Press releases

The Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC) has announced that the City of Danville, Pittsylvania County and the Southern Virginia Regional Alliance are the winners of its 2020 Community Economic Development Award. The region won in the ...

Ringgold, VA – July 30, 2020- In October of 2019, Morgan Olson President & CEO Mike Ownbey publically shared, “Morgan Olson’s Ringgold, Virginia plant will be operational by June of 2020.” Morgan Olson took ownership of the building in March of ...

City Manager Ken Larking announced today the selection of Corrie Teague Bobe as the director of economic development for the City of Danville. Bobe has served as interim director since the departure of Telly Tucker, who left in January to take a ...

As more retail stores and restaurants reopen, the City of Danville has designed a free marketing kit to help businesses communicate that they are opening safely to the public by taking the necessary precautions.

Today, the City of Danville announced that it is in negotiations with Caesars Entertainment to be its preferred casino gaming operator. “We received several outstanding bids from a variety of companies competing to be Danville’s choice for a ...

~ Plastics manufacturer to invest $34 million to establish state-of-the-art operation ~

Danville, Va. – The Danville Office of Economic Development today announced the creation of new funding tools for small businesses in partnership with the River District Association (RDA) and Longwood Small Business Development Center (SBDC). ...

Schoolfield will be getting more foot traffic in the neighborhood over the next coming months. This February through the summer, historic surveyors will be photographing and documenting buildings within the former Dan River Mills village, which ...