Changing an old lyric THE WHO once used, Vermilion Advantage CEO Tim Dudley “Has a feeling ‘23’ is gonna be a good year.” During his recent appearance with Laura Williams on 1490 WDAN’s “Community Connection” program, Dudley especially emphasized three major openings coming this year. One of them is the new FedEx facility on Lynch Road, just south of I-74.
AUDIO: They’re going to be opening in February, so we’re looking forward to having them here. But the beauty of that is it’s not only going to be to help people ship stuff across the nation, but it’s going to help people right here in Danville get their goods and services out of town faster. You know, time is money. So it’s going to be awesome to have that FedEx facility here.
A look back on the construction journeys of FedEd, Carle at the Riverfront, and the Golden Nugget Casino; all scheduled to open during the first few months of 2023.
Also planning for an early 2023 opening, the new Carle at the Riverfront Project that everyone’s been watching go up west of Gilbert Street as they drive through the city. As Dudley points out, there’s also the new Christie Clinic facility in that area, and a solid cluster of new businesses on the way.
AUDIO: Carle’s putting in that whole retail strip center there that’s going to be facing Gilbert. I mean, who would do that? Nobody would have ever expected that. But Carle I mean, they know, that their success is going to be partly how the rest of that area looks. They get it.
And then a bit later on in the spring, the Golden Nugget Casino is scheduled to open, at 204 Eastgate Drive along Lynch Road. Dudley says, if anything’s going to lead to a major cluster of businesses nearby, this is it.
AUDIO: The casino’s going to bring all these residual businesses in around it; like restaurants, and more hotels, maybe a water park or something, or a truck stop, maybe. Just things that are going to come in around that; Lynch Road is going to be amazing. The complaint right now is that there’s no place to eat. Well, it’s coming.
Dudley mentioned that over the past year and a half, Vermilion Advantage has gained about 130 new members. To find out more about joining, just go to vermilionadvantage.com.
To hear Laura Williams’ entire interview with Vermilion Advantage CEO Tim Dudley, please go to https://vermilioncountyfirst.com/the-community-connection/
