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Board approves economic and grant steps: Tobacco grant application, Electromechanical expansion agreement, opioid‑abatement proposal
Summary
The Board of Supervisors authorized three funding and development actions March 25: a Tobacco Commission grant application for Highlands Business Park engineering, county participation in a Commonwealth Opportunity Fund agreement backing an Electromechanical expansion, and a regional opioid‑abatement grant proposal.
Washington County supervisors voted March 25 to authorize three separate funding and development actions: a Tobacco Commission grant application for Highlands Business Park site engineering, county participation in a Commonwealth Opportunity Fund (COF) performance agreement for an industrial expansion, and a proposal/cooperative agreement for a Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority grant.
Tobacco Commission grant. The board approved a resolution authorizing the county administrator to apply for a Tobacco Commission grant funding $60,854 for planning and engineering for Lots 6 and 7 at Highlands Business Park. The Washington County Industrial Development Authority (IDA) previously approved a $60,854 local match for the project. Board members noted the IDA already delivered historic core‑drill records to the…
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