Increasingly worried as to whether the Town would continue to be allowed to use the Cotton Yard property, Council hired an attorney to approach Norfolk Southern about purchasing the front portion of the Cotton Yard property where the police and fire stations were located.
The answer came in the form of an email on April 12, from a Norfolk representative to the Town’s attorney in the matter, Jim Meggs.
“Would the Town of Ridgeway be interested in purchasing the whole parcel? It is not in the best interest of Norfolk Southern to sell only the front of the parcel, losing the street frontage. We could agree to letting the whole parcel go for $35,000,” the representative wrote.
After considering the offer during executive session last week, Council voted in public session to accept it.
Councilman Angela Harrison told The Voice that she was not sure how long the purchasing process would take