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Blacksburg council to consider lease for municipally owned downtown building
The long vacant former Cook’s Cleaners building in downtown Blacksburg will be set for a new use if the town council approves a lease for a business incubator.
The Blacksburg Town Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday on a proposed $1-a-year lease for an LLC tied to Downtown Blacksburg Inc. to use the town-owned building. The initial lease would be for five years as it’s currently written.
The small retail business development plan began in 2016, when Tracie Hughes, executive director of DBI, and her fellow board members discussed at a retreat how to promote growth downtown…