Dante, VA: Where There's A Vision, There's Opportunity

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dc.contributor.authorGilboy, Elizabethen
dc.contributor.authorProctor, Nicholausen
dc.contributor.authorMorici, Joeen
dc.contributor.authorWallace, Louen
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-31T17:26:57Zen
dc.date.available2020-01-31T17:26:57Zen
dc.date.issued2019-03-19en
dc.date.updated2020-01-31T17:26:51Zen
dc.description.abstractFrom coal depot to a coffee cafe, the economic future of Dante, VA is bright. Dante's creative approach to utilizing grants opportuntities has brought new life into this former coal camp, deep in the hills of southwest Virginia. Once known for its rich coal deposits, Dante (population approx. 400) now sits at the heart of the Clinch River watershed, a region teeming with biodiversity and eco-tourism potential. The Dante Community Association began in January 2017 by rapidly assembling a network of community, county, state, and collegiate partners to accelerate planning initiatives. Their efforts ultimately targeted two key brownfields, the Dante Depot/ downtown park and former Arty Lee School. Both had unfortunately become unsightly after years of neglect. Extensive efforts established a vision for the two properties that leveraged economic development trends prevalent in the region such as local foods, lodging, retail, entertainment, and continuing education/co-working. In a short two-year period the community has obtained eight grants worth $200,000 and has been recognized by the VA Department of Housing and Community Development as a member of its Main Street Affiliate program. A sample of their grants include conceptual design assistance from undergraduate students at the Community Design Assistance Center at Virginia Tech, a brownfields site assessment and redevelopment plan through the EPA, a new playground through KaBOOM!, and a grant through VA Dept. of Transportation to restore a portion of the Dante Depot.en
dc.identifier.orcidProctor, Nicholaus [0000-0003-0984-2119]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/96640en
dc.relation.ispartof2019 Central Appalachian Regional Brownfield Summiten
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.titleDante, VA: Where There's A Vision, There's Opportunityen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
dc.typePresentationen
pubs.finish-date2019-03-20en
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Architecture and Urban Studiesen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Graduate students/Masters studentsen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Architecture and Urban Studies/Community Design Assistance Centeren
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Graduate studentsen
pubs.start-date2019-03-18en

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