On the cusp of a transformation shift to a traveling destination with the 2024 opening of Danville’s casino, city groups recently received about $30,000 to promote tourism in the region. The city’s Office of Economic Development & Tourism ...
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Grants help to tell stories of Danville, Pittsylvania County for tourists
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With changes coming from casino, residents get a peek at ideas for Schoolfield district plan
WRT, an urban planning and design and architecture firm in Philadelphia, is conducting a district plan that includes a Schoolfield master plan, a Schoolfield neighborhood plan and a Main Street corridor plan.
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Danville institute announces new president
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) announced today that Telly Tucker will lead the organization as its new President, effective May 31. Tucker formerly served as the Director of Economic Development for the City of Danville ...
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How Danville has become a center for shipbuilding trades
By 2025 the U.S. Navy will need three new submarines built annually in order to meet its national security objectives. But there’s a problem. The disparity between the number of skilled workers available to build the Navy’s ships and submarines ...
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Aerofarms to Hold Job Fair – March 15-16
AeroFarms, which is building the world’s largest indoor, vertical farm in the Cane Creek Centre industrial park, will hold job fairs on March 15-16 at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research. The company is looking for mechanics, ...
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Danville’s River District Association named semifinalist for Great American Main Street Award
Danville is one of the top eight communities with a shot at winning an award for revitalization of its commercial district. The city’s River District Association announced Tuesday morning that the city is a semifinalist for the Great American ...
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After success of Danville’s downtown, focus shifts to give facelift for other parts of city
North Main Street and the corridor from the North Carolina line to West Main Street and Schoolfield could both use a facelift, according to city officials.
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City changes where medical cannabis facilities will be allowed
Danville officials have changed where it will allow medical cannabis dispensaries in the city. The change comes after a cannabis dispensing company, Dharma Pharmaceuticals, LLC, decided they no longer wanted to locate in the city’s ...