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Evonik Industries Opens New Business and Innovation Center in Chesterfield
 
John Blackwell | Richmond Times-Dispatch | Full Article

Evonik Industries, a Germany-based chemicals maker with operations in the Richmond area, has opened a new business and innovation center in Chesterfield County.

 

The company first announced plans early in 2014 to invest more than $15 million to renovate a building in the Chesterfield Airport Industrial Park to serve as a research and development facility.

Localities Look to Expose Students to the Workforce Early in Life
 

Amir Vera | The Progress-Index | Full Article   

 

The workforce of tomorrow.

 

That's been the mission of the Tri-Cities over the last decade as programs have begun in different localities to give young adults first-hand experience in a professional setting. The reason for the rise of these programs is the growing trend of young adults in today's workforce. In 2014, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 27.3 percent of the workforce was between the ages of 16 and 19 years old. The region, however, is looking to start training these young people from an even earlier age.