Mike Davidson - Photo by Elizabterh Cooper
The Halifax County Industrial Development Authority has seen some upheaval recently, but officials say there are several projects in the pipeline as well as a new shell building ready to be occupied.
In October 2020, IDA executive director Brian Brown was fired after being hired a little more than a year ago, a move that appeared to surprise Brown himself, who could not be reached for comment.
Rick Harrell, former owner of R.O. Harrell Inc. trucking company and an IDA board member, says, “We made that change because we saw an operational weakness. It wasn’t any … malfeasance of any kind.” Unlike many IDAs in Virginia, Halifax’s authority is self-funded and focuses on all economic development in the county, not just industrial sectors.
