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| April 19, 2011 | A Healthy Workforce Means Healthy Productivity
Businesses are increasingly aware of the bottom-line benefits to improving the health and wellness of their workforce. Companies are realizing higher productivity and lower health care costs through a variety of fitness and nutrition programs, and Lynchburg businesses and community organizations are getting ahead of the curve by supporting health and wellness initiatives. As part of the Lynchburg business community's commitment to health and wellness, the City has the opportunity to be nationally recongized as a "Runner Friendly Community," and you can help. Please click on the link below and complete the brief survey to gauge your support for the "Runner Friendly Community" designation and tell us about your company's health and wellness initiatives. Designation as a "Runner Friendly Community" shows that Lynchburg has the quality recreational infrastructure and local support for a vibrant, active running and walking community. Thank you for taking a moment to complete the survey. |
| April 2, 2011 | Downtown Lynchburg featured in New York Times! |
| March 16, 2011 | Lynchburg Museum System Featured In National Trust Website |
| March 15, 2011 | 
Amazement Square Celebrates its 10th Birthday
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| March 14, 2011 | New Jobs in City of Lynchburg
Delta Star, Inc. to invest $10 million to expand transformer production |
| March 11, 2011 | U.S. Navy Blue Angels confirm participation in the Lynchburg Regional Airshow May 21-22, 2011 |
| March 06, 2011 | Census 2010: Liberty University fuels Lynchburg's growth
The city's population has increased a whopping 15.8 percent -- practically unheard of for the commonwealth's stressed, independent and landlocked older cities. |
| March 4, 2011 | Daffodil Show Comes to Lynchburg |
| February 25, 2011 | Governor McDonnell Announces 177 New Jobs in City of Lynchburg
~ J.Crew to expand distribution facility ~ |
| November 18, 2010 | 2010 Digital Cities Survey Winners Announced
Lynchburg, VA listed as #2 city in the category: "30,000-74,999 population" By Matt Williams Government Technology |
| October 15, 2010 | Lynchburg gains ground on 'best-performing' list
A growing technology sector helped the Lynchburg region continue its climb on the Milken Institute's list of Best Performing Cities. News & Advance |
| October 1, 2010 | Adventure Town: Lynchburg, Virginia
Plan a long weekend getaway with our Lynchburg adventure guide, featuring great outdoor escapes, where to stay, and where to eat. National Geographic |
| October 1, 2010 | Thriving in a Decade of Turmoil
The last 10 years began with a national tragedy and was capped with a financial meltdown. Here's a look back and a hopeful look forward. Inc. |
| September 16, 2010 | Kuttner's team shares $10 million X Prize |
| September 14, 2010 | The Ambassador: Ralph "Chopper" Wilson, a barber turned real estate developer, is an exemplar of urban entrepreneurship. |
| August 27th, 2010 | Eight Great Historic U.S. Homes That You Can Visit Point of Honor - Lynchburg, Virginia |
| August 26, 2010 | 'Very Light Car' Competes for Automotive X-Prize |
| August 9, 2010 | Thomas Johnson Furniture Company and Banker Steel, LLC were notified today they are finalists in the Tayloe Murphy Resilience Award from the Darden School. This award goes to successful entrepreneurs in agriculture, manufacturing, retail, service and wholesale sectors who have demonstrated:
http://www.darden.virginia.edu/html/standard.aspx?id=20847 The Office of Economic Development nominated several local entrepreneurs for this award. |
| April 14, 2010 | Forbes Ranks Lynchburg 28th as Best Places for Business and Careers |
| March 23, 2010 | Governor Bob McDonnell Cuts Ribbon on B&W's Newest Location
Ramsey Place Office Houses B&W's Modular Nuclear Reactor Design Team |
| Feb/Mar, 2010 | Seven Historic Districts Fuel a Revival in Lynchburg, The Virginia Sportsman |
| February 2010 | RIBBON CUTTING AND GRAND OPENING SET FOR THE RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF MARTIAL ARTS IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BUILDING |
| February 2010 | Two Local Business Owners Honored with the Mayor's Award of Excellence
Ralph "Chopper" Wilson, Owner of three local barber shops including the one of a kind "Parlor" on 9th & Main Street (Visit his Website) and Stuart "Danny" Givens, Owner of Givens Books, Lynchburg's Largest & Oldest Locally Owned Bookstore (Visit his Website) The Mayor's Award of Excellence is given to individuals for their community and civic contributions to the citizens of Lynchburg. |
| Fall 2009 | Parking in Downtown Lynchburg |
| Fall 2009 | Old City Cemetery Museums and Arboretums featured in Country Gardens magazine fall 2009 issue |
