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Press Release Business Recruitment
Caroline County, Virginia

Board of Supervisors April 11, 2005
Gary Wilson, Director of Economic Development


The County Board of Supervisors is pleased to announce the recruitment of Quarles Petroleum Propane Rail Storage facility in Milford Industrial Park.


Quarles Petroleum has begun construction in the Milford Industrial Park. Completion is expected within 2005.

The Quarles recruitment has been on-going for two years. The Caroline County Department of Economic Development assisted the project through levering Department of Rail and Public Transportation Rail Industrial Access Program funding for the rail project. Quarles Petroleum will receive $300,000 from the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a rail siding for the movement of rail cars at the site.

The rail project further upgrades the industrial site at the Southern end of the Milford industrial area. Additional sites are available for future industrial rail projects.

To learn more about industrial sites in Caroline County visit us on the internet at: www.visitcaroline.com. Industrial sites are located at “Economic Development”; click on “Available Property.”

For additional Information:
gwilson@co.caroline.va.us
804.633.4074
Gary R. Wilson, Director