Million-dollar grant will help breathe new life into historic Martinsville furniture plant

Million-dollar grant will help breathe new life into historic Martinsville furniture plant

A project to redevelop a historic furniture plant in Martinsville could be underway following the Economic Development Authority’s successful bid for a grant totaling $1 million.  The grant comes from the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission, which administers money from the Tobacco Indemnification and Revitalization Fund. The fund is meant to help communities that were once dependent on the tobacco industry.  The $1 million grant c…