NORTON INDUSTRIAL PARK HAS BEEN AWARDED A NEARLY $1.8 MILLION GRANT

A Norton industrial park has been awarded nearly $1.8 million. Phase II of Project Intersection will receive the funds; the project is located on a former coal mine off U.S. Highway 23. The $1,782,685 grant to the Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority came from $10 million awarded to the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy by the federal government in 2018 for developing abandoned mine sites. The second phase of the project will involve preparing the site for industrial and business use, including grading, road and utility development, and the removal of a highwall from past mining operations. The site will feature natural gas access and broadband and will have enough room for three industrial buildings. More than 200 acres will be turned into developable land. 

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