CHARLOTTESVILLE (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) — Following the announcement by Gov. Glenn Youngkin in July that global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca would be building a multibillion-dollar plant in Virginia, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported on Wednesday that Virginia Lawmakers had approved the company’s plan to build the plant in Albemarle County.
The Major Employment Investment Project Approval Commission (MEI) voted unanimously to approve AstraZeneca’s economic development package along with Eli Lilly’s & Co., which plans to build its own manufacturing plant in Goochland County. The reports were further confirmed to Virginia Business by a state official, who stressed that the packages still require approval from the General Assembly.
A source confirmed the matter came before the MEI committee last week, but declined to confirm any other details of the report…