Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Planning Grant for the Eastern Shore Hub Opportunity Assessment

Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced a multijurisdictional award of a Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development (AFID) Fund Planning Grant to Accomack and Northampton counties and the towns of Wachapreague, Parksley, and Onancock to support the development of the Eastern Shore Hub Opportunity Assessment, which includes a feasibility study for a blue catfish processing facility. The $35,000 grant will fund an assessment of sustainable agriculture and agritourism opportunities within an existing 35,000-square-foot facility in Accomack County...
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