The Dan River Basin Association (DRBA) was among those recently approved for a grant by the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission.
The organization was approved to receive a $107,250 grant to help develop a master plan that enhances Southern Virginia’s blueways as a recreational destination through marketing strategies and infrastructure improvements across a nine-county region.
This round aims to build on the success of previous rounds of the program and continue to bring innovative energy projects, along with the jobs and investment that come with them, to Southern and Southwest Virginia. The recently concluded second round of the program saw four projects funded that will help communities meet current and future energy needs, reduce costs for consumers, increase reliability and more.
The commission, an economic development agency under the Secretariat of Commerce and Trade led by Secretary Caren Merrick, is now accepting applications for the third round of its Energy Ingenuity Fund, which aims to build on the success of previous rounds of the program and continue to bring innovative energy projects, along with the jobs and investment that come with them, to Southern and Southwest Virginia. The recently concluded second round of the program saw four projects funded that will help communities meet current and future energy needs, reduce costs for consumers, increase reliability and more.
“The projects funded in the second round of the Commission’s Energy Ingenuity Fund will provide benefits to localities in the Commission footprint for decades to come,” commission Executive Director James E. Campos said. “I am excited to see the innovative projects brought forth in this third round.”
