{"id":5907,"date":"2009-12-03T16:50:40","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T21:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=5907"},"modified":"2009-12-03T16:50:40","modified_gmt":"2009-12-03T21:50:40","slug":"the-modeling-simulation-center-of-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/03\/the-modeling-simulation-center-of-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: The Modeling &#038; Simulation Center of Mystery!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the difference between Victoria&#8217;s Secret and the &#8220;Modeling &amp; Simulation Center&#8221; located in Halifax County&#8217;s Riverstone Technology Park? Victoria&#8217;s Secret has models that work.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, what&#8217;s going on with that project?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Rumors are flying around that the Modeling &amp; Simulation Center project has completely imploded. Carole Inge, the director, is no longer associated with the project and the phones have been disconnected. We&#8217;re looking into the situation and will update this thread on what we find out.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Halifax County IDA appears to be controlling what&#8217;s left of the &#8220;Center&#8221;. I talked with Halifax County IDA Director Mike Sexton today and he says that he can&#8217;t say much until the authority&#8217;s attorneys approve an upcoming press release. That press release should be issued soon as we&#8217;ll have it here as quick as we can get it. Sexton implied that the project is very much not-dead and he will invited the media on a tour of the facility so that we can see and report what is happening. Again, more to come on that.<\/li>\n<li>The project has gotten a lot of Tobacco Commission funding. I&#8217;ve spoken with a few Commission members and they had no idea of the project&#8217;s apparent problems.<\/li>\n<li>According to stories, Virginia Tech has dropped support for the project. I&#8217;ve got a call in to Larry Hincker, the Associate Vice President for University Relations, to find more on this. <strong>UPDATE #1<\/strong>: Larry Hincker called me back and told me that he&#8217;s going to have to do some more research on this and has referred my call to other people that will know more about this project.<\/li>\n<li><strong>UPDATE #2<\/strong>: We&#8217;ve found out that the Research &amp; Development committee of the Tobacco Commission will be meeting on Tuesday in Roanoke. Halifax County is requesting a $5,000,000 grant from the Tobacco Commission and this request will be discussed at the meeting. Halifax County&#8217;s Connie Nyholm &amp; Ed Owens are on this committee but neither have returned my calls as of yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ll update this story as soon as we find out any more information.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the difference between Victoria&#8217;s Secret and the &#8220;Modeling &amp; Simulation Center&#8221; located in Halifax County&#8217;s Riverstone Technology Park? 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This list of \"assets\" is mostly bogus. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8558,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/29\/jeff-reed-110-halifax-county-0\/","url_meta":{"origin":5907,"position":3},"title":"Jeff Reed 110 &#8211; Halifax County 0","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"April 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"After looking at that scoreboard, I wonder if the Halifax County IDA is having second thoughts... Jeff Reed used to be project manager at the Halifax County Industrial Development Authority before being unceremoniously dumped. 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