Elected officials and community leaders are heading to Northern Virginia this morning to address the employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) who may be relocated to the new DIA facility at Rivanna Station in Albemarle County as part of the Base Alignment and Closure program. The facility is being built on the site of the current National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC).
The delegates are from Greene, Louisa, Fluvanna, Madison, Orange and Culpeper counties in addition to the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, the Chamber of Commerce, the Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development and representatives from school districts and community colleges.
The new facility at Rivanna Station on Route 29 North will be the new home to some of the employees who work at NGIC, but will also house close to 800 new employees relocated from the DC area.
These meetings are meant as an orientation process. Future events include a housing open house that will highlight potential realtors and developers’ plans for the new residents—several projects are either underway (Hollymead Town Center) or in the works (North Pointe) for Northern Albemarle to profit from the base relocation.
C-VILLE has extensively covered the land deal involving Wendell Wood, NGIC and Albemarle County. Wood is also in the midst of building office space adjacent to the NGIC site.
