2010-08-06 Authorizing Submission Tobacco App FY 2011-Expansion of ODAC ParkRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF THE FY 2011 TOBACCO
APPLICATION FOR PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA FOR
THE EXPANSION OF THE OLDE DOMINION AGRICULTURAL CENTER PARK
2010-08-06
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 an economic development 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 for the purchase of 52 acres of land for the
expansion of the Olde Dominion Agricultural Center, Agricultural Park, and all associated
surveying, engineering, environmental and legal services, 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 9th day of August 2010.
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Henry A. Davis, Jr., Chairman
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
William D. Sleeper, Clerk
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors