City officials and developers held a ribbon-cutting Thursday for a large-scale apartment project on East Franklin Turnpike. Mayor Alonzo Jones, Danville city council members and city staff joined developers to celebrate the ribbon cutting for ...
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Ribbon cutting held for The View at Franklin apartments in Danville
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Decades of planning and investment lead to economic revival in Southside
DANVILLE, Va. – Work is underway on the site of the Microporous development in Pittsylvania County. The battery company is promising to invest more than $1 billion dollars and add more than 2,000 jobs to the community. It took decades of work to ...
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Developer hopes to open boutique hotel near Danville casino later this year
The developer of an upcoming boutique hotel next to the Caesars Virginia casino resort hopes the project will be complete later this year. “We are hoping for the third quarter of 2025,” said Ed Walker, who plans to open The Laurel at 1076 W. ...
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Caesars Virginia opens doors of new casino-hotel in Danville
Place your bets. Caesars Virginia celebrated the grand opening of its full casino hotel resort Tuesday on the spot where the former Dan River Inc. textile mill operated for more than a century. “This incredible resort has something for ...
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Virginia Named Business Facilities’ 2024 State of the Year
RICHMOND, VA — Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that Virginia has been named Business Facilities’ 2024 State of the Year, marking the third time the Commonwealth has received this top honor from the magazine. Since 2007, the State of the ...
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Caesars Virginia has made a big impact on Danville, even before opening its doors. Now the city is ready for the grand opening.
Caesars Virginia is buzzing with activity, though its doors are not yet open. Workers on scaffolding nearly 12 stories in the air are installing the company’s logo on the casino resort’s hotel tower, exactly one week before the grand opening. ...
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Downtown Danville businesses kick off holiday shopping season
The day after Thanksgiving cranked up the holiday shopping season, with some River District retailers offering specials and events to entice customers to their stores through Christmas. Catherine Carter, owner at The Dog-Eared Page Bookshop on ...
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2,000 reasons to be thankful: As Dan River Region leaders reflect, ‘best is yet to come’
In a season of gratitude, leaders say there’s plenty to be thankful for in Danville and Pittsylvania County. Topping that list is the Nov. 13 announcement that Microporous is bringing 2,000 jobs with a $1.35 billion investment to the Southern ...