The 10-year, sometimes controversial development of the Turner Tract Industrial Park paid off Wednesday.
With a shovel in hand, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and other officials dug up the first ceremonial scoops of dirt to build Enviva Pellets Southampton.
“Thanks for your vision,” Bolling told Southampton County officials, who developed the Rose Valley Road industrial park where Enviva will spend $91 million to build a wood pellet plant that will create 72 jobs.
