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Gerdau is the leading company in the production of long steel in the Americas and one of the major suppliers of specialty long steel in the world. With more than 45,000 employees, Gerdau has an installed capacity of more than 25 million metric tons of steel and is the largest recycler in Latin America, and around the world, it transforms millions of metric tons of scrap into steel every year.  

 

 

Local Entrepreneur Spotlight: 'Nurse Nicole' Now Available at Stuffy Bear Factories in Chesterfield County

Nurse Nicole Brown, one of VGR's Gateway Center for Enterprise's most successful entrepreneurs, has developed an entire line of books, dolls and videos that provide young girls with positive role models and medical career aspirations.

 

Also sold online, Brown's line "Nurse Nicole" is now available for the first time in store at Stuffy Bear in Chesterfield Towne Center Mall and Stony Point Shopping Center. The items for sale include her t-shirts, stuffed bears and books. 

RBC Receives Grant for Advancing Military Degrees
 
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PETERSBURG - Richard Bland College has received a $25,000 grant from the Dominion Foundation for program development with the Army Logistics University (ALU) at Fort Lee. This program will make it possible for soldiers training at ALU to receive college credit for army training that can be applied to an Associate of Science in Business Administration with a Logistics Certificate.