Posted: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 9:32 am
By STEPHANIE A. JAMES
Staff Writer
Representatives from Virginia Tech soon will present a plan for development along the entrance of Main Street in the Town of Pamplin.
The plan, to be presented in January, incorporates growth so that Main Street can be the attraction it once was.
It will offer different revitalization options where citizens will be able to voice their opinions at a public hearing set for Jan. 29 at 6 p.m.
Earlier this year at a meeting, Virginia Tech’s Community Design Assistance Center representatives solicited input on ideas that would encourage growth on Main Street.
Presently, Main Street has minimal business and features only the Pamplin Depot, a wood yard, and vacant storefront buildings.
At that earlier meeting, among ideas voiced citizens stated that they would like to have a train station and assisted living facility on Main Street. In addition scenery ideas included landscaping the area with dogwood trees and butterfly scapes.
Virginia Tech’s involvement in the revitalization of Pamplin was made possible through a $5,000 matching grant.
With the funds, Virginia Tech representatives were able to complete design work for the project.
In other news…
* The Pamplin Town Council agreed last Thursday to send a letter to the Appomattox Community Development Inspector so that an inspection can be done on a building on Main Street in Pamplin.
Acting mayor Jake Hamlett informed the Pamplin Town Council that there are bricks falling from the building onto the ground.
The Town’s action to get an inspection done on the building is part of the initial process of them trying to get the building condemned.
* The Pamplin Town Council agreed last Thursday to appoint Billy Horton as acting vice mayor.
* Jake Hamlett, who nominated Horton, is serving as acting mayor as Robert Mitchell is recovering from surgery.
Hamlett has been interim mayor since October.
Mitchell is expected to return to his duties as mayor in January.
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