Two Danville Leaders received major recognition this week on the Virginia 500 Power List. Corrie Bobe the Director of Economic Development and Tourism and Telly Tucker the President of the Institute were both named to the list. Bobe received recognition for landing numerous investments for the city including a deal with Caesars Entertainment for a $650 million resort casino, as well as new manufacturing facilities for Tyson Foods, Staunton River Plastics and vertical farm company AeroFarms. Tucker served as the Director of Economic Development until 2020 and helped the city land Morgan Olson and Aerofarms.