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Off-market outreach · Central Virginia EDA partnerships

Three counties. One 15-minute ask.

Three addressable letter blocks — one each to the Economic Development Authorities of Fluvanna, Buckingham, and Cumberland counties — prospecting 2,000–10,000 sq ft of light-industrial, flex, or warehouse space within a 30–45 minute drive of Charlottesville. Print to PDF for hand-delivery, or hand-edit and email.

Report #1769303 · why three letters, not one

The off-market inventory that CoStar and LoopNet cannot see.

The top recommendation from the Cold-Chain & Sourcing Survey (Report #1769303) is that in rural Central Virginia, off-market inventory is the real inventory. The flex and light-industrial spaces that fit IronRoost’s processing and cold-chain build — 2,000–10,000 sq ft with dock, three-phase power, and ceiling clearance — rarely list publicly. They pass county-to-county through Economic Development Authority offices, planning district commissions, and word of mouth among local growers and processors.

Three counties in the 30–45 minute ring around Charlottesville have demonstrable flex/warehouse availability that the survey surfaced: Fluvanna (Palmyra industrial park and adjacent shell buildings), Cumberland (1 Courthouse Circle / EDA-managed properties south of Cartersville), and Buckingham (the 160-acre Industrial Park on West James Anderson Highway). Each of those counties has a single point of contact who already knows which shell buildings and flex pads have sat vacant and which EDA-held parcels can absorb a build-to-suit. The three letters below are the entry point.

“The most promising leads did not surface through any commercial listing platform — they surfaced through three county EDAs within a 30–45 minute drive of Charlottesville. Off-market inventory is the inventory that actually exists for our use case.” — Report #1769303, Cold-Chain & Sourcing Survey, top recommendation.
Letter 1 of 3 · Fluvanna County Economic Development Authority
IronRoost Farms, Inc.
Vertically Integrated Specialty-Crop & Poultry • Central Virginia
2593 Cougar Lane  •  Locust Grove, VA 22508  •  ironroost-farms@polsia.app
July 19, 2026
Jennifer Schmack
Director of Economic Development
Fluvanna County Economic Development Authority
P.O. Box 540
Palmyra, VA 22963
RE: IronRoost Farms, Inc. — Central Virginia specialty-crop producer seeking 2,000–10,000 sq ft of flex / light-industrial space — Request for Introductory Meeting
Dear Ms. Schmack,

I am writing to introduce IronRoost Farms, Inc. — a vertically integrated Virginia C-Corporation (SCC #12012225) building a specialty-crop platform out of Locust Grove — and to ask Fluvanna County’s Economic Development Authority for a 15-minute introductory conversation. We are actively prospecting for light-industrial, flex, or warehouse space between 2,000 and 10,000 sq ft, ideally within a 30–45 minute drive of Charlottesville, and the YesFluvanna industrial-park footprint around Palmyra is on our short list of where we would actively seek to site the next phase of our operations.

Specifically, our next phase needs a facility that can serve as a produce aggregation, packing, and cold-chain hub for a network of fair-contract growers and a small on-site processing line for our specialty-crop and poultry side streams. The ideal footprint is 4,000–8,000 sq ft of conditioned warehouse with a dock or dock-compatible grade-level door, three-phase power, ceiling clearance sufficient for a small refrigerated room, and proximity to a workforce willing to learn food-safety SOPs. Build-to-suit on a Fluvanna County EDA parcel is acceptable, and a turn-key shell building is even better. We are open to conversation about incentives, lease terms, and phased move-in.

Why we are reaching out to Fluvanna first

The Cold-Chain & Sourcing Survey we are working from (Report #1769303) reached an unambiguous conclusion: in rural Central Virginia, off-market inventory is the real inventory. The flex and light-industrial spaces that fit our build — conditioned warehouse, three-phase power, dock, ceiling clearance — rarely list on CoStar or LoopNet. They surface through Economic Development Authority offices, planning district commissions, and grower-to-grower referral. Of the three counties in our 30–45 minute ring around Charlottesville with actually-available flex and warehouse capacity, Fluvanna is the closest to our existing grower network and to the Charlottesville buyer channel our produce and poultry already serve.

That is why three letters, not one, are going out the same week from this office — to the Fluvanna, Buckingham, and Cumberland county EDAs in parallel. We are not running a numbers game. We are asking each EDA director for the same 15 minutes of time, in the same call format, with the same back-of-envelope ask. The first county to identify a viable site, or to point us toward an off-market property their office already knows is sitting vacant, earns the next phase of our growth.

The ask — a 15-minute call and two specific windows

I would like to request a 15-minute introductory call at the director’s convenience. Two windows that work on our side: Tuesday, August 5 between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM Eastern, or Thursday, August 7 between 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM Eastern. Either can be confirmed by reply email to ironroost-farms@polsia.app or by phone to (804) 555–0140. During the call I will walk through our LFPP planning outputs, the off-market sourcing report behind this outreach, and a one-page space-program brief so the call stays concrete and decision-ready on the EDA side.

If there is a more appropriate point of contact in the EDA’s office — a deputy director, a board member, or a specific staffer who handles prospective tenants — I am glad to be redirected. The goal of the call is to put a real building or a real parcel on the short list before our August planning review, not to navigate the office’s organization chart.

About IronRoost Farms, Inc.

IronRoost Farms, Inc. is a vertically integrated Virginia C-Corporation (SCC #12012225) headquartered at 2593 Cougar Lane, Locust Grove, Virginia 22508. The company is led by Jean-Pierre Maldonado, sole director and officer. We are building a fair-contract producer network, a regional processing footprint, and a cold-chain distribution platform that competes with the consolidated poultry integrators on protein first and on specialty crops next. The platform is intentionally regional and intentionally Mid-Atlantic; we are not building a single farm, we are building infrastructure that lets independent farms compete.

We would be glad to share the LFPP planning outputs, the off-market sourcing report, and a one-page site-program brief in advance of the call if that is more useful to your office. Thank you for your time; we will follow up by email early next week if no specific time has been confirmed.

Respectfully,
Jean-Pierre Maldonado
Founder & Sole Director
IronRoost Farms, Inc.
Date:
Letter 2 of 3 · Buckingham County Economic Development Authority
Recipient-is-Administrator note: Buckingham County does not publish a separately named EDA director on its website; the County Administrator currently serves as the public point of contact for the EDA. Confirm the EDA chair or a designated EDA director before mailing. Sending to the County Administrator’s office at the address below keeps the letter on the EDA’s desk.
IronRoost Farms, Inc.
Vertically Integrated Specialty-Crop & Poultry • Central Virginia
2593 Cougar Lane  •  Locust Grove, VA 22508  •  ironroost-farms@polsia.app
July 19, 2026
Karl Carter
County Administrator
Buckingham County Economic Development Authority
P.O. Box 252
Buckingham, VA 23921
RE: IronRoost Farms, Inc. — Central Virginia specialty-crop producer seeking 2,000–10,000 sq ft of flex / light-industrial space — Request for Introductory Meeting
Dear Mr. Carter,

I am writing to introduce IronRoost Farms, Inc. — a vertically integrated Virginia C-Corporation (SCC #12012225) building a specialty-crop and poultry platform out of Locust Grove — and to ask Buckingham County’s Economic Development Authority for a 15-minute introductory conversation. We are actively prospecting for light-industrial, flex, or warehouse space between 2,000 and 10,000 sq ft, ideally within a 30–45 minute drive of Charlottesville, and the Buckingham Industrial Park footprint on West James Anderson Highway is squarely within our search radius for the next phase of our operations.

Our next-phase facility needs conditioned warehouse for produce aggregation, packing, and cold-chain hub work for a fair-contract grower network, plus a small on-site processing line for our specialty-crop and poultry side streams. The right footprint is 4,000–8,000 sq ft with a dock or dock-compatible grade-level door, three-phase power, ceiling clearance for a small refrigerated room, and proximity to a workforce willing to learn food-safety SOPs. We can move on a turn-key shell building or a build-to-suit parcel, and we are open to conversation about incentives, lease terms, and a phased move-in.

Why we are reaching out to Buckingham

The Cold-Chain & Sourcing Survey we are working from (Report #1769303) reached an unambiguous conclusion: in rural Central Virginia, off-market inventory is the real inventory. The flex and light-industrial spaces that fit our build — conditioned warehouse, three-phase power, dock, ceiling clearance — rarely list on CoStar or LoopNet. They surface through Economic Development Authority offices, planning district commissions, and grower-to-grower referral. Of the three counties in our 30–45 minute ring around Charlottesville with actually-available flex and warehouse capacity, Buckingham’s Industrial Park footprint is the one we are most under-represented in our existing grower channel — which is precisely why a conversation with the EDA points the way to facility leads we cannot see from our existing network.

Three letters, not one, are going out the same week from this office — to the Fluvanna, Buckingham, and Cumberland county EDAs in parallel — because the top recommendation of the sourcing survey specifically identifies the EDA directors in those three counties as the holders of the strongest facility leads. We are asking each EDA director for the same 15 minutes of time, in the same call format, with the same back-of-envelope ask. The first EDA that surfaces a viable site or off-market property earns our next phase of growth.

The ask — a 15-minute call and two specific windows

I would like to request a 15-minute introductory call at the EDA’s convenience. Two windows that work on our side: Tuesday, August 5 between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM Eastern, or Thursday, August 7 between 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM Eastern. The County Administrator’s office is welcome to redirect this letter to a board chair or designated EDA director if that is the appropriate path at your end. Either way, the goal of the call is to put a real building or a real parcel on our short list before our August planning review, not to navigate the office’s organization chart. I am happy to share the LFPP planning outputs, the off-market sourcing report, and a one-page space-program brief in advance if that is more useful.

Please reply to ironroost-farms@polsia.app or call (804) 555–0140 to confirm. A short paper letter on the EDA’s next regular meeting agenda would be a very welcome follow-up if a call cannot be scheduled inside the two windows above; we are prepared to wait the days it takes to land on a meeting date rather than pursue a less-aligned EDA inventory.

Respectfully,
Jean-Pierre Maldonado
Founder & Sole Director
IronRoost Farms, Inc.
Date:
Letter 3 of 3 · Cumberland County Economic Development Authority
Recipient-is-Administrator note: Cumberland County does not publish a separately named EDA director on its website; the Interim County Administrator currently serves as the public point of contact for the EDA, and the EDA phone routes through the Deputy Clerk’s office. Confirm the EDA chair or a designated EDA director before mailing. Sending to the Interim County Administrator’s office at the address below keeps the letter on the EDA’s desk.
IronRoost Farms, Inc.
Vertically Integrated Specialty-Crop & Poultry • Central Virginia
2593 Cougar Lane  •  Locust Grove, VA 22508  •  ironroost-farms@polsia.app
July 19, 2026
Summer Medina
Interim County Administrator
Cumberland County Economic Development Authority
P.O. Box 110
Cumberland, VA 23040
RE: IronRoost Farms, Inc. — Central Virginia specialty-crop producer seeking 2,000–10,000 sq ft of flex / light-industrial space — Request for Introductory Meeting
Dear Ms. Medina,

I am writing to introduce IronRoost Farms, Inc. — a vertically integrated Virginia C-Corporation (SCC #12012225) building a specialty-crop and poultry platform out of Locust Grove — and to ask the Cumberland County Economic Development Authority for a 15-minute introductory conversation. We are actively prospecting for light-industrial, flex, or warehouse space between 2,000 and 10,000 sq ft, ideally within a 30–45 minute drive of Charlottesville, and the Cumberland EDA’s courthouse-circle and Cartersville-adjacent inventory sits directly inside that search radius for our next phase of operations.

Our next-phase facility will serve as a produce aggregation, packing, and cold-chain hub for a fair-contract grower network, with a small on-site processing line for our specialty-crop and poultry side streams. The right footprint is 4,000–8,000 sq ft of conditioned warehouse with a dock or dock-compatible grade-level door, three-phase power, ceiling clearance sufficient for a small refrigerated room, and proximity to a workforce willing to learn food-safety SOPs. We are equally comfortable with a turn-key shell building or a build-to-suit parcel, and we are open to conversation about incentives, lease terms, and a phased move-in.

Why we are reaching out to Cumberland

The Cold-Chain & Sourcing Survey we are working from (Report #1769303) reached an unambiguous conclusion: in rural Central Virginia, off-market inventory is the real inventory. The flex and light-industrial spaces that fit our build — conditioned warehouse, three-phase power, dock, ceiling clearance — rarely list on CoStar or LoopNet. They surface through Economic Development Authority offices, planning district commissions, and grower-to-grower referral. Of the three counties in our 30–45 minute ring around Charlottesville with actually-available flex and warehouse capacity, Cumberland’s EDA holdings around the courthouse circle and along the US-60 corridor are the inventory our existing grower network is least likely to surface — which is why this letter is going out alongside the parallel outreach to the Fluvanna and Buckingham EDAs.

Three letters, not one, are going out the same week from this office to the three county EDAs the survey identified because the top recommendation specifically calls out those three county EDAs as the holders of the strongest facility leads. We are asking each EDA director for the same 15 minutes of time, in the same call format, with the same back-of-envelope ask. The first EDA that surfaces a viable site earns our next phase of growth.

The ask — a 15-minute call and two specific windows

I would like to request a 15-minute introductory call at the EDA’s convenience. Two windows that work on our side: Tuesday, August 5 between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM Eastern, or Thursday, August 7 between 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM Eastern. The Interim County Administrator’s office is welcome to redirect this letter to the EDA chair or to a designated EDA director if that is the appropriate path at your end. Either way, the goal of the call is to put a real building or a real parcel on our short list before our August planning review, not to navigate the office’s organization chart.

Please reply to ironroost-farms@polsia.app or call (804) 555–0140 to confirm the call or to redirect. A short paper letter on the EDA’s next regular meeting agenda is a welcome follow-up if a call cannot be scheduled inside the two windows above; we are prepared to wait the days it takes to land on a meeting date rather than pursue a less-aligned inventory.

Respectfully,
Jean-Pierre Maldonado
Founder & Sole Director
IronRoost Farms, Inc.
Date: