Cascades Inc., a leader in the recovery and manufacturing of green packaging and hygiene products, announced that it has produced its first roll of 100% recycled containerboard at its Bear Island facility in Hanover County, Virginia on May 2, 2023. With annual production capacity of 465,000 short tons of lightweight, high-quality, 100% recycled containerboard, the state-of-the-art mill is equipped to perform within… View Article
A Hanover County-based non-profit business, Kitchen 33 and Bakery, is stepping up to serve the soon-to-be-displaced Tyson Foods workers in a meaningful way. Located just half a mile from the soon to be shuttered Tyson plant on Route 33, the eatery is donating private event space to host three job fairs in early May. The job fairs are open to the general public… View Article
SanMar® Corporation, a leading supplier of wholesale accessories and apparel, will invest at least $50 million to establish a distribution operation in the East Coast Commerce Center in Hanover County. The 1.1 million-square-foot speculative distribution building was developed by Equity Industrial Partners Corp. and Raith Capital Partners and will be SanMar’s largest operation, becoming the flagship center for the company’s East Coast distributions. Virginia successfully competed with North Carolina… View Article
The Dominion Energy Innovation Center (DEIC), a public private partnership founded in 2009 by Hanover County, Town of Ashland, and Dominion Energy, was recently announced as a semifinalist in the Department of Energy’s EPIC Prize Challenge. Along with the recognition of being one of the top 24 energy incubators in the United States, the DEIC was awarded a $50,000 grant to develop… View Article
As anticipation builds for a successful new year, we also take time to reflect on our top stories of 2022. Not surprisingly, the most-read stories are those that highlighted the moments that helped us innovate, prosper and grow over the past year. We look forward to what’s to come in 2023, and we thank you, Hanover County, for generating some great stories… View Article
The 2022 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 29, 2022 at James River Cellars Winery. This year’s event, sponsored by Timmons Group, continued to include recognition of Hanover County Legacy Businesses and conferment of the Marc S. Weiss Award. The ceremony was opened by… View Article
Cascades Inc., a leader in the recovery and manufacturing of green packaging and hygiene products, announced that it has produced its first roll of 100% recycled containerboard at its Bear Island facility in Hanover County, Virginia on May 2, 2023. With annual production capacity of 465,000 short tons of lightweight, high-quality, 100% recycled containerboard, the state-of-the-art mill is equipped to perform within… View Article
A Hanover County-based non-profit business, Kitchen 33 and Bakery, is stepping up to serve the soon-to-be-displaced Tyson Foods workers in a meaningful way. Located just half a mile from the soon to be shuttered Tyson plant on Route 33, the eatery is donating private event space to host three job fairs in early May. The job fairs are open to the general public… View Article
SanMar® Corporation, a leading supplier of wholesale accessories and apparel, will invest at least $50 million to establish a distribution operation in the East Coast Commerce Center in Hanover County. The 1.1 million-square-foot speculative distribution building was developed by Equity Industrial Partners Corp. and Raith Capital Partners and will be SanMar’s largest operation, becoming the flagship center for the company’s East Coast distributions. Virginia successfully competed with North Carolina… View Article
The Dominion Energy Innovation Center (DEIC), a public private partnership founded in 2009 by Hanover County, Town of Ashland, and Dominion Energy, was recently announced as a semifinalist in the Department of Energy’s EPIC Prize Challenge. Along with the recognition of being one of the top 24 energy incubators in the United States, the DEIC was awarded a $50,000 grant to develop… View Article
As anticipation builds for a successful new year, we also take time to reflect on our top stories of 2022. Not surprisingly, the most-read stories are those that highlighted the moments that helped us innovate, prosper and grow over the past year. We look forward to what’s to come in 2023, and we thank you, Hanover County, for generