Shenandoah Valley Foods closed Jan. 26 on property dormant since 2013
SHENANDOAH — Roughly three years or more of planning and negotiations could now reach fruition in the next few months with regard to a meat processing facility being opened in the Town of Shenandoah. According to an article published Tuesday by Shenandoah Newz, the Sullivan Group LLC officially sold the former Shenandoah Pharmacy property on the south end of town to Shenandoah Valley Foods Development on Jan. 26.
While there will be no slaughtering of animals on site at 420 South Third Street, the proposed processing facility is expected to create about 20 new jobs and eventually include a retail meat market. During a recent interview with PVN, Mayor Clinton Lucas said the retail portion of the facility would be more than welcome, since Shenandoah’s last grocery store shuttered its doors a few years ago…