Instead of waiting for a company to move to the region, construct a building and create jobs, Campbell County’s Industrial Development Authority is taking the matter into its own hands by building a space in the hopes of attracting a business.
Earlier this month, the Campbell County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to transfer ownership of a five- to seven-acre parcel of land in the county-owned Seneca Commerce Park to the authority. It is the most recent step toward the construction of a 10,000-square-foot building Economic Development Director Mike Davidson hopes will help land jobs for the county’s citizens.
While the county currently maintains three industrial parks with cleared and subdivided lots and two partially designed, but not built, buildings that can be modified for companies’ needs, Davidson said he has observed companies are looking for faster start-up times and prefer to move into existing buildings instead of building their own.
