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Nottoway supervisors approve contract to sell Fort Pickett–adjacent land to Ward Burton Foundation
Summary
After an extended public discussion over zoning, taxes and military compatibility, the Nottoway County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to enter a contract to sell county-owned parcels to the Ward Burton Foundation for $2,013,000, citing protection of Fort Pickett’s training mission and near-term economic benefits.
The Nottoway County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to enter a contract to sell county-owned land to the Ward Burton Foundation, approving a $2,013,000 agreement to acquire parcels discussed during a public hearing on the Foundation’s offer and proposed protections for Fort Pickett’s training mission.
Board members, Foundation representatives and residents spent more than two hours discussing three priority parcels (including a 183-acre tract adjacent to the base and smaller parcels with an officers club and barracks). The Foundation’s spokesperson said the organization had “maxed out with what we are allowed to pay within our program” and outlined additional due-diligence commitments the foundation would cover, including legal expenses, an environmental…
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