Lynchburg City Council gave the green light for a new hotel and an industrial food waste recycling facility. After sitting vacant for years, the former location of Billy Joe’s Ice Cream parlor will be demolished by Richmond-based Sandpipe Hospitality to make way for its new WoodSpring Suites Hotel at 310 and 312 Border St. near the Candlers Mountain Road exit of the Lynchburg Expressway. Read The News & Advance story here