Public Notice - CDBG for the Granite Falls Conference & Hospitality Training Center

 

Updated information on the fact sheet on the proposed project and the grant application submitted to the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for the Granite Falls Conference and Hospitality Training Center are available Monday - Friday, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Prince Edward County Administrator's Office, 111 South Street, Third Floor, Farmville, and below.

For additional information, contact Sharon Carney, Director of Economic Development, at PO Box 625, 121 East Third Street, Farmville, VA 23901; or call (434) 392.1482; or e-mail: scarney@co.prince-edward.va.us .

 

UPDATED:
2010 CDBG Competitive Grant Application (Final, as of March 31, 2010) (14.1 MB)

Pages 144 & 145 of the 2010 CDBG Competitive Grant Application (732 kb)

 

 

CDBG Public Notice #2

RESOLUTION: Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development CDBG Grant Endorsement

Letters of Support: Community Development Block Grant, Granite Falls Hospitality Training Center

 

The Granite Falls Conference and Hospitality Center will include the following activities:

The Granite Falls Hospitality Training Center is to be a workforce training facility as part of the public/private partnership with the Granite Falls Hotel Conference Center.

The Hospitality Training Center will be owned by the Prince Edward Industrial Development Authority (IDA) and leased back to the hotel.

The Hospitality Training Facility will be approximately 60,000sf, costing an estimated $13 million.

Applications for grants are anticipated to help defray the cost of the training center.

The Hotel's proposed manager estimates the Project will create, in the first three years of operations, a total of 85 full-time equivalent positions. At least 51% of these positions will be made available to low- and moderate-income individuals (as defined by HUD).

Qualified graduates will be given preference for employment opportunities at the hotel and conference center.

Student enrollment will consist of dual enrollment from local high schools, the unemployed and under-employed, displaced workers, individuals interested in career advancement, and business majors in hospitality related fields.

During construction there will be approximately 95 tradesmen working on the project daily with an anticipated payroll of over $6 million.

The Hospitality Training Center will be operated by a consortium of regional educational institutions, through an Advisory Board and Executive Director.