About 50 people attended the annual MHC Chamber of Commerce Post Legislative Update held at New College Institute Wednesday morning. Del. Wren Williams, R-Patrick; Del. Eric Phillips, R-Henry; and Sen. Bill Stanley, R-Franklin County were scheduled to speak, but Phillips was the only one that attended. Stanley s Legislative Assistant, Aaron Arnold, spoke on Stanley s behalf.
The Southern Virginia Mega Site at Berry Hill will bring in a major project this year, said a former Virginia state official who served in two governors administrations.
Virginia would institute its version of the "shot clock" for review of sites for big economic development projects under a pilot program that the General Assembly will consider. The Virginia