The popular convenience store and gas station chain Wawa announced that it would be hosting a Community Partnership Event to officially introduce itself to the Roanoke Community and share more details about its first wave of “Westward Virginia Expansion” on Tuesday,

You might want to sit down for the exciting news. After pulling the heartstrings of the residents in the Blue Ridge in recent months, Wawa has officially announced they are expanding westward into the Central and Southwestern Virginia regions.

Wawa is hosting a three-stop tour to mark its westward expansion. At the Lynchburg groundbreaking, representatives will come together to mark the beginning of construction with hard hats and shovels in hand.