ROANOKE – Governor Northam will be in Danville to make an economic announcement this morning at the Advance Learning and Research Institute. This comes after the announcement earlier this week that Essel Propack, a global specialty packaging company, will invest more than $31 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Danville. Virginia successfully competed with Brazil and Argentina for this project, which will create 45 new jobs.
The Botetourt County Board of Supervisors will get an update on the Colonial Elementary School construction project and filling the Fincastle District seat open after Jack Leffel died this month. Also on the agenda, the results of a study about transportation in the region. Priorities include connecting the Roanoke and New River Valleys, Roanoke and Lynchburg, and Botetourt and Franklin Counties. They say reducing congestion on major routes like U.S. 460 and widening Interstate 81 are important.
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