The new partnership aims to remedy supply chain issues and driver shortages in the Commonwealth. FastForward and the Community College Workforce Alliance provide path to CDL certification to Richmond area residents. Virginia faces a shortage of truck drivers that is reflected in the national shortage, estimated by the American Trucking Associations to be roughly 80,000 truck drivers and doubling to 160,000 in… View Article
East Coast Commerce Center (ECCC), a $100 million development owned by Raith Capital Partners and Equity Industrial Partners, hosted a ground-breaking ceremony on December 9, 2021 to showcase progress of site work and renderings of the 1.1+ million-square-foot distribution center. Situated on 189.4 acres, the development has more than 35 acres of surplus land for support of the new building and/or for… View Article
Performance Food Group to establish a new facility in Hanover County, VA, creating 125 new jobs. Performance Food Group Company, a leader in food service distribution, will invest $80.2 million to establish a regional sales and distribution center operation in Hanover County. The company will construct a new 325,000-square-foot facility in the Cardinal Commerce Center located in Ashland. Virginia successfully competed with Pennsylvania… View Article
This new facility brings much needed RV & boat storage as well as automatic RV, commercial vehicle, and passenger vehicle wash services to Hanover County, Virginia. MegaWash and Mega RV Storage have opened a new facility just south of the Town of Ashland. Located at 10500 Vermeer Place on Rt. 1, this new business concept brings much sought-after RV and boat storage… View Article
P.D. Brooks Traffic Control, a leading full-service traffic control and road safety company serving the Greater Richmond region, Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads, has announced its upcoming 5,000-square-foot expansion. With an anticipated completion date this winter, the expansion will feature a new state-of-the-art sign shop capable of creating road and VDOT signs. It will be built adjacent to the existing 7,600-square-foot headquarters on… View Article
The 2021 Hanover County Business Appreciation event, hosted by the Hanover County Department of Economic Development in partnership with Hanover Chamber of Commerce, was held on September 30, 2021 under James River Cellars Winery’s recently enhanced outdoor pavilion. This year’s event, sponsored by Owens & Minor with additional sponsorship of the County’s 300th birthday events by Dominion Energy, continued to include recognition… View Article