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Promoting Economic Development in Virginia’s Tobacco Region

The Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission is a 31-member body created by the 1999 General Assembly. Its mission is the promotion of economic growth and development in tobacco-dependent communities, using proceeds of the national tobacco settlement.  To date, the Commission has awarded 1,514 grants totaling more than $876 million across the tobacco region of the Commonwealth, and has provided $309 million in indemnification payments to tobacco growers and quota holders. Click on Who are We at the left to learn more.

To learn more about Commission's programs click Grant Funding Info at the left. Also be sure to see the profiles below for examples of significant programs and facilities supported by Commission grants.

Tobacco Region 2012 - 2013 Scholarship Program

Scholarship applications are now being accepted for the 2012-2013 school year.

 

Indemnification Program
2012 Distribution of Phase I Indemnification Payments will be the final payments of the program

 

  The Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission (“the Commission”) will begin the 2012 distribution of Phase I Indemnification payments to eligible Virginia flue-cured and burley producers and quota owners in June 2012. 

Verification for Payment Forms and Applications for Payment will be mailed on or before April 13, 2012 to all eligible flue-cured and burley producers and quota owners.  Payments to flue-cured and burley producers will be based on the 1998 crop year.  Payments to flue-cured and burley quota owners will be based on the 1999 crop year. 

If you were a flue-cured and/or burley quota owner as of July 1, 1999 and/or have received payment in previous years but do not receive a 2012 Verification Form by April 23, 2012 please contact the Phase I Program as soon as possible.  For those eligible claimants who do not receive forms, the Phase I Program will assist you in completing the necessary paperwork to participate in this year’s program.

 

The 2012 Phase I payment rates established by the Commission are:

Flue-Cured Quota Owners                 6.01 cents per pound of Basic Quota

Flue-Cured Producers                         4.93 cents per pound of Basic Quota

Burley Quota Owners                         7.03 cents per pound of Basic Quota

Burley Producers                                6.36 cents per Payment Pound

 

The verification procedure for qualified tobacco producers and quota owners is similar to the one established by the Commission for the 2000-2011 Phase I payments.  Completed and signed Verification for Payment forms and Applications for Payments must be returned by the May 18, 2012 deadline in order to be eligible for the June 2012 payment.

Since 2000, the Commission has made available $309 million to Virginia’s tobacco growers and owners, thereby fulfilling its statutory obligation.  In January 2012, the Commission announced that it has reached the end of its indemnification obligation. The 2012 payment will be the final distribution of Phase I Indemnification funds.  At that time, the Commission will have satisfied its statutory obligation to indemnify burley and flue-cured producers and quota owners.

Claimants who need additional information may contact Troutman Sanders LLP, Phase I Tobacco Indemnification Program at 1-888-629-7682 or 804-697-1869 from outside of Virginia.  Information is also available on the Program’s web site at www.vatip.com.  

 

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Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative

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THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED LEARNING AND RESEARCH (IALR)

 

The Crossroads Institute

THE CROSSROADS INSTITUTE: A RURAL ENTERPRENEURIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE
 

The Crooked Road

"THE CROOKED ROAD"
Return to Roots

RETURN TO ROOTS

Cane Creek Center

CANE CREEK CENTRE

 
 

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The Virginia Tobacco Indemnification
and Community Revitalization Commission
701 E. Franklin St., Ste. 501
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Phone: (804) 225-2027 Toll Free: (877) 807-1086
Fax: 804-786-3210

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Southwest Application Workshop to be held Wednesday
June 6, 2012

Pre-Application

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CCAM
now hiring
Directors of Economic and Workforce Development

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Pending Applications

FY12 2nd Round Southside Economic Development
Staff Summaries & Recommendations

Research & Development
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If you are unable to access the Internet to complete an online application, please contact Commission grants staff.

 

If you have saved an online application and want to continue working on it, follow the link to your account that is located in the e-mail sent to you when you created an account.

 

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Economic Impact of
Virginia Tobacco
Commission

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Performance
Measures Report
May 2011

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Press Releases
and Media

Bristol Virginia Utilities
Reserve Fund

Campbell County
Intersections, Inc.

Charlotte County
Genesis Products, Inc.

City of Danville
EIT, LLC

Dinwiddie County
Spiniello Company

Henry County
ICF International

The Tile Shop
Monogram Foods

City of Galax
Guardian Industries

Martinsville
Progress Park
Martinsville Speedway

Mecklenburg County
10/5/10 - Home Care Industries

9/3/10 - Microsoft
Régitex USA

Sussex County
Wood Fuel Developers

Wythe County
Evatran to Invest
$3.5 Million

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Tobacco Commission's FY11 Annual Report

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