Hite, Miles Appointed to Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission

STATEWIDE – State officials and Governor Ralph Northam announced this month that several members of the Southside Virginia area would be part of the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission.

Among those members were Richard T. Hite, Jr. of Kenbridge and Jordan Miles III of Buckingham.

Hite is the owner and operator of Hite Farming, LLC. He graduated from Central High School and then Longwood College with a B.S. Degree in Business Administration in 1997 and has been actively working with his father in the tobacco and cattle farming operation located in Kenbridge. 

Miles is a graduate of Buckingham County Public Schools and Longwood University, where he majored in history, geography and political science. He is now the District Four Supervisor, Buckingham County Board of Supervisors, and Director of Nutrition and Transportation, Piedmont Senior Resources Area Agency on Aging, Inc.

The Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission was created by the 1999 General Assembly. Its mission is the promotion of economic growth and development in formerly tobacco-dependent communities.