Press releases

We are pleased to purchase the Dan River Executive Campus and make the necessary improvements so that we can bring our highly skilled people to Danville. The building was a complete mess due to neglect. It is our intention to bring it back ...

The company committed to employ 300 people within three years of the start of operations in the region, and it will make capital investments totaling $12,500,000. Employment should begin in earnest early in 2013 with the overall average wage ...

Danville’s success in redeveloping the River District as a place to live, work, shop and play and in involving the community throughout the process has garnered an award for best practices from a regional economic development group that ...

The Office of Economic Development and the city of Danville announce that the former Research Building of Dan River Inc. will be redeveloped by RDD, LLC, a group of private investors. This building sits on the south bank of the Dan River and ...

Last week, Hybrid Vehicles of Danville, Inc. (HVDI) purchased the Wickes Lumber Building on 239 Old Mayfield Road just off U.S. Highway 29 Business in the western part of Danville. The company announced in May 2012 that they will locate their ...

The city of Danville’s Office of Economic Development announces today the availability of a new River District blog. The blog has been created in order to keep downtown stakeholders and the public informed of projects specific to the River District.

Hybrid Vehicles of Danville, Inc. (HVDI) will locate its new manufacturing facility and headquarters in Danville, Virginia. Jim Bailey and his wife moved from East Helena, Montana to operate the company in Danville. Hybrid Vehicles will ...

Japan Tobacco International has made a grant to the City of Danville to be used to design and build a fountain that will serve as the focal point for the entrance to the Tobacco Warehouse District. This very visible feature, at the ...