| August 27, 2009 | Governor Announces National Award For Greater Lynchburg Transit Company ~ Award goes to a Virginia transit operator for second consecutive year ~ |
| July 23, 2009 | VIRGINIA RECLAIMS CNBC'S "TOP STATE FOR BUSINESS" TITLE ~ Commonwealth rises from No. 2 spot to garner second top ranking in 3 years ~ |
| June 24, 2009 | Pollina Top 10 Pro-Business Study Charges Most States Put Up Roadblocks to Economic Recovery |
| June 2009 | Michael G. Van Ness, Founder and Executive Director of Lynchburg Grows, featured in BrownfieldRenewal.com |
| May 15, 2009 | Fine, Funky Lynchburg, Va. - Finding a great undiscovered town is almost as rare these days as stumbling on an amazing restaurant that hasn't been Yelped or into a junk store whose owner has never heard of "Antiques Roadshow." |
| April, 2009 | $ 14 Million of Real Property Investment within Lynchburg's amended Enterprise Zone |
| April, 2009 | Enterprise Zone Economic Incentive Grants; increases amount of investment made to be eligible. (HB 2332) |
| April 9, 2009 | Governor Kaine signs a Memorandum of Understanding to support new freight and passenger service in Lynchburg region. |
| April 8, 2009 | GOVERNOR KAINE SIGNS NEW LEGISLATION TO CREATE ARTS & CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN VIRGINIA |
| April 2, 2009 | Virginia Small Business Development Center Network's Updates On The Economic Stimulus Package |
| February 4, 2009 | Introducing Map Viewer - The City's new online GIS |
| December 5, 2008 | Lynchburg, VA, is Featured in Where to Retire Magazine |
| November 13, 2008 | Top-Ranking U.S. Digital Cities Named for 2008. Lynchburg, VA named the first-place winner in the category 30,000 - 74,999 population. |
| November 12, 2008 | Enterprise Zone #2 (Downtown) Expansion |
| November 12, 2008 | Retail Research Study |
| October 23, 2008 | Governor Kaine Announces 540 New Jobs for Newport News: AREVA and Northrop Grumman invest $363.4 million in joint venture |
| October 14, 2008 | On October 14, 2008, Lynchburg City Council adopted an ordinance to change the name of the 'Industrial Development Authority of the City of Lynchburg, Virginia' to the 'Economic Development Authority of the City of Lynchburg, Virginia' as requested by the Lynchburg IDA. The name change is effective October 14, 2008.
City Council suggested the name change to reflect the wider range of economic development activities, in addition to industrial development, undertaken by the body. Accordingly, the Lynchburg IDA studied the matter and requested City Council change its name. |
| October 9, 2008 | Office of Economic Development Wins Three Awards |
| September 2008 | Lynchburg Ranked #71 out of 200 large MSA's, according to the Milken Institute |
| July 29, 2008 | Centra receives national recognition again for use of information technology in delivering excellent patient care |
| June 6, 2008 | Governor Kaine Announces 500 New Jobs for Lynchburg
--- AREVA NP to invest $25 million in expansion --- |
| May 28, 2008 | Report: Lynchburg area tops in job growth |
| May 21, 2008 | E.C. Glass and Heritage high schools rank within the top 5 percent of the nation's most challenging public high schools for the fourth year. Glass ranks 713, and Heritage 1,333 out of approximately 27,000 United States public high schools according to The Newsweek and Washington Post Challenge Index. |
| April 15, 2008 | Award Winning Utilities Department |
| March 21, 2008 | Lynch's Landing and the City of Lynchburg were honored in Richmond by the Virginia Main Street Program with two awards:
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| March 19, 2008 | Lynchburg Named Among Best Places For Business And Careers by Forbes Magazine |
| March 15, 2008 | 2007 VEDA Community Economic Development Award: The City of Lynchburg's One Programs, a workforce development process, walked away with one of only three awards presented at the Virginia Economic Development Association (VEDA) Spring Conference held in Williamsburg on March 15 and 16, 2007. The Community Economic Development Award was presented in the population category of 40,001 to 100,000. Marjette Glass, Director, Office of Economic Development, accepted the award. Click for More |
| February 5, 2008 | Benchmark Systems Celebrates 30 Years of Service A Lynchburg based developer of healthcare and commercial information systems reached two important milestones this year: thirty years of service and being named among the top 100 Healthcare Technology companies by Healthcare Informatics Magazine. The company processes over one billion dollars in health care claims each year. |
| February 5, 2008 | AMTI The Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center has announced an affiliation with Advanced Manufacturing Technology Inc., a leader in product-to-market services. AMTI will offer CRC tenants product design, development, prototyping, packaging, launch, manufacturing and distribution supporting their concept to market goals. |
| February 5, 2008 | AREVA nets big contracts |
| February 1, 2008 | Award-winning effort in Lynchburg |
| December 14, 2007 | Areva CEO says up to 500 U.S. jobs coming. |
| December 2007 | Lynchburg, VA featured in November/December issue of Urban Land Ten Main Street communities that received the National Trust's Great American Main Street Award show creative solutions to challenges from economic reversals to tornados & floods. |
| November 27, 2007 | B&W announces new company structure and name change, including the realignment of nuclear power resources and a new corporate brand |
| November 26, 2007 | America's Digital Cities Lynchburg, VA is recognized by the Center for Digital Government. |
| November 19, 2007 | Hanwha Acquires AZDEL, Inc. from SABIC Innovative Plastics, PPG Industries. |
| September 20, 2007 | Startek Celebrates 20th Anniversary StarTek Lynchburg, VA impacts the local economy with its presence |
| September 19, 2007 | Lynchburg, VA named among top 20 Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Divisions With Highest Rates of House Price Appreciation September 2007 |
| September 10, 2007 | Lynchburg, VA named among Best Places to Live + Play by National Geographic September 2007 |
| August 22, 2007 | GROW ONE™ Summer School a Huge Success |
| August 21, 2007 | Lynchburg Named Amoung Top 20 Small Metros for Recruitment and Attraction. Expansion Management |
| August 20, 2007 | New Director of Economic Development |
| July 17, 2007 | Grow One instills entrepreneurial spirit in area kids, News & Advance, July 17, 2007 |
| July 12, 2007 | Donation helps program build young entrepreneurs, Bedford Bulletin, July 11, 2007 |
| May 30, 2007 | Lynchburg's High Schools Rank in Top 1000 |
| May 22, 2007 | Heritage High School Students are Winners at CVCC Technology Fair; 5 others receive technology certifications |
| April 18, 2007 | CPR Teddy™ bears donated by the Commonwealth of Virginia to Dr. Hinohara of St. Luke's International Hospital |
| May 17, 2007 | Japanese Distributor of CPR Teddy™ Visits Lynchburg |
| April 16, 2007 | Governor Kaine Announces Distribution of Innovative Virginia Product In Japan
Lynchburg company's CPR Teddy™ to be marketed to Japanese parents |
| April 16, 2007 | Trainikins, Inc. Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement With IMI Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan |
| April 5, 2007 | Lynchburg Ranks 65 of 200 Best Metros |
| March 20, 2007 | Lynch's Landing receives Virginia Main Street Milestone Awards |
| March 21, 2007 | Inside Virginia: Virginia Department of Business Assistance Newsletter - March 2007 |
| March 14, 2007 | Men's Journal Names Lynchburg as one of "50 Best Places to Live" |
| February 12, 2007 | BusinessWeek Magazine: America's 50 Most Affordable Housing Markets |
| January 27, 2007 | Report on the Economic Development Visit to Rueil Malmaison -- January 27-31, 2007 |
| January 24, 2007 | Student Tour Programs supported! -- $5000 granted by the Virginia Tourism Corporation to create Student Educational Tours as a tourism draw. A partnership with the Convention and Visitor's Bureau and Lynchburg City Museum system. |
| January 24, 2007 | Grow One ™ program supported! -- $1300 granted by the Retail Merchants Association |
| January 15, 2007 | BMS Direct institutes long term employment bonus plan |
| January 8, 2007 | ONE TECH ™ --
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| December 4, 2006 | NovaTech Triples Manufacturing Space -- NovaTech broke ground on a building expansion that will triple the size of its manufacturing space. The 6,000 square foot addition includes a 30 ft tall high-bay area to house a 5-ton bridge crane. |
| October 2006 | Lynchburg Regional Airport runways to exceed Roanoke or Charlottesville! 1300 lf of runway extension to begin construction in October 2006, allows for larger planes and air freight service to Central Virginia! |
| September 13, 2006 | Nationally Recognized for Excellence! Lynchburg's Fire & EMS Department expects to receive national accreditation |
| July 17, 2006 | Centra Health received the nation's highest honor for nursing services on July 17, 2006, when it earned Magnet Recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). |
| Forbes Magazine names Virginia: The Best State for Business | |
| Kiplinger 50 - Lynchburg Region ranked #42 | |
| Fortune Magazine's 200 Best Places for business and careers (Lynchburg Region ranked #109) | |
| 2006 | Reaffirmation of the City of Lynchburg's AA bond rating (Standard & Poor's, Moody's, Fitch) |
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