More than six and a half years have passed since the Main Street Arena on the Downtown Mall closed and demolished to make way for an office building, creating a long journey for area residents who want a place to ice skate indoors.
That may change in the near future as a company called Ice Park Holdings LLC has filed a special use permit request with Greene County to operate an indoor rink on Deerfield Drive right off of U.S. 29.
“The Ice Park Facility is planned to be approximately 32,000 SF with a seating capacity of about 200 seats,” reads the narrative for the project which has the title Ice Rink 2026. “There will be onsite parking with two vehicular access points: Deerfield Drive and the Shopping Center access road.”
The land is zoned Planned Unit Development and the permit is required for indoor recreation. The property is to the north of a shopping center that features a Food Lion as an anchor store. The narrative states this will complement nearby retail rather than compete.
“Rather than competing against the existing businesses, it should bring new customers and traffic from areas beyond their current service areas,” the narrative continues.
Greene County Planning and Zoning Administrator Jim Frydl said this will likely go before the Planning Commission on January 15, 2025 and the Board of Supervisors possibly on February 11, 2025.
The people organizing this effort have a Facebook group if you want to find out more.
Image caption and credit: A concept plan for the 32,000 square feet ice park facility to be constructed in Greene County (Credit: Hinchey & Baines PLC)
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