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1 week ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Grace Mamon
After six months of controversy over a data center proposal in Pittsylvania County, the board of supervisors on Tuesday voted down the developer’s application for a needed rezoning — after first voting to deny the company’s request to withdraw the application. Balico will now need to wait a full year before it can submit another proposal. The meeting drew a crowd of hundreds, sporting t-shirts and buttons and carrying signs opposing the data center.
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1 week ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Grace Mamon
Microporous is “moving ahead” and on time with its project in Pittsylvania County, said company President Doug Rich, after questions arose about how an executive order might affect federal grant money slated for the project. “We haven’t slowed down at all,” Rich said Tuesday at the Danville-Pittsylvania Chamber of Commerce annual meeting.
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1 week ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Grace Mamon
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Wydner grew up on a tobacco farm in Pittsylvania, moving away from the area to attend college at Virginia Tech and jumpstart her career. She married her husband, Fred, in 1999, and they decided to move back to her family farm, which now raises cattle and show pigs and goats instead of growing tobacco. “It was always my intention to return here,” she said. “We wanted to have kids and raise them on our family farm, and we navigated our career paths to get back here.
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2 weeks ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Grace Mamon
The company that wanted to build a data center campus in Pittsylvania County has withdrawn its application and now says that it might pursue a residential subdivision on the property instead. Balico, based in Herndon, announced the change just one day before the final vote was scheduled. The company informed the county about the withdrawal April 7, according to a statement issued Monday by Balico.
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2 weeks ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Grace Mamon
Northern Virginia is home to 35% of the world’s data centers. These massive warehouse-like buildings house computers and networking equipment that store and send data — and feed our ever-growing demand for apps, artificial intelligence and cloud storage. Now they’re coming to Southside. They bring with them concerns about viewsheds, traffic, noise and energy capacity — but also the potential for transformational tax revenue and job creation.
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2 weeks ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Grace Mamon
Danville City Council will consider several items that involve using casino funds to help lower utility rates for certain residents at its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. In his proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, City Manager Ken Larking estimated that Danville would see $35 million in gaming tax revenue from Caesars Virginia. Casino gaming tax revenues are on track to exceed those previously budgeted amounts, according to the meeting’s agenda packet.
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2 weeks ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Grace Mamon
Northern Virginia is home to 35% of the world’s data centers. These massive warehouse-like buildings house computers and networking equipment that store and send data — and feed our ever-growing demand for apps, artificial intelligence and cloud storage. Now they’re coming to Southside. They bring with them concerns about viewsheds, traffic, noise and energy capacity — but also the potential for transformational tax revenue and job creation.
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3 weeks ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Grace Mamon
Danville’s planning commission will consider a special use permit to allow for a 24/7 child care center on West Main Street at its regular meeting at 2 p.m. Monday. Lack of access to child care was deemed one of the top deterrents for economic growth in Southside Virginia, according to Virginia Tech researchers. The applicant, Christine Fuston, is requesting a special use permit for a vacant building near the Caesars Virginia casino resort that is currently zoned for highway retail commercial use.
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4 weeks ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Grace Mamon
Danville has received its annual funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which this year totals about $1.14 million. City council, at its regular meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m., will consider amending the budget appropriation ordinance to allow these funds to be used for housing-related programs.
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1 month ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Grace Mamon
Danville’s director of utilities, Jason Grey, will present data comparing the city’s water, wastewater, electric and natural gas rates to those in other communities at the utility commission’s regular meeting Monday at 4 p.m. The city is considering upping its utility rates based on a biennial rate study. The cumulative average increase for ratepayers who use all utility services is between $10 and $11 per month. This change would not be in effect until the next fiscal year, which starts July 1.
