The Northern Neck Planning District Commission (NNPDC) is updating its Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). This strategy is intended to bring together many voices from the region to form a common vision for economic prosperity and resilience. In developing this new strategy, we are conducting significant research and enlisting community…
Travel + Leisure magazine’s Best Places to Travel in August ranking places Virginia’s Northern Neck at #1. Among the reasons the magazine gives for the attractiveness of the region to visitors is its proximity to Washington D.C., Richmond, and “several other mid-Atlantic cities.” Farmers markets and seafood, wineries and excellent…
As part of our region’s current application with the Virginia Telecommunications Initiative (VATI), the co-applicant, All Points Broadband (APB), is currently collecting information about our region’s customers to decide which location will be first in line to receive APB’s fiber service. Residents of King George, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland Counties…
In 2009, Congress passed legislation directing the National Park Service to determine the feasibility of designating the Northern Neck of Virginia as a national heritage area. That feasibility study has now been completed, and the Northern Neck has met all evaluation criteria to be eligible for designation as a national…
$365,000 in CARES Act Funding to Boost Economic Development Programs Critical to Helping the Northern Neck Region of Virginia Respond to Coronavirus Thursday, July 2, 2020 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $365,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Northern Neck…
All Points Broadband, Dominion Energy, Northern Neck Electric Cooperative and Four Counties Announce Regional Broadband Initiative for Northern Neck – All Points Broadband, Dominion Energy, Northern Neck Electric Cooperative and the Counties of King George, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to advance a regional…
They are properties that support commercial and recreational fishing, boat building, shipping and rail yards, aquaculture, national defense, public safety, marine research, offshore energy production, and other water-related commercial and recreational activities. Tour the Story Map View the Video How to Start a Shellfish Aquaculture Operation in Virginia Learn…
Economic Injury Disaster Loans – Are Virginia Small Companies Eligible? YES What is it? The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering designated states and territories low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). EIDL loans are 30 year…
Next Full Council meeting will be on January 25, 2021, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. This meeting will take place electronically. Please join GO Virginia Region 6 at https://www.gotomeet.me/morgangwregion/govirginiaregion6 You can also dial in using your phone. +1 (571) 317-3129 | Access Code 501-357-285 Agenda and Packet materials can be…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 17, 2018 Warsaw, VA —The U.S. Navy has awarded spots on a potential ten-year, $50 billion contract to 1,870 businesses for project management and engineering-support services. Three Northern Neck companies were awarded contracts in this announcement: MTEQ in Kilmarnock; Digital Dynamics, LLC, in Kilmarnock; and…
