Weekly Newsletter
June 2, 2016
In the News
Chesterfield Names Top New Executive
 
VSU One of the Top 20 Best Colleges for African Americans 
 
Local Antique Store Opens Second Location in Dinwiddie
Partner Spotlight
 Froehling & Robertson, Inc. is a multi-disciplinary engineering firm that provides clients with the full range of services, including - but not limited to - core competencies of construction materials testing and geotechnical and environmental engineering. In support of this mission, F&R maintains a fleet of drilling equipment as well as accredited geotechnical and construction material testing laboratories that are utilized by each of our dozen offices. These offices, which are strategically located throughout the Mid-Atlantic, possess the local resources needed to deliver the quick, efficient, and cost-effective service F&R's clients rightfully demand. 
 
 
Hopewell on Economic Roll After a History of Boom and Bust

Sarah Vogelsong | The Progress-Index | Full Article
 
For over 150 years, this prime parcel of land at the confluence of the Appomattox and James rivers has been characterized by a cycle of boom and bust. Even before the city of Hopewell was born, its predecessor, City Point, was one of the world's busiest ports, serving as the Union Army's major supply depot during the Civil War. When the war ended in 1865, so did the port.
 
Boom and bust. For years, Hopewell found a way to resurrect itself after every bust. But, like many small towns and cities throughout the United States, it faced a period of decline in the latter decades of the 20th century that lasted longer than any prior slump.  
A Future in Plastics

Sarah Vogelsong | The Progress-Index | Full Article
 
The Hopewell community got a few more details Tuesday afternoon about AdvanSix, the Honeywell spinoff company announced earlier this May.
 
Speaking at the Hopewell/Prince George Chamber of Commerce's fifth leadership and lunch program of the year, Dorene Billingsley, the director of operations for Honeywell's Hopewell plant, explained the move as a strategic decision by Honeywell to separate its resins and chemicals business from its largely high-tech-focused base.

"From a strategic standpoint, we don't always see eye to eye, and sometimes we are hampered in doing things in the chemical industry because this high-tech company doesn't understand why you would be doing those things," Billingsley said.