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SOVA Task Force hosts series of webinars highlighting workforce solutions from local agencies and service providers to address some of the resulting workforce problems after impact of COVID-19
Workforce Solutions Beginning May 3 and continuing on a weekly basis until the end of the month, the SOVA Task Force is presenting a series of webinars in which panelist from a broad array or agencies and organizations will share contact information and resources around emerging workforce problems resulting from the impacts of COVID-19. See the...
Tobacco Commission approves grants for 16 projects including Patrick County Business Development Center
The Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission has approved funding for 16 projects across Southwest and Southside. The grants were approved at the commission’s meeting in Bristol on Thursday. The largest is $800,000 to help expand rail service at the future Blue Star medical glove manufacturing site in Wythe County; the smallest is $2,500...
Danville Community College and Danville-Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce awarded $850,000 cybersecurity grant from the Department of Labor
Danville Community College’s (DCC) Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has been awarded an $850,000 grant from the United States Department of Labor to create the DCC Cybersecurity Short-term Training Initiative, the College today announced. In earning this grant from the Federal government, the College will develop a virtual program, certified by...
ODU Launches Virginia’s First Four-Year Manufacturing Engineering Technology Degree
The new program will be offered on Old Dominion University’s Norfolk campus and at a satellite campus based at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville Old Dominion University (ODU) will launch Virginia’s first four-year degree in manufacturing engineering technology (MfgET) at its Norfolk campus, as well as a satellite campus...
Making headway | Industrial interest blossoms across region
Corporate investments are on the upswing in Southern Virginia, along with a desire to increase production, says Linda Green, executive director of the Southern Virginia Regional Alliance. “People have a lot of pent-up demand, and companies are responding to that,” she says. “We have lots of interest and activity.” Companies are choosing Southern...
S0VA Region Sees Six Years of Unprecedented Growth
Economic development announcements in the Southern Virginia (SOVA) Region have surpassed previous trends. Over the past six years the regional and local economic development team, including the City of Danville and Patrick, Pittsylvania and Halifax Counties, has attracted 3,216 jobs and over $700 million in capital investment, recruiting 23...
State awards $7M in grants to help with site readiness
11 commercial sites across state receive VEDP funding PUBLISHED JANUARY 14, 2022 BY ROBYN SIDERSKY Eleven commercial projects across the commonwealth will get a boost to help with site readiness, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. The Virginia Business Ready Site program, administered by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, awarded...
Governor Northam Announces $150 Million to Recruit Companies to the Commonwealth
Funding develops new and existing business-ready industrial sites DANVILLE—Governor Ralph Northam today continued his ‘Thank You, Virginia’ Tour, announcing that his proposed budget will include $150 million to expand the Virginia Business Ready Site Program. The new funding will dramatically increase the marketability of sites across the...
Governor Northam Announces Expansion of Wood Products Company in Patrick County
Flooring manufacturer to invest $9.3 million and purchase more than $18 million of Virginia forest products Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Ten Oaks, LLC, a manufacturer of high-quality residential hardwood floors, will invest nearly $9.3 million in Patrick County to construct a state-of-the-art hardwood sorting and stacking facility....
Tyson Foods Breaks Ground on New Facility in Cane Creek Centre Nearly 400 jobs to be created by $300 million project
Tyson Foods Breaks Ground on New Facility in Cane Creek Centre Nearly 400 jobs to be created by $300 million project Virginia Governor Ralph Northam joined many local and regional officials at the Cane Creek Centre in Ringgold to celebrate the groundbreaking of Tyson Foods' $300 million, 325,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing...