Weekly Newsletter
June 16, 2016
In the News
Steam Bell Beer Works Opens Brewery in Chesterfield

Petersburg Chamber Hosts Ribbon Cutting at The Bucket Trade

Hopewell Downtown Partnership Seeks to Bring Community, Business Back to City's Core 
Partner Spotlight
With four chapels to serve you, J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Homes is the most convenient funeral home in the area. All four locations in Petersburg, Hopewell, Chesterfield and Dinwiddie offer comfortable facilities for family and friends to gather and parking is spacious and well lit in the evenings. They also offer advance planning, memorial, burial, cremation, pets and aftercare services. 
 
 

Chesterfield Economic Development | Full Article
 
From December 2014 to December 2015, employment increased in 308 of the 342 largest U.S. counties, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported yesterday.

During that period, Chesterfield County added jobs at the fourth-fastest rate in the country. From the 4th quarter of 2014 to the 4th quarter of 2015, employment in Chesterfield County grew by 6.0%. The increase for the entire United States was 1.9% for the same period. 
Hopewell/Prince George Chamber is Developing Tourism Strategy

Virginia Business | Full Article
 
The Hopewell/Prince George Chamber of Commerce is developing a five-year strategic plan to attract more visitors to the area.

The chamber has chosen Marshall Murdaugh, a tourism marketing and strategic planning consultant, to produce the plan. Funded by a mini-grant to the HPG Chamber from the Virginia Tourism Corp., Murdaugh started his work with a tour of the area earlier this month.