The Southern Virginia Mega Site at Berry Hill moved a step closer to having a new manufacturing plant Monday as the Danville-Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facility Authority formally accepted a $2.6 million Virginia Tobacco Commission grant to grade the site for an ongoing development project.
Danville and Pittsylvania County will share in providing the other $2.6 million necessary for the $5.2 million total project, which has been in the works for more than a year.
Last June, the authority signed a purchase agreement with the Bethesda, Maryland-based Enviva Development Holdings LLC for a 168-acre tract at the industrial park. Enviva bills itself as the world’s largest producer of wood pellets, often used to fuel power plants.
