Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority
The next board meeting of the Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority is scheduled for March 3rd, 2025. Please call (276) 431-2206 for more information
The Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority (LPRIFA) is a multi-jurisdictional organization that was officially established in 2019. The LPRIFA encompasses the Southwestern Virginia counties of Dickenson, Lee, Scott, and Wise and the City of Norton.
The LPRIFA operates under guidelines set forth by the Code of Virginia section 15.2-6400 and provides an economic development model that allows communities to pool their resources to invest and build a new economy for Southwest Virginia. The RIFA model then allows localities to share in the revenues realized from those investments. The creation of employment opportunities is a priority and underlying purpose for many of the LPRIFA’s projects.
Projects include the creation of new industrial and agricultural infrastructure, improvements to connectivity, improvement to the quality of life, providing sustainable and attractive housing, and establishment of economic stimulating initiatives throughout the entire LPRIFA region.
The mission of the LPRIFA is particularly important to the Southwest Virginia region, a region where the traditional and historical economies of coal and tobacco have experienced a down turn in recent years.
The formation of the LPRIFA promotes and creates an environment that provides ownership to the 5 member Southwest Virginia communities regarding their economic future.
The LPRIFA meets quarterly with the location of the meeting rotating between the participating localities.
For more information on the Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority, contact the Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority c/o The LENOWISCO Planning District Commission located at 372 Technology Trail Lane, Suite 100 Duffield, Virginia 24244 or call (276) 431-2206.
The LPRIFA operates under guidelines set forth by the Code of Virginia section 15.2-6400 and provides an economic development model that allows communities to pool their resources to invest and build a new economy for Southwest Virginia. The RIFA model then allows localities to share in the revenues realized from those investments. The creation of employment opportunities is a priority and underlying purpose for many of the LPRIFA’s projects.
Projects include the creation of new industrial and agricultural infrastructure, improvements to connectivity, improvement to the quality of life, providing sustainable and attractive housing, and establishment of economic stimulating initiatives throughout the entire LPRIFA region.
The mission of the LPRIFA is particularly important to the Southwest Virginia region, a region where the traditional and historical economies of coal and tobacco have experienced a down turn in recent years.
The formation of the LPRIFA promotes and creates an environment that provides ownership to the 5 member Southwest Virginia communities regarding their economic future.
The LPRIFA meets quarterly with the location of the meeting rotating between the participating localities.
For more information on the Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority, contact the Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority c/o The LENOWISCO Planning District Commission located at 372 Technology Trail Lane, Suite 100 Duffield, Virginia 24244 or call (276) 431-2206.
LPRIFA Mission Statement
To develop and enhance infrastructure, facilities, and programs that diversify the economy of the Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority region for the purpose of creating sustainable employment opportunities and creating an engaging region in which to locate and conduct business.
To develop and enhance infrastructure, facilities, and programs that diversify the economy of the Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority region for the purpose of creating sustainable employment opportunities and creating an engaging region in which to locate and conduct business.
Project Fuse
A Playbook for Developing a Regional Strategy for Defining the New American Hybrid Workplace
Opportunity Zone Investor Prospectus Now Available for the LPRIFA Region
Lonesome Pine Regional Industrial Facilities Authority (LPRIFA)
2024-2025 Board Members;
Mr. Joe Fawbush, City of Norton
Mr. Larry Barton, Dickenson County
Mr. Rob Wright, Lee County
Mr. Michael Hatfield, Wise County
Ms. Dana Cronkhite, Dickenson County
Ms. Leslie Litton, Lee County
Mr. John Kilgore, Scott County
Mr. Brian Falin, Wise County
Mr. Fred Ramey, City of Norton
2024-2025 Board Members;
Mr. Joe Fawbush, City of Norton
Mr. Larry Barton, Dickenson County
Mr. Rob Wright, Lee County
Mr. Michael Hatfield, Wise County
Ms. Dana Cronkhite, Dickenson County
Ms. Leslie Litton, Lee County
Mr. John Kilgore, Scott County
Mr. Brian Falin, Wise County
Mr. Fred Ramey, City of Norton