Events Calendar    
March 9-13: 39th Annual Military Culinary Arts Competitive Training Event, Fort Lee Post Field House

March 27: VGR's 53rd Annual Meeting, Country Club of Petersburg

April 2: Gateway Center for Enterprise "Sharing Innovative Ideas" speaker series: Alyssa Thomas of Kiva Zip, VGR Office  
Partner Spotlight

Jacobs Financial Group is a trusted resource for retirement and financial and business succession planning, long-term care, and group and individual health insurance with and office in Chesterfield and access to over 100 investment and insurance companies. Jacobs is dedicated to helping individuals and businesses build and protect their assets. 
Old Electric Building being renovated as a food and music destination
Leah Small | The Progress-Index | Full Story

PETERSBURG - Blues, brews, food and good times could be coming to Petersburg with the restoration of the three-story old electric building into a blues lounge and microbrewery.

 

Frank Underwood Jr., who is working with partners on the restoration, said the House of Legends and Heroes brings a little bit of "L.A. casual" to Petersburg. The venue is scheduled to open in March 2015.

 

VSU to receive nearly $2 million in USDA grants
Staff Reports | The Progress-Index | Full Story

 

ETTRICK - Virginia State University will receive nearly $2 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that is intended to strengthen research and teaching at historically black land-grant universities.

 

VSU is among 17 schools that received 76 grants totaling more than $35 million as part of an ongoing effort for the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to foster partnerships with 1890 Historically Black Land-Grant Colleges and Universities and support educational opportunities for the next generation of farmers and ranchers.