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Campbell County staff seeks rezoning of 136 acres at Seneca Commerce Park to attract grants and industry; board asks Parks & Rec review
Summary
Economic development staff asked the board to start a rezoning process for ~136 acres at Seneca Commerce Park to industrial zoning to improve competitiveness for state site‑development grants; supervisors raised tradeoffs with an older recreational master plan and asked to involve the Parks & Recreation advisory committee before a public hearing.
Nina, representing the county’s economic development office, told the board that Campbell’s developable acreage at Seneca Commerce Park is dwindling and that rezoning roughly 136 acres in the back of the park to industrial would improve the county’s ability to compete for site‑development grants and attract business prospects.
"In order to open up some of those buckets for grant funding, I'm requesting the consideration of rezoning the back 136 acres," Nina said, noting that applicants for programs such as the Virginia Business Ready Sites program require a characterized, zoned site to be competitive.
Supervisors pressed staff on tradeoffs: the land had been master planned for recreational amenities, including trails and courts, and rezoning would limit those future park options. Several supervisors proposed meeting with the Parks & Recreation advisory committee before scheduling a public hearing; staff recommended a parallel approach that would allow the county to meet grant deadlines while consulting Parks & Rec. Staff said the January planning commission timetable makes a March final board decision feasible if the process begins now.
The board voted to proceed with scheduling the rezoning request and to meet with the Parks & Recreation advisory committee prior to the board’s public hearing.
Next steps: staff will coordinate a meeting with Parks & Rec and file the rezoning application so the planning commission can consider it in January and the board can act in March if the process proceeds as scheduled.
