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Local Business Owner Looks to Bring More People to Petersburg Through Renovation Projects   
 
Amir Vera | The Progress-Index | Full Article 

PETERSBURG - The three corners at the intersection of Washington Street and Sycamore Street are seeing new life.

Joe Battiston, owner and president of medical equipment manufacturing company TFI Healthcare, is looking to bring people to the city through his renovations of three properties at the busy intersection. Battison currently owns about 11 properties in Petersburg spanning from the Appomattox Regional Governor's School on East Washington into Old Towne.
New Owner Plans to Restart Hopewell Ethanol Plant by Year's End
 
John Blackwell | Richmond Times Dispatch | Full Article

A Hopewell ethanol plant that closed this summer because of the decline in gasoline prices has been acquired and will start production again.

Green Plains Inc. of Omaha, Neb., a commodity-processing and ethanol-producing company, said it acquired the facility from Future Fuels LLP, which had operated the plant as Vireol.