Innovative workforce training initiatives benefit companies

Tuesday, June 18
Leigh Cockram
Southern Virginia Regional Alliance

Southern Virginia is already home to a strong plastics and polymers industry cluster, and this is not by accident.

Companies like Presto Products,... Read more.

Angie’s Hats offers ‘something unique’

Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2013
By Patti Okeefe Work It, SoVa

Francis Brayboy’s hats are like no one else’s in Southside Virginia.

Brayboy, who owns Angie’s Hats in Danville, explained she travels all over the country... Read more.

River District draws another business

Thursday, June 6, 2013 7:04
By DENICE THIBODEAU
Work It, SoVa

Another empty downtown building has found a new owner: the former hardware store at 527 Main St. will be the new home of FCS Inc.

Conrad Smith, CEO of... Read more.

New public parking lot opens in 500 block of Main Street

A new public parking located in the 500 block of Main Street in the heart of the River District is now open. The landscaped lot provides 30 spaces, including two handicapped spaces.

Parking will be limited to two hours... Read more.

River District draws $78 million in private investment

May 31, 2013

The River District has attracted $78 million in private investment over five years, according to figures presented Thursday by the city of Danville’s Office of Economic Development. That figure outpaces... Read more.

Breakfast celebrates Business Appreciation Week

Thursday, May 30, 2013
Work It, SoVa

A special breakfast to celebrate Business Appreciation Week will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Institute for Advanced Learning & Research.

The event will feature... Read more.

Part of Main Street Construction Finished in Danville

Posted: May 28, 2013
Whitney Delbridge

A large portion of phase one construction on Main Street in Danville is complete.

Last week paving on the first block of Main Street finally wrapped up after months of work.
... Read on...

WebParts moving to Main Street

WebParts is moving from its leased location in the Masonic building to 415 Main St. Mainland has purchased and is renovating the three floor, 20,000-square-foot space. He is not changing the façade or doing a more stringent... Read more

Allergy Relief Lozenges Company Moving to River District

Danville, VA-- One company is bringing 150 new jobs to Danville and investing $7.5 million.

The city of Danville announced on Thursday that an allergy relief lozenges company, named Allergease, is moving to Danville's... Read more.

River District Welcomes Allergy Relief

May 23, 2013

DANVILLE, Va. – AllergEase™ plans to locate its distribution operations and corporate headquarters to Danville’s River District with support from the Tobacco Commission and the City of Danville. The company’s... Read more.

Breakfast To Celebrate Business Appreciation Week

In celebration of Business Appreciation Week, the City of Danville Economic Development, Pittsylvania County, and the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce are hosting a breakfast meeting on “Growing Your Business... Read more.

Developer bets on Danville revitalization

BY MARY BETH JACKSON
Work It, SoVa
05/21/2013

In apartment 100, pinches of grass seed softly flutter to the worn hardwood when people walk on the floor above.

Stephen J. Staats of the Richmond company EarthMark... Read more.

JTI ups donation for River District Gateway centerpiece

Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
By DENICE THIBODEAU

The fountain that will be the centerpiece of Danville’s River District Gateway Park is getting some extra bells and whistles, thanks to an additional donation of $65... Read more.

The best data center location: Where infrastructure, training and location meet

Monday, May 6, 2013
By Leigh Cockram
Southern Virginia Regional Alliance

Southern Virginia makes it a priority to develop workforce training programs to support not only our existing businesses, but also to support... Read more.

Urban, sleek designs meet with history in new apartments

Posted: Friday, May 3, 2013 6:59 pm
BY JOHN R. CRANE
Work It, SoVa

Apartments and commercial units are available for lease in Danville’s Tobacco Warehouse District.

Realtors and the owners of the Smith Seeds... Read more.

Mega projects may be in line for mega bucks

Posted: Friday, May 3, 2013 6:48 pm
BY JOHN R. CRANE
Work It, SoVa

Berry Hill industrial mega park, a genomic sequencing center and the Southside Virginia Regional Alliance may be getting more than $7 million from the... Read more.

New projects ready to launch in Danville

Thursday, May 2, 2013 9:37 pm
By DENICE THIBODEAU
Work It, SoVa

Two more projects will soon get underway in Danville’s River District with the former Wise-Hundley building up for renovations and the Commonwealth... Read more.

Goodyear swings to first quarter profit, beats estimate

Posted: Friday, April 26, 2013 6:54 pm
Associated Press

CLEVELAND — Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reported a profit for the first quarter on Friday as lower raw material costs helped offset the effect of a decline in... Read on...

JTI Leaf Services to invest $7.5 million to upgrade processing facility

Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that JTI Leaf Services will invest $7.5 million in new tobacco processing technology at its facility in Danville. The facility employs more than 270 full-time and seasonal individuals.... Read more.

Phase Two of River District Development Project to Begin Monday

Apr 21, 2013 5:51 PM
By Tola Adamson

Danville, VA-- Downtown Danville is in the second year of its River District Development Project and there's still more changes to come.

We mentioned last week, that starting... Read more.

Martin Luther King Bridge Approach Detour

Department of Public Works
Engineering Division

Beginning Monday, April 22, 2013, weather and conditions permitting, the northbound diagonal approach to the Martin Luther King Bridge in front of Lou’s Antiques will be... Read more.

Governor McDonnell Announces Expansion of CBN Secure Technologies in Danville

RICHMOND - Governor Bob McDonnell today announced the expansion of CBN Secure Technologies, Inc. in Danville, Virginia to meet increased demand for its identification solutions. The expansion will result in approximately 25... Read on...

Patton Street will become two-way street on Friday

The city of Danville Public Works Department will permanently convert a stretch of Patton Street from one-way traffic to two-way traffic on Friday, weather permitting. The two-way conversion will extend from Craghead Street... Read more.

EcomNets Cloud Computing & Data Center Achieves PCI Compliance

March 25, 2013

EcomNets (www.EcomNets.com), the leading provider of enterprise software, cloud computing and data center solutions, today announced that it has achieved certification of Payment Card Industry Data... Read more.

Wheels spin to bring new jobs to Danville

Posted: Monday, March 18, 2013
By DENICE THIBODEAU
Danville Register & Bee

Last fall, while Mike Farless, CEO of Macerata Wheels LLC and his partner, Chris Joy, were considering locations in South Carolina, a friend... Read more.

Workforce Training Gives Advantage to Danville for New Employer

DANVILLE, Va. – Macerata Wheels LLC announced plans today to locate its manufacturing and distribution operations to 1000 Lockett Drive in Danville. The location was selected because of its proximity to the workforce... Read more

‘Pulse of economic life’ indicates Danville on the upswing

Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2013
BY MARY BETH JACKSON
Work It, SoVa

Danville’s economy may be rebounding if two traditional bellwethers of economic health are correct.

Meals and sales tax revenues are on the... Read more.

Initiative is focused and employer driven

Posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 8:46 pm
By Leigh Cockram
Southern Virginia Regional Alliance

Southern Virginia faces the same workforce issues that communities throughout the US do: changing structure of the labor... Read more.

Former mall tenant sees new life downtown

Posted: Wednesday, March 6, 2013
BY MARY BETH JACKSON Work It, SoVa

Xinia West and a small crew were keeping up with orders Wednesday afternoon while getting things more organized after a hurried move to Main Street... Read on...

Tech Summit talks trends in information technology

Posted: Thursday, March 7, 2013
BY MARY BETH JACKSON

One of the trends at the intersection of technology and business is “BYOD,” which stands for “bring your own device.”

Employees increasingly want to use their... Read on...

Tech Summit coming Thursday

Posted: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 7:22 pm
By Southern Piedmont Technology Council

A daylong summit scheduled for Thursday in Danville will shine the spotlight on emerging technologies for wireless networks, mobile devices... Read more.

Successful Mid-Atlantic Broadband Fiber Builds Create New Opportunities for Southern Virginia

March 5, 2013
Mid-Atlantic Broadband

South Boston, Va. - Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation (MBC) is nearing the June 2013 finish line of two (2) fiber optic network expansion projects. These projects were... Read more.

River District project in full swing

Posted: Monday, March 4, 2013
By DENICE THIBODEAU
Danville Register & Bee

Anyone traveling Main Street through Danville’s River District quickly realizes a lot is going on, with cars and pedestrians dodging traffic... Read more.

Focus Sharpened for Conferencing Activites

Tuesday, February 26, 2013
ICC News

The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research has begun to focus its conferencing activities to align more closely with its mission and mandate of creating business development... Read more.

Owners to Give Piedmont Mall New Look, New Name

February 26, 2013
Courtesy of Hull Storey Gibson Companies

DANVILLE, Va. - Today, Hull Storey Gibson Companies, LLC, owner of the Piedmont Mall announced that it will embark on a redevelopment plan in an effort to... Read more.

Ringgold company finds new use for tobacco: fuel

Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2013

BY JOHN R. CRANE
Work It, SoVa

RINGGOLD — A firm at the Dan River Business Development Center is taking sugar and oil from tobacco to make ethanol and biodiesel.

Peter... Read more.

Gamewood offers Internet TV in Danville

Getting TV over broadband fiber is the best way to watch high definition television, one local provider says.

And without the city’s efforts to build out broadband with the nDanville network and its connection to the... Read more »

Danville company grows to connect businesses to IT services

Running a business requires documents, data and administrative or back-office functions.

Horizontech Inc., a global technology services company that’s been headquartered in Danville since 2007, helps companies or... Read more »

A River District renaissance

The city of Danville and Danville Regional Foundation are working together to bring about a renaissance of Danville’s River District — an area spanning from Ridge Street to Riverside Drive and Poplar Street to the Carrington... Read more »

Supercomputing buzzing in Danville

Danvillian Phillip Hayes Jr. loved deconstructing and toying with his computer as a kid.

After earning a master’s degree in computer science from Purdue University, he never expected to find a job in his chosen career... Read more »

Danville tobacco company partners with Institute

JTI Leaf Services in Danville partnered with the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research for needed laboratory services to ensure quality tobacco blends.

Since the announcement of the joint venture company in 2009,... Read more »

Startup, store may come to Danville downtown

Board members of the Industrial Development Authority of Danville on Thursday approved financial help to renovate space downtown so a small startup technology-based company could lease it.

The space in the top floor of... Read more »

Danville-designed battery passes go-kart test

On Thursday, LiFeBatt USA in Danville tested a prototype battery pack on an electric go-kart inside Dan River Grand Prix on Riverside Drive.

LiFeBatt CEO Don Harmon and Chief Operating Officer Michelle Robinson seized the... Read more »

Danville college focuses on training students to get jobs

Danville Community College has taken an aggressive role in training Southside’s workforce.

The college even has a whole facility — RCATT — dedicated to training to assist with economic development.

Each year DCC... Read more »

A New Economic Outlook Report is Now Available!

In this document, you will find key pieces of data that will give you a clear view of the city of Danville’s economic condition.

Southside cooperative expands to attract money, jobs

High-tech companies wouldn’t want to come to the region without access to broadband to send large amounts of data quickly.

Twelve years ago, Southside leaders foresaw the need for the rural region to be able to compete... Read more »

New office space available in the River District

The River District is now home to 7,056 square feet of new office space. Our Common Ground LLC, a company owned by Danvillian Barry Koplen and former Danvillian Sarah Lee Michaels, has purchased and renovated the former... Read more »