Weekly Newsletter
July 28, 2016
In the News
Fort Lee Welcomes New Garrison

Virginia's Unemployment Rate Drops to 3.7%

Virginia State University Receives Top Honors

Governor McAuliffe Announces Workforce Grant Program
Partner Spotlight
Established in 1905, William H. Talley & Son, Inc. has a long history with Virginia insurance. Five generations of the Talley family have now provided full-service insurance coverage to the Virginia community - they live for insurance. Located in historic downtown Petersburg, William H. Talley & Son are always reaching out to neighbors with services such as comprehensive insurance packages.

 
Business in the South is as Good as it Gets
Michael Randle | Southern Business and Development
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For those who still languish over "losing to China" or believe that the economy is still in recession, wake up and smell the data. Economic development in the South was about as good as it gets in calendar year 2015 according to the data.

Parts of this country, specifically the South, have become so cost competitive for industry that we are actually beating China at its own game, which it successfully implemented by capturing U.S.-based manufacturers by the thousands from the mid-'90s to 2010.
37 Students Attending 4th Annual Manufacturing Technology Camp
 
Contributed Report | Progress-Index | Full Article
 
Thirty-seven students signed up to participate in the fourth annual Dream It Do It Advanced Manufacturing & Technology Camp July 27 - 30 at Industrial TurnAround Corporation (ITAC), located at 13141 N. Enon Church Road.

The camp is sponsored by the Hopewell/Prince George Chamber, area manufacturers and school systems in the city of Hopewell and the counties of Dinwiddie and Prince George. Twelve students from Hopewell High School; 13 students from Dinwiddie High School and 12 students from Prince George High School will participate in the competition.