A new Cook Out in Madison Heights is getting closer to opening. The new restaurant is in the spot a former Long John Silver’s operated for decades between Seminole Drive
Two former motels within a mile of each on U.S. 29 in Madison Heights are being torn down this week, a measure Amherst County officials said in a news release Tuesday are part of improvements to the county’s main business corridor.
The developer of the Madison Heights Town Center, a major mixed-use residential and commercial project that in recent months began construction, addressed the Amherst County Board of Supervisors Dec. 5 on a zoning code change that would help meet topographical challenges in the building process.
Development in Madison Heights is leading Amherst County Public Schools to brace for potentially needing a new elementary school in the next eight years.
The Madison Heights Master Plan, a blueprint for guiding public investment and private development in Amherst County’s most populated community, has received the county board of supervisors’ approval after a planning process that took about two years.