IDB reports progress on Buttermilk Road site, ORTAT campus and prototype center

Oct 20, 2026

Justin Snow updated the commission on the Industrial Development Board's planned purchase of a 120-acre Buttermilk Road site, wrapping up environmental due diligence, and construction at Oak Ridge-related training and prototype centers (VORETEC and National Security Prototype Center projects).

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Justin Snow, who identified himself as president and CEO of the organization included in the commission packet, gave the commission a multi-part economic development update. He said the Roane County Industrial Development Board is pursuing the purchase of a 120-acre site on Buttermilk Road adjacent to the regional business and technology park, with purchase-and-sale agreements signed and environmental due diligence underway; the goal is to close shortly after the start of the calendar year.

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