BLAIRS — Flipping through the hardbound pages of his high school’s history, Edward Hairston pointed out the teachers and students that he still remembered 53 years after attending Pittsylvania County’s first high school for black students. ...
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After falling into disrepair, apartment complex proposed to preserve Pittsylvania County’s first black high school
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Economic successes win praise at summit; regional collaboration celebrated in job growth, mega park
Virginia’s unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been in about 20 years, but areas such as Southside Virginia still lag behind most of the commonwealth when it comes to employment. “All regions in our state don’t have that same unemployment ...
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‘We’ve seen a real renaissance in this city,’ Warner says of Danville tour
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner swung by Danville’s River District on Thursday morning, where he grabbed an iced mocha at Links Coffee House Café before touring parts of downtown in a trolley bus and on foot with local officials. Warner, a Democrat up for ...
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Hospitality project creates buzz in River District
123 South Union, LLC today announced plans to redevelop the former Knights of Pythias (119-121 South Union Street) and Register & Bee buildings (123 South Union Street) into a luxury hospitality concept. Once completed, the two properties ...
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Expansion to bring new Danville jobs as hair and beauty care products, pharmaceuticals drive growth for Essel Propack
Essel Propack officials have ambitious plans for its facility in Danville. “We want to become the Amazon of tubes,” said Parag Chaturvedi, the India-based company’s head of operation in the United States. Essel Propack is investing $31.2 million ...
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With help of clicks, Danville lands $150,000 preservation grant
Despite flooding and power outages, Danville managed to remain among the top 10 in a national online voting campaign through its end Friday. Partners in Preservation — the national campaign’s creators, based in Washington, D.C. — announced ...
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N.C. company to relocate in Danville, bring 65 new jobs
Danville Mayor Alonzo Jones noted the irony of textiles returning to Danville on Tuesday, given the region’s history with the industry, while announcing a business promising jobs in the eastern part of the city. BGF Industries — a subsidiary of ...
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Truck Series champ Todd Bodine enters SVRA Charity Pro-Am at VIR
By: SVRA | September 13, 2018 7:43 AM Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) announced today that two-time NASCAR Truck Series champion and Fox Sports analyst Todd Bodine will be in the starting lineup for the “American Racing Legends ...