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I love being stared at while waiting for my food at Belmont peanuts. #southamptoncounty

Economic development report: Beale Farm site work, broadband nearing county completion Franklin–Southampton Economic Development reported a $223,000 site-readiness grant for Beale Farm (about $199,235 reimbursed to date), progress on a Go Virginia grant, and broadband build progress (4,931 passings completed, 169 remaining), with several projects expected to finish by the end of the fiscal year.

Southampton County is on the fast track to economic growth with significant funding and progress in site readiness and broadband expansion!

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Southampton supervisors adopt resolution urging governor to veto state collective-bargaining mandate The board unanimously adopted a resolution asking the Virginia General Assembly and Governor Abigail Spanberger to reject or veto legislation (House Bill 1263 and Senate Bill 378) that supervisors described as an unfunded mandate imposing collective bargaining on local governments.

Southampton County's Board of Supervisors just took a stand against a potentially crippling state mandate that could shift local control over wages and work rules to unelected arbitrators.

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Southampton County planners debate data-center rules, ask staff to research ordinances The Planning Commission spent most of its meeting scrutinizing data-center impacts — power, water, land use and decommissioning — and asked staff to survey other local ordinances and report back, with an eye toward drafting a local ordinance within months.

Southampton County is gearing up to tackle the potential influx of data centers, weighing impacts on utilities, farmland, and the community—are they prepared for what's coming?

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Planning commission recommends updated floodplain ordinance to comply with FEMA maps Southampton County planners unanimously recommended forwarding a zoning-text amendment to adopt FEMA's model floodplain ordinance and align the county code with updated FEMA maps effective March 17, 2026; staff kept freeboard at the FEMA-minimum 18 inches after discussion.

Southampton County is set to align its zoning laws with the latest FEMA floodplain maps, impacting construction and permitting in flood-prone areas!

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Southampton planners approve comprehensive-plan change and rezoning for Route 58 corner The Southampton County Planning Commission voted unanimously to amend the comprehensive plan and recommend rezoning roughly 19.4 acres at the intersection of Story Station Road and Southampton Parkway (Route 58) to mixed-use, contingent on traffic, stormwater and use proffers from the applicant.

The Southampton County Planning Commission has given the green light to a major rezoning project that could transform a 19.4-acre site into a hub of indoor storage and future commercial development at a key intersection.

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Planners direct staff to research data-center and battery-storage ordinances after inquiries Facing inquiries about data centers and battery storage, Southampton County’s planning commission unanimously directed staff to gather model ordinances, study other localities (including those that later changed position), and consider whether a moratorium or a county-specific ordinance would be appropriate.

Southampton County planners are taking a proactive approach to data centers and battery-storage facilities, aiming to avoid the pitfalls of past solar projects by researching best practices and potential regulations.

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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1831, #NatTurner was captured. After #NatTurnersRebellion in August, which killed about 60 slavers, broke down, he stayed in #SouthamptonCounty, #Virginia, perhaps because his wife was still enslaved. His uprising was the deadliest for the slaver class.