Posts Tagged development
State Gives Housing Grants to Richmond, Blacksburg
Posted by Payton Knobeloch in Virginia's News on June 22, 2016
Credit Mallory Noe-Payne
The Governor announced Wednesday the first of a new type of grant, state dollars going towards housing and community development projects. The first two recipients of the Vibrant Community Initiative are in Richmond, and Blacksburg. Mallory Noe-Payne has this report.
ACA Financial Guaranty Sues City of Buena Vista over Unpaid Municipal Bonds
Posted by Payton Knobeloch in Virginia's News on June 22, 2016
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The long-running legal battle involving bonds issued by the City of Buena Vista and the company that insures those bonds has taken a new turn. Fred Echols reports.
Formerly Rural Areas Urbanizing With Little Job Growth
Posted by Payton Knobeloch in Virginia's News on June 15, 2016
Payton Knobeloch / WVTF
As more and more people move to Virginia’s metropolitan areas, the suburban and ex-urban areas surrounding them are experiencing their own growing pains. And as Michael Pope Tells us, they’re changing in ways that might not be obvious.
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