Virginia's Region 2000 Partnership
Phone: 434-845-2000
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Reminder: Partnership Annual Report Breakfast to be held April 28
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Sponsor: Wiley|Wilson
 Virginia's Region 2000 Partnership and sponsor, Wiley|Wilson, will hold a special breakfast event on April 28, 8-9:30 a.m. at Liberty University's Williams Stadium football operations center. Bryan David of the Economic Development Council will provide a 30-minute update on the progress Region 2000 partner organizations are making and you will hear about exciting developments from the Center for Advanced Engineering & Research. A few seats are still available. Please RSVP no later than Friday, April 24 to: kwhite@region2000.org or call 434-847-1447.
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Tech Council to host annual awards event on May 19
Reserve your tickets today!
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 Reserve your spot now for the Tech Council's 8th Annual Awards Banquet to be held May 19 at the Kirkley Hotel in Lynchburg. This year's keynote speaker will be Jim Batterson, Senior Advisor to the Commonwealth on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) initiatives. Reception begins at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m., followed by awards and the keynote address. Tickets are $60 per person or $50 each for parties of two or more. A limited number of reserved tables for eight are available at $375. Please RSVP to: rsvp@region2000.org or call Kathy White at 434-847-1447.
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Preston Bryant reports on economy during annual dinner meeting
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 Preston Bryant, Virginia's Secretary of Natural Resources, told attendees at the Region 2000 Local Government Council's annual dinner meeting on Thursday, April 16 that he and his colleagues from Gov. Tim Kaine's administration are dealing with the budget process "very thoughfully", even in "crisis management mode." He said the Commonwealth priorities continue to focus on transportation, Pre-K education, the environment, and healthcare. Secretary Bryant said that Virginia is one of four states recognized by Pew Center on the States for its approach to budgeting and management as an effective decision-making strategy for addressing current fiscal challenges. (See more about that here.)
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University-based economic developers come to Lynchburg to learn how Region 2000 brought together community and industry leaders to create the CAER
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 More than two dozen university-based officials and economic developers from throughout the Commonwealth came together in Lynchburg to hear a panel discussion that centered around opportunities that exist in tech-based economic development, such as the work being done by the Center for Advanced Engineering & Research (CAER). The half-day panel and Q&A session was sponsored by Virginia's University Based Economic Development Group (UBED) and moderated by Bob Bailey, executive director of the CAER.
Panel representatives included educators from LU, Virginia Tech, UVA and CVCC, as well as industry officials from AREVA and AMTI, and economic developers from Region 2000. The purpose was to explore a model for community and industry-driven partnerships crossing silos between workforce and economic development, universities and community colleges, and companies. "When you have a vision and you know where you want to go, things have a way of coming together," CVCC President Darrel Staat told the attendees in his comments about the history and growth of the CAER. Each panel representative gave an account of the value that the CAER brings to the region from their perspective. "When it comes to company support, it just makes good business sense to invest some of our R&D money with the CAER which can help offset our research workload and grow knowledge creation in the region at the same time," said Jim Hicks, VP of AREVA NP and CAER Board Chairman.
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Also check out CAER groups on Linkedin: Energy Innovation; Wireless Technologies; or Science and Engineering Workforce. |
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Governor Kaine announces expansion of passenger rail service to Lynchburg
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 Governor Timothy M. Kaine joined Norfolk Southern Railway CEO Wick
Moorman on April 1, 2009 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between Virginia
and Norfolk Southern Railway for the construction of infrastructure
improvements to support new freight and passenger service to the
Lynchburg region. The agreement will double passenger rail train service for residents
of Central Virginia this fall.
Pictured: General Assembly members from Charlottesville,
Roanoke and Lynchburg, along with Lynchburg City and
Amtrak officials join Gov. Tim Kaine in the signing ceremony at Kemper Street Station on April 1.
Read Governor's press release here.
Read News & Advance story here.
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Looking to get your business noticed by young professionals? Consider sponsoring a 5:35 social event!
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 The Young Professionals of Central Virginia (YPCV) is looking for "YP Friendly" businesses to sponsor its monthly 5:35 social events. Since October 2008, the YPCV has grown its membership by 42 percent. Abe Loper, executive director, wants to give you an opportunity to talk about your business at one of these events.
Contact Abe Loper at 434-847-1447 or aloper@region2000.org.
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Virginia's Business One Stop system helps new business owners get started
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 Virginia's Business One Stop system is a service provided by the Virginia Department of Business Assistance. The One Stop system will help you determine business formation requirements based on your specific type of business. In addition, the system will pre-fill some of the forms required to start your business. Visit http://www.virginia.gov/bos/index.html to learn more.
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CVCC to graduate 25 students from Early College Program
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 On May 14, Central Virginia Community College (CVCC) will graduate a unique group of younger students. College diplomas will be awarded to 25 students who are participating in the CVCC Early College program. In this group, there are 23 from Bedford County and two from Appomattox County. These ambitious students will have completed a two-year college degree while earning their high school diploma at the same time. In fact, they will pick up their CVCC diplomas in May and receive their high school diplomas the following month. Read full release here.
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Sweet Briar receives NSF grant to help increase number of female engineers
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 Sweet Briar Engineering has received a $563,500 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), with $490,000 of that amount designated for need- and merit-based scholarships. Four-year scholarships of $10,000 per year will be available to seven qualified first-year students enrolling in the fall of 2010 and seven additional students enrolling in the fall of 2011. Read more here.
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Virginia's Region 2000 Partnership serves 10 localities and is made up of the Economic Development Council, Technology Council, Center for Advanced Engineering and Research, Local Government Council, The Workforce Investment Board, and the Young Professionals of Central Virginia. We welcome your comments or story ideas.
Traci Blido, Program Mgr./Communications Officer
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