A Company Has Announced It Will Invest 35 Million In Southwest Virginia And Bring 160 Jobs To Washington And Smyth Counties. Speyside Bourbon Cooperage Incorporated Will Invest 26 Million To Establish A Bourbon Barrel Cooperage In Smyth County And Invest 9 Million In A New Stave Mill Facility In Washington County. The Operations Will Create 125 Jobs In Smyth County And 35 Jobs In Washington County. The Company Operates Stave Mills And Bourbon Cooperages In The U.S. With Facilities In Kentucky, Ohio And Bath County Virginia.