Industrial Development Authority

The Industrial Development Authority seven-member Board of Directors is appointed by the Board of Supervisors to serve four-year terms. The IDA may issue bonds, buy and sell property, and conduct the business of Industrial Development Authority as set forth in the Code of Virginia, Section 15.2-4901 (1950, as amended and the Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act Chapter 49, Title 15.2 of the code of Virginia 1950 as amended.) The IDA works to provide an expanded tax base for Clarke County as an added or growing revenue stream.

Current Members:

Marcy Cantatore
Brian Ferrell, Chair
James George
Ted Guarriello
Rodney Pierce
Isreal Preston, Treasurer
William Waite, Vice Chair
David Weiss, Board of Supervisors liaison

Industrial Development Authority quarterly meetings are in the second-floor meeting space of the Berryville-Clarke County Government Center located at 101 Chalmers Ct. in Berryville, Va. All meetings are open to the public.

The Industrial Development Authority of Clarke County does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from public assistance programs, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program of activity funded by USDA Rural Development.

For more information contact:

Michelle Ridings
Director of Economic Development & Tourism
(540) 955-5107
(540) 955-5180 (fax)
mridings@clarkecounty.gov