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GROUND WAS broken Monday on the Rt. 460 road project and ringwall. Among the participants in the ceremonies were, from left, Town Manager Chuck Crabtree, Mayor Roger Powers, Ninth District Rep. Rick Boucher, USACE Major Matthew Orenstein and VDOT District Administrator Jim Givens.
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Rt. 460 Project Ground Broken
Phase I of Ringwall, Levee Construction Also Set to Begin |
by Cathy St. Clair
News Editor |
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With the start of construction of an improved Rt. 460 and a flood protection ringwall as part of the Grundy Flood Control and Redevelopment project, new economic opportunities abound, Ninth District Rep Rick Boucher and other speakers told a crowd of about 75 to 100 town and county residents, Monday.
Ground was officially broken Monday on the three final elements of the Grundy project, including the start of the Rt. 460 relocation project and the levee the road will be built upon, as well as construction of a ringwall to protect the courthouse area along Slate Creek.
Now boarded up vacant buildings in the downtown area which will be razed in the coming weeks were to the left of speakers at the event, while to their right was the redevelopment site and the promise it holds for the future.
"These projects will accomplish the dual purposes of providing a modern and efficient four-lane highway around the town and provide the existing downtown business district with flood protection," Boucher said.
He gave a brief history of the project and the cooperation which has existed between the federal, state and local government in making the project a reality. Additional speakers at the 11 a.m. event included Grundy Town Manager Chuck Crabtree; USACE Maj. Matthew Orenstein; VDOT District Administrator Jim Givens; state Sen. Phillip Puckett; state Del. Dan Bowling; and Grundy Mayor Roger Powers.
Boucher noted the cooperation which has existed on the project has resulted in significant savings not only to the federal government through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; but also to the Virginia Department of Transportation; and the town of Grundy.
Orenstein agreed, noting the project is proof "there is no challenge so big or difficult that it can’t be solved by teamwork and cooperation."
"One year ago, many of us here today gathered to dedicate the new vehicular access bridge from the existing downtown area to the redevelopment site," Boucher continued. "The completion by the corps of engineers of the access bridge was a milestone in creating the opportunity for commercial growth and development in Grundy." |
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New Asst. County Attorney Is Hired
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by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor |
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Lawrence
L.
Moise
III
was
hired
Monday
as
the
new
assistant
county
attorney
for
Buchanan
County.
Moise will assume the position
June
12.
The terms of an employment agreement
noted
that
Moise
will
serve
"at
will"
for
the
board.
Moise’s salary was set at $72,500
with
a
full
benefits
package
identical
to
that
provided
to
other
full-time
county
employees.
Moise, a native of Newark, Del.,
is
a
graduate
of
Virginia
Military
Institute
in
Lexington,
where
he
earned
a
bachelor
of
science
degree
in
civil
engineering.
He
earned
his
J.D.
degree
in
1983
from
Washington
and
Lee
University
School
of
Law.
He has been a member of the Virginia
State
Bar
since
1983
and
is
a
past
member
of
the
Washington
County
Bar
Association
and
the
Virginia
Trial
Lawyers
Association.
He currently resides in Raphine and
has
also
practiced
law
in
Abingdon
at
Vinyard
and
Moise,
with
the
Virginia
Legal
Aid
Society
and
at
the
Law
Office
of
Lawrence
Moise
III.
Throughout his career, Moise has done
primarily
plaintiff’s
work
and
criminal
defense
in
numerous
courts
in
Southwest,
Central
and
Southside
Virginia.
He
has
handled
cases
in
workers
compensation,
personal
injury,
bankruptcy,
domestic
relations,
social
security
disability,
federal
black
lung,
criminal
defense,
mineral
and
property
rights,
debt
collection
and
Guardian
Ad
Litem
work
in
both
Circuit
Court
and
Juvenile
and
Domestic
Relations
Court.
Moise has jury trial experience
in
both
civil
and
criminal
cases
and
has
also
tried
many
administrative
law
cases
before
the
U.S.
Department
of
Labor,
Virginia
Workers
Compensation
Commission
and
the
Social
Security
Administration.
He
has
handled
cases
on
an
appellate
level
in
the
Virginia
Court
of
Appeals,
the
Virginia
Supreme
Court,
the
U.S.
Court
of
Appeals
(fourth
and
sixth
circuits)
and
the
U.S.
Supreme
Court.
Moise
has
also
served
previously
as
associate
counsel
for
the
Washington
County
Service
Authority.
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