The IDA met at noon and the board of supervisors met in closed session later that afternoon before announcing intentions to build on Lot 2 of the Patriot Centre Industrial Park in Martinsville, marking the first time that the county has entered into an agreement with a private developer for the purpose of constructing and marketing an industrial site.
The 2024 General Assembly will consider letting every locality in the state do what Del. James Edmunds, R-Halifax, pushed through a skeptical General Assembly in 2019: giving the people of his home county the power to impose an extra tax on themselves to fix or replace an aging high school.
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