2015-03-04 FY15 Tobacco Commission Special Projects ResolutionPITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR
THE FY 2015 TOBACCO COMMISSION SPECIAL PROJECTS MEGASITE
GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE DANVILLE PITTSYLVANIA REGIONAL
INDUSTRIAL FACILITY AUTHORITY
2015 -03 -04
WHEREAS, Pittsylvania County has been impacted by the decline of the tobacco
industry causing a negative impact on economic development and growth throughout the
County, and
WHEREAS, the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization
Commission has developed a Megasite Grant Program to help tobacco related localities
to change and revitalize their economy, and
WHEREAS, grants from the Tobacco Indemnification and Community
Revitalization Commission will assist Pittsylvania County in transforming its economy to
replace the decline in the tobacco agro - business community, then
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of Pittsylvania
County authorizes the submission of a grant application to the FY2015 Special Projects
Megasite Grant Program for Electrical Transmission Line Relocation for the Berry Hill
Regional Industrial Park being developed by the Danville - Pittsylvania Regional
Industrial Facility Authority and authorizes the County Administrator to file this
application and all necessary correspondence relating to the Tobacco Indemnification and
Community Revitalization Commission required by this grant and to be responsible for
the accuracy of the application and for the appropriate use of funds, should they be
granted.
Given under my hand this 17th day of March 2015.
Benda Bowman, Chairman
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
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ClarencVUonday, Clerk
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors