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NxtGen Mobile Welding Services, LLC Approved for VCEDA Seed Capital Grant
HONAKER, VA – FEBRUARY 25, 2021 -- When welding services are needed, it’s not always convenient to have to take the piece of equipment or item into the shop to have it fixed. That’s where Nxtgen Mobile Welding Services, LLC comes in. Antony Chestin Wright, of Honaker,...
Maine Five Bringing New Jobs to Buchanan County
COUNCIL, VA – FEBRUARY 22, 2021 -- Buchanan County’s industrial park building at Council, Va. will soon be home to a new business as Maine Five locates its new sewing factory at the park, bringing with it up to 100 new jobs within five years including 12 new jobs to...
VCEDA Board Recognizes Harry Childress for Service; Approves Variety of Projects
LEBANON, VA – FEBRUARY 18, 2021 -- Outgoing Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) board member Harry Childress was recognized for his service to the VCEDA board and Southwest Virginia during Thursday’s meeting of the board. Childress, whose most...
VCEDA Provides Loan to Russell County IDA for New Industrial Property
LEBANON, VA – FEBRUARY 16, 2021 -- An up to $900,000 loan to be used by the Russell County Industrial Development Authority to acquire and develop the Russell Place building and site in Lebanon was closed last week by the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development...
VCEDA Approves Seed Capital Grant for Nana’s Country Kitchen, LLC
PENNINGTON GAP, VA – FEBRUARY 4, 2021 -- It was a discussion one day with their grandchildren that led Janice and Taylor Scott, of Pennington Gap, to open Nana’s Country Kitchen, LLC. As their grandchildren talked about their memories of sharing food and fun at...
110 New Jobs Coming to Southern Gap with VEC Call Center Relocation, Expansion This Spring
GRUNDY, VA – JANUARY 28, 2021 -- Up to 110 new jobs will be coming to the Southern Gap area of Buchanan County, Va., this spring as the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) relocates and expands its customer service call center in Buchanan County and adds new jobs....
VCEDA Approves Seed Capital Grant for Mercantile on Main Inc.
WISE, VA – JANUARY 27, 2021 -- Unique and locally created items are among the goods found at Mercantile on Main Inc. at 215 E. Main Street, Suite B in Wise. Jessee and Ashley DeLoach decided to open the business to help local shop owners find a way to market their...
VCEDA Funds Assist Riverbound Trout Farms, LLC in Construction of New Fish Processing Plant
LEBANON, VA – JANUARY 25, 2021 -- While fishing and fish farming have been ongoing in the region for years, an up to a $500,000 loan from the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) will be assisting in the expansion of Riverbound Trout Farms, LLC as...
VCEDA Closes $50,000 Grant for Innovative Wise-Norton Land Records Training Project
WISE, VA – JANUARY 20, 2021 -- An up to $50,000 grant to modernize the Wise County and City of Norton Land Records data system and to develop a workforce training program associated with it, was closed recently by the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority...
VCEDA Closes $100,000 Grant for Historic Crab Orchard Museum
TAZEWELL, VA – JANUARY 18, 2021 -- An up to a $100,000 grant from the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) Tourism Capital Improvement Matching Grant Fund was closed recently for the Historic Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park in Tazewell...
Rambler Wood Products Bringing 73 New Jobs to Russell County
ST. PAUL, VA – JANUARY 15, 2021 -- Some 73 new jobs will be coming to Russell County soon, with the announcement that Rambler Wood Products will establish a new value-added wood products manufacturing facility in the former Bush Furniture Industries building in St....
VCEDA Closes Grant for Phase II of Lyric Theater
ST. PAUL, VA – DECEMBER 23, 2020 -- An up to $100,000 grant to the Town of St. Paul Industrial Development Authority to be used on the Phase II redevelopment of the historic Lyric Theater in St. Paul was closed recently by the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development...
VCEDA Board Hears Year-End Report; Approves Loan, Grants
LEBANON, VA – DECEMBER 17, 2020 -- While 2020 has had many challenges, the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) noted this week that despite those obstacles, through new projects and expansions in Southwest Virginia’s e-Region announced during the...
CFX Authority Adopts Resolution Stressing Importance of Coalfields Expressway Project
GRUNDY, VA – DECEMBER 15, 2020 -- A resolution stressing the importance of the Coalfields Expressway as “absolutely critical to the economic development and diversification of” the far Southwest Virginia region was adopted Tuesday by the Virginia Coalfields Expressway...
VCEDA Closes Loan for ‘IN Appalachia’ Project
LEBANON, VA – DECEMBER 1, 2020 -- An up to $50,000 loan approved by the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority for the Southwestern Virginia Technology Council, which recently rebranded itself as the Appalachian Council for Innovation, was closed recently....
VCEDA Establishes $1 Million Renewable Energy Fund
LEBANON, VA – NOVEMBER 19, 2020 -- A $1 million Renewable Energy Fund was established Thursday by the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) from coal tax credit funds. The VCEDA board met in Lebanon where it approved the establishment of the fund...
The Grind Approved for VCEDA Seed Capital Matching Grant
BLUEFIELD, VA – NOVEMBER 16, 2020 -- As Collin O’Donnell prepares to graduate from Bluefield College next month with his Bachelor's degree, the Buffalo, NY, native already has plans to pursue his Master’s Degree at his alma mater and to continue to operate the new...
$1.2 Million Grant Approved for Dickenson Industrial Site Development
HAYSI, VA – NOVEMBER 2, 2020 -- An up to a $1.2 million grant to the Dickenson County Industrial Development Authority to be used for infrastructure improvements on the Red Onion Industrial Site was approved recently by the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development...