Economic Development Authority

Economic Development Authority

The Orange County Economic Development Authority is responsible for marketing the Thomas E. Lee Industrial Park and working with various local, regional and state agencies to market and promote Orange County. The EDA is also charged with providing funding for matches to recipients of Commonwealth's Opportunity Fund awards and incentives to businesses and industries expanding and locating in Orange County.

Current EDA members include:

District #1
Edwin Yowell 
19018 Lovers Lane 
Gordonsville, VA 22942
Ph: (434) 981-3456
edwin.yowell@gmail.com
Term Ends: 12/31/25
Town of Gordonsville
Sonja "Sunnie" Capelle
502 N Main St. 
Gordonsville, VA 22942
Ph: (434) 218-2344
Term Ends: 12/31/23
District #2
Jack Rickett
P.O. Box 646
Orange, VA 22960
Ph (c): (540) 672-1111
jack@piedmontpower.com
Term Ends: 12/31/25
Town of Orange
Arthur Bryant
P.O. Box 666
Orange, VA 22960
Ph (c): (540) 308-5163
ahbjr@aol.com
Term Ends: 12/31/26
Secretary/Treasurer - Office of Economic Development
Rose Deal, Director
P.O. Box 111
Orange, VA 22960
Ph: (540) 672-1238
rdeal@orangecountyva.gov
District #3
Bill Hager - Chair
104 Mimosa Lane
Orange, VA 22960
Ph (c): (804) 400-6809
whhager@comcast.net
Term Ends: 12/31/24
Board of Supervisors Representatives
Keith Marshall
District 3 Member
Board of Supervisors
8306 Everona Rd
Unionville, VA 22567
Ph (h): (540) 604-7039
kmarshall@orangecountyva.gov
County Administrator
Theodore "Ted" L. Voorhees
County Administrator
P.O. Box 111
Orange, VA 22960
Ph: (540) 672-3313
tvoorhees@orangecountyva.gov
District #4
JP Tucker
32330 Childress Road
Mine Run, Virginia 22508
jp@jptuckerexcavating.com 
Term Ends: 12/31/26
Lee Frame
District 5 Member
Board of Supervisors
103 Woodland Trail
Locust Grove, VA 22508
Ph (h): (540) 972-6385
lframe@orangecountyva.gov
County Attorney
Thomas Lacheney
P.O. Box 111
Orange, VA 22960
Ph: (540) 672-3313
tlacheney@orangecountyva.us
District #5
John Licata 
102 Washington Street 
Locust Grove, VA 22508
john@licatagroup.com
Term Ends: 12/31/24
Fiscal Agent
Dawn M. Herndon - Treasurer
Orange County
P. O. Box 469
Orange, Virginia 22960
Ph (w): (540) 672-2656


Printable PDF of the Orange County, Virginia Economic Development Authority.

Meeting Schedule

For a full schedule of EDA meeting, please check out our calendar of upcoming events.

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