After hearing some strong words from taxpayers concerning the county’s plan to build the Appalachian Regional Exposition Center, the Wythe County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to move $2.5 million from the county’s reserve funds to help pay for the center, then awarded a nearly $6 million building contract to RGM Erectors to build the facility.
Wythe officials OK money transfer, contract for expo center
The Wythe County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a one-year budget for the Appalachian Regional Exposition Center Authority.
In January, the Wythe County Board of Supervisors appointed members to the Appalachian Regional Exposition Center Authority. The seven-member …
The architectural firm working with Wythe County on the Appalachian Regional Exposition Center estimates the cost to prepare the site and buil…
An aerial view of Exit 77 in Wythe County, the southbound side. The Appalachian Regional Exposition Center is expected to be built to the righ…
A horse show arena, regulation athletic fields, concert stages, livestock sales area and provisions for other venues were among the uses discu…
The public will get an opportunity to help shape one of the county’s biggest economic development ventures to date at a joint meeting set for …
The Wythe County Board of Supervisors appointed former supervisor Artie Hall as the seventh and final member of the county’s Appalachian Regio…
The Wythe County Board of Supervisors approved members for the Appalachian Regional Exposition Center Authority during its meeting Tuesday. Th…
In response to Ron Patt and his views on the “white guilt”, reparations and the “corrupt officials” of Ferguson, Missouri, I don’t feel that a…
County supervisors have agreed to issue $5 million in bonds that will be used to construct the Appalachian Regional Exposition Center between …
After months of discussions about an exposition center and a million-dollar real estate purchase for land on which to build the proposed cente…
Wythe County is the proud owner of a million dollar piece of property overlooking the interstate.
Wythe County recently bought 95 acres near Interstate 81/77’s Exit 77 and hopes to build an Expo Center on the $1.3 million site between Wythe…
Wythe County is negotiating to purchase nearly 100 acres of land between Wytheville and Fort Chiswell to be the site of a proposed regional ex…
The Wythe County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Tuesday at 9 a.m. to consider allotting an additional $2.5 million for the Ap…
Completion of Wythe County’s APEX Center, a 90,000-square-foot arena building with various support facilities capable of hosting events rangin…
Retired Wythe County County Administrator Cellell Dalton appeared before his former bosses recently to offer his opinion on the architectural …
After questions by one of their own concerning the architectural and engineering plans for the Appalachian Regional Exposition Center, Wythe C…
Wythe County residents will have to wait a little longer to attend events in the Appalachian Regional Exposition Center. On Tuesday, county su…
The Wythe County Board of Supervisors is considering land near interstate exit 77 as a potential site for an agricultural exposition center. E…
Officials from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia recently briefed Wythe County supervisors on a study …
The idea of an agricultural exposition center in Wythe County has been bandied about for years, but funding has been scarce. That could change…
Local residents hoping to establish an Appalachian Agricultural Exposition Center in Wythe County have launched a capital campaign to raise mo…
Work continues to progress at the Appalachian Regional Exposition Center, with construction on the multi-million dollar facility predicted to …
