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Deputy Secretary Maggie Beal of the Virginia Secretariat for Commerce and Trade said the governor asked state economic development investments to consider \"having housing plans as part and parcel of grant applications for industrial development to ensure that housing development for those workers will be welcomed and ready to go in the nearby communities.\" Beal briefed the board on the package announced Nov. 14 and on a new Virginia Housing program that will provide localities a vehicle to support middle-income workforce housing.

Board members and staff discussed how a site-investment application rubric might be adjusted so that projects that can demonstrate housing plans or partnerships receive priority. \"All of the site investments we make should have a housing plan associated with the site,\" Secretary Steve Cummings said during the meeting, urging coordination across agencies.

Some board members raised practical questions. John Peterson, a board member, asked whether a heavy-industrial site that cannot host adjacent housing should be allowed to meet the housing expectation via a nearby substitute site or off-site mitigation. Staff said those implementation details would be part of further work.

Department of Housing and Community Development staff told the board they will work with Virginia Housing, VEDP and other partners to develop recommended language and options for how Go Virginia might incorporate housing readiness into site-investment criteria. Staff said they will present a proposal to the board at its March meeting.

Virginia Housing officials also plan a statewide outreach effort in 2025 to brief localities on a new workforce-housing financing program that supplements local match and encourages housing planning; staff said dates would be set in the months after the legislative session.

No formal board policy change was adopted at the meeting; the board requested staff coordination with the governor’s recovery office and related agencies where appropriate before returning recommended policy language.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","GO Virginia Board Meeting | Dec. 10, 2024","oneSentenceSummary","Go Virginia board members discussed a state executive order encouraging economic-development site investments to include local housing plans; staff will work with agencies and return recommendations at the March meeting.","taxTitle","Department of Housing and Community Development, Executive Agencies, Executive, Virginia","taxId",19010,"location","Virginia","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6675426,"Go Virginia board approves multiple site, workforce and startup grants, defers large life-sciences training application",1000,1034000,2034000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5324331-b2abb3aa95fb99f177b68c972b92ecd3&start=1034&end=2034","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5324331-b2abb3aa95fb99f177b68c972b92ecd3/thumbnail_1034000.jpg","/articles/6675426/Virginia/Go-Virginia-board-approves-multiple-site-workforce-and-startup-grants-defers-large-life-sciences-training-application","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6675426-2ca4e9a79aa108529f179e1e4d2f8cb8/orig.mp4?Expires=1770429922&Signature=k4ry-0X6GjC95xFkxxGkxm6Wr3YnBnLnxB3g5rqQJrkZm1UI4QBNIugZVHjbNYqGnfWUOHcmjNxDnrOyMMVUHVcKaSK8D07T8uKWC63yl-NqL8pDCspdYpmDicdDJevIEO3HMExGiXYCOgLS8vOiV9j2GPlUlHqvYQAXoI7Tzon9WQDQMY-fjrxGKhkem8iA9q77iCsS7t55ttjtXDOMOEck9UB9Y20NPhYZfvImnHN6~Wv8qRqhLvK5TnZa6J9o1zaWxsGggFPY07DtqdMj-PQstmJDCdyP~kF19NM0vRtGSC7xLUZQ~L1hWxHBoAc4vLnCTu1jSdfl8IUIa7v73w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Go Virginia State Board voted Nov. 20 to approve a package of per-capita, site-development and talent-planning grants and to defer one large life-sciences workforce proposal so staff can work with the applicant to refine goals and match commitments.

Sarah Dunnigan, deputy director of support at the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), summarized the review process and presented staff recommendations for multiple applications. \"Regional collaboration is really the foundation of Go Virginia,\" Dunnigan said, describing the board’s rubric emphasizing regional collaboration, economic impact, project readiness and sustainability.

Key board actions during the meeting included approval of several projects funded by per-capita allocations, and approval of two site-development due-diligence projects. The board also voted to defer a $2.8 million request for an AI-and-business-skills training program aimed at life-sciences workers so staff could work with Region 7 to tighten outcomes and match documentation.

The board approved these projects (selected highlights): Bay Consortium workforce toolkit (Region 6), recommended for approval by staff with a request to refine outcomes; Blue Mountain extended due diligence (Region 8), a $348,810 request to raise remaining acreage to business-ready tier 4; Camp 7 site (Clark County, Region 8), a $170,000 request for planning and due diligence tied to a 40-acre former state facility; and an entrepreneur accelerator led by the Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce for Region 6 (staff recommended approval contingent on refining performance measures).

Dunnigan told the board that the life-sciences AI-training application requested $2,800,000 and proposed training some 270 individuals with 75 credentials awarded during the grant period; the staff and work group recommended deferral to clarify the application’s alignment with target occupations and to verify match contributions. \"We recommend that this project be deferred, and we'd like permission to work with Region 7 to refine this proposal to bring back at a future date,\" Dunnigan said.

On votes, board members approved the package of recommended items in a roll-call vote. The board also approved a Talent Pathways Planning Initiative application from Region 3 (Southside Virginia) after pulling it for separate consideration. The board adopted staff recommendations to require additional reporting and sustainability plans as conditions in certain grant agreements.

In an informational presentation the DHCD team previewed a new public-facing program-performance dashboard. Dunnigan said the beta dashboard would launch in December and allow downloadable project data, filters by funding strategy and industry target, and visualizations that show whether projects met committed outcomes.

Several board members asked for additional transparency about prior Go Virginia grants and cumulative state investments — a topic staff said they would fold into future board summaries and the dashboard so members could assess replicate-and-scale decisions.

Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda (minutes, memorial resolutions, technical policy updates): approved (roll-call).
- Bay Consortium workforce toolkit (Region 6): recommended for approval by staff; board approved as part of package. Request: $307,000 (staff summary). Outcome: approved.
- AI & business skills training for life sciences (Region 7): Request $2,800,000. Outcome: deferred for staff follow-up to refine outcomes and verify match (work group recommendation).
- Expanding Business Ecosystems Accelerator (Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce, Region 6): staff recommended approval contingent on clarified performance measures. Outcome: approved with conditions.
- Blue Mountain extended due diligence (Region 8): Request $348,810. Outcome: approved.
- Camp 7 site due diligence (Clark/Frederick counties, Region 8): Request $170,000. Outcome: approved.
- Talent Pathways Planning Initiative (Region 3, 'GoTech' type talent pipeline work): pulled and approved separately; board approved with required match and committee oversight.

Board members said they expect staff to return refined applications or additional documentation where projects were deferred or approved contingent on clarification. The meeting record indicates multiple roll-call votes approving the recommendations and individual motions to remove a project from block votes so members could abstain where conflicts were noted.

The board did not take final action on legislative changes or new statutes at the meeting; staff said they will present any required policy updates to the board at future meetings.","At its Nov. 20 meeting the Go Virginia State Board approved several per-capita, site-development and talent-planning grants, deferred a $2.8 million life-sciences AI training proposal and unveiled a beta program-performance dashboard.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6675429,"Southern Virginia site upgrades credited with attracting major manufacturers, including Microporous",518,233000,751000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5324331-b2abb3aa95fb99f177b68c972b92ecd3&start=233&end=751","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5324331-b2abb3aa95fb99f177b68c972b92ecd3/thumbnail_233000.jpg","/articles/6675429/Virginia/Southern-Virginia-site-upgrades-credited-with-attracting-major-manufacturers-including-Microporous","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6675429-5ccf8bc248c45bb798e9476cd475a758/orig.mp4?Expires=1770429922&Signature=I79ihajoi79Ti06ms1CdgK3yNpedqioEjCYIeSWSPTKug9ReooqO7Fh0XZ4Iz~RDyzDgUqNLxi53mKkL24ty9B5bO-6T4x3LCFMVM~hoJicW7Qds5BnzcrTf5JpA6T9JMaxUBRRUdEgTakeqWM2a21PMK4LjxvTVaQ2Ir2OXDXxhXFRnsVTmxwBNYJN9~xJfCrhGWQYyluaJca8xLCUKZBG~~i4eQHcIltDIJD6Gt~9LtSZeWkBtrLRfAlQiI9u2tKAnJp~68KI1EUCs~m5t-OWr8hg3ExTWMpuy4Df-XPjS17fLiNtJ2r-uv6KocLil0Nc~oUn9wNMSYHmeIzD3Jw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Go Virginia State Board on Nov. 20 heard that regional site-certification and engineering work in Southern Virginia helped raise site readiness, a move the region credits with attracting major private investment.

Linda Green, executive director of the Southern Virginia Regional Alliance, told the board the region used Go Virginia funds, matched by the Tobacco Commission and locality contributions, to study and upgrade 11 industrial sites and parks across Southside Virginia. \"You helped us with due diligence that helps us evaluate the site readiness in terms of engineering and due diligence,\" Green said, describing utility upgrades, grading and studies that raised many sites from lower business-ready tiers to tier 4 or tier 5.

The increased readiness has yielded concrete results, Green said. She told the board that Cambridge Paving Stones announced a project last week creating 55 jobs and a roughly $47.35 million investment on a Ringgold Industrial Park East pad site that had been raised from tier 2 to tier 5. The region also attracted Microporous, a lithium-battery separator company, which Green said will bring about 2,015 jobs and roughly $1.3 billion in capital investment as an anchor tenant at a certified mega site.

Board members and staff noted the gains at multiple parks. In Halifax County, Green said the Southern Virginia Technology Park increased utility capacity and moved several sites from tier 2 to tier 4 or 5 after engineering work. In other parts of the region, grading and certification work opened sites to prospects and led to an adjacent shell-building expansion.

Green summarized the region's cumulative outcomes since the investment: 16 sites upgraded from tier 2 to tier 4, seven sites raised from tier 2 to tier 5, and, she said, roughly 7,823 jobs and about $3.145 billion in capital investment attributed to activity in the region during the timeframe she cited. \"What may seem like a drop in the bucket is just the drop at the time that these rural localities need the rain to make this thrive in their communities,\" Green said.

The presentation credited multiple partners: the Virginia Economic Development Partnership provided market screening and marketing support; localities supplied match and infrastructure work; and Go Virginia funds paid for engineering, environmental, grading and other readiness steps.

Board members praised the regional results during the meeting, with Go Virginia chair noting the partnerships among the alliance, VEDP and Go Virginia as an example of the program working as intended.

The board took no separate vote on Green’s presentation; it was delivered as an informational update during the meeting.","The Go Virginia board heard from Southern Virginia Regional Alliance Executive Director Linda Green about site-certification work that she said helped raise sites’ readiness, leading to new investments including Microporous and Cambridge Paving Stones.","actionData","errors"]

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Board discusses tying site investments to housing plans after governor's Executive Order 42

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Southern Virginia site upgrades credited with attracting major manufacturers, including Microporous