) and in turn resell it to Pittsylvania County Industrial Development Authority (
CHATHAM, Va. â Exactly 25 miles separate the Red Carpet Inn & Suites in Danville from the Hampton Inn in Gretna. Local leaders recently referred to this stretch from North Danville nearly two-thirds of the way to the Campbell County line as a âhotel desert.â Soon, a 30,000-capacity amphitheater, the sprawl of a Caesarâs casino resort, the Olde Dominion Agricultural Complex, two boarding schools of national recognition and other prominent features will all lie between these two lodging options. It begs the question: Why is the seat of Pittsylvania County still without a hotel?
âWe actually lose events because of that,â said John Harris, executive director of the Olde Dominion Agricultural Complex in Chatham. âPeople make a decision on whether to have an event here or not based on hotel availability. I get plenty of events and I work plenty of deals, but I have lost events based on hotel availability.â
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