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Grant (Continued from Page 'l-A) project; those ftmds and the PHDC money do not have to be matched locally, Goode added. The localities probably will have to contribute about $1 mi!lionasamatchforthe$2mil- liongrant, accordingto Clower. Coode said the match could be stateorlocalftmds--including the $1~ million Gilmore promised .'and cash or in-kind contributions, such as man- power. To get- more money for the project, the supervisors voted Wednesday to ask the state tobacco lawsuit settlement com- mission for $2 million to $3 mil- lion for the regional industrial park.. : Clower said. {~lle' ftmding for- mula for the industrial park would be based on the popula- iionofeachlocaliiypariicipatir~ HesaidHenryCountyprobably · would shoulder about 70 percent of the funding for the site.. Ip mid-October, Clower said theproject was not a top prior- iW. He called it a long-term pro- ject at the time, noting that the area has industrial sites avail- able at existing parks in the county and ci~. Wednesday, he repeated that theparka reality, butsaid ithas moved up on his priority list '~ feel like there's a chance to pUt .together $7 ~UHon) to $8 million" and create the indus- trial park, he said. 'Tnere's no harmintryingtomoveforward." He added that he believes county and city officials can work together to create .the park ' '~fs ano-brainer. ffsomebedy is giving you the money and it will benefit the general com- munity, were got to figure out a way to make it work Henry County will bear most the cost because were got most of the population. It will be good for 'everybody." Martinsville City Manager Earl Reynolds Jr. called news of the funding '~vonder~," and said a regional park will help the area compete for industrial development '~I'o be competitive in the region, its definitely something we needto starton. We needte take advantage of what people have done for us," he said, agreeing with Clower that the park will be a long-term project He said a New River Valley regional industrial park has been in the works for five years. "It's not something you do in 12 months," he added, since the project involves buying the land, developing the infra- structure and other work Several possible sites for a regional park have been men- tioned in the past, said Reynolds, but he declined to identify them. To be competi- tive, he said, a regional park · would have to be 750 to 1,000 acreS. Vice Mayor Gene Teague said this is a way Martinsville and 'Henry County can work togeth- er. "fhis is a good thing and a great opportunity to work with the county," Teague said. "It's kind of a win-win situation for everybody to-provide jobs for Teague said this is a good way forthe tt~ee localities to support a regional effort and to generate revenues from taxes such as real estate, personal properrS, and machine and tools. -He said the three localities need to sit down and hammer out the specifics of the park He said basing how much a lecali- tywlll pay forthe park and will receive in future revenues on population "Seems like a fair way" to go. 'Now isn~ the timeto quibble over the percentages," Teague added, but to make the indus- V'~ o~ed '&NVlI9 ooS trial park a reality. "I'm as pleased as I can be" about Henry County receiving the money, said Martinsville Councilman Terry Roop. "Hopefully, there will be room for us (the city) to participate. This(the industrial park)will be good for the entire area." Roop said he hopes the city counefi and beard of supervi- son can get together soon to jointly discuss developing the industrial park He said the pro- ject should be "a high priority" for a!l involved, but it is too soon to say how the government money or the expenses should be divided among the partici- pants. Still, %vhat you put into it will determine what you get," Roop added. Martinsville Mayor Mark Crabtree could not be reached for 'comment · s~youocl -wtBo pue s~! -po.xo xm OA!O0,~ S~UOZ OS.Ud~UO u! sossou].sna 'stems ouoz o.s~d --~u~, .roj po.x~p!suoo oq o~ ~I Xq ~3ms oq', q~.U'A polg Oq O~ SpOOU ~aed o~ .~oJ uo.qealldde ~q] ~etg ~psoup~A~ pxeoq oq] picq oH '~unool~!o oq~ a~ou ~!s oIqm.ms e pmJ o~ lumInsuoo ~q~.ud e .to uo!ss.nmuo3 ~a.u~!aY~xtralcI ,uotupo!d~so~ atD ~.L,A~OAX pInoa ~tmoa ptm ~!a e~ p.~s P!S.w,~V ~!s e 41BueP! at aIl..tAsug.tt~ ~f~to~ ~ pO~OA osFe p.moq attL '~ed!o.v~d o, S';tm,,A ,! J! '~unoO ~io.mecI p~ oli.msug.m. iAI q~pA laa.fo.td lm.o.f e eq p[no~ ,eq'4 ~[xed Ie.tv, snpm. atg LB.L~~ p~A~OJ OAOm O'4L A'epsoupoA~