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GSO Aviation to Relocate to Danville
U.S. Senator Mark Warner announced the relocation of GSO Aviation, Inc. from Greensboro to Airside Industrial Park in Danville. GSO Aviation is a Federal Aviation Administration certified company specializing in the repair and servicing of hydraulic components used on aircraft. The company will occupy a new, custom built facility which will...
Virginia Focuses on Revitalizing Rural Communities
The center's reach spans 16 counties and surrounding cities and has contributed millions to the economy in an area traditionally known for long-gone trades like textile manufacturing, which has gone overseas, and for its role in growing crops like tobacco. The demise of that economy left the area with generations of families where education...
Bolling hails start of Southern Virginia Regional Alliance
The partners in the venture — Halifax, Pittsylvania, Henry and Patrick counties, and the cities of Danville and Martinsville — offer an abundance of industrial parks, shell buildings and other enticements, and the job of the Alliance will be to sell these regional assets to site selection decision-makers. Bolling expressed optimism that the...
Alliance aims to market region
The alliance is a marketing partnership between Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania and Halifax counties, and the cities of Martinsville and Danville. Leigh Cockram, formerly vice president of the EDC, became the alliance's first director June 15. Cockram said once a lead for a new industrial project is generated, her job is to determine which...
AERIAL Machine and Tool opens third plant
AERIAL Machine and Tool Corporation was founded by Benjamin Kurz in Long Island City, NY in 1926. Aerial Machine & Tool located its main office and plant on U.S. Route 58, JEB Stuart Highway, Vesta, VA in 1988. AERIAL is a prime contractor for the US Department of Defense and the company specializes in life-safety equipment, parachute...
Alliance hopes teamwork will add up to more jobs for Southside
Other areas in the state have similar workforce and incentives. What it will come down to is "product" like available industrial parks, shell buildings and graded shovel-ready sites. One hurdle will be changing the mindset about rural areas because in actuality, the region isn't outdated but progressive, she said. It has major airports within 50...
ICF announces 539 new jobs for Henry County
ICF International, a global professional services firm, will establish its first operations center for Business Process Management (BPM) in Henry County. The $15 million center will create 539 new jobs. Governor McDonnell said, "This project is truly transformational for Henry County. ICF International is a Virginia-headquartered company that was...
Regional economic alliance has big hopes for Southern Virginia
How to get jobs in Southern Virginia is a question county and city leaders have struggled with for years. They hope part of the solution will come with help from a new economic development alliance. The Southern Virginia Regional Alliance covers four counties and two cities and will look at how to market big businesses in the region. Those...
Bill Bolling kicks off regional alliance with cooperation theme
Approximately 50 government and economic development leaders from the partnering localities attended the kick-off event for the alliance whose purpose is to target concentrated job creation. Bolling has been instrumental in the creation of the alliance from suggesting the regions form a partnership to "dangling a couple hundred thousand dollars...
Alliance on a mission to bring jobs to Southside
The Southern Virginia Regional Alliance will place the region on the map for business leaders and prospective companies, leaders say. "I think this is going to be the extra boost we need to take our economic development efforts in Southern Virginia to the next level, and I think we're going to see that pay off over the course of the months and...