Bedford, Amherst, Campbell counties get business site grants [Video]

Bedford County was awarded $1.5 million and the counties of Amherst and Campbell each received more than $100,000 as part of $126 million in Virginia Business Ready Sites Program (VBRSP) development grants issued to 23 sites across the state, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday.

The Bedford County Office of Economic Development announced the $1.5 million, which requires a match, will be used to further site development in the New London Business and Technology Center on U.S. 460. The plans involve clearing two sites and continuing the Meade Road gravel extension, along with implementing stormwater, sewer and underground utilities as funding permits, according to a news release from the county’s economic development office.

“This project will further develop the Phase 2 section of the New London Tech Center and advance the site from a Tier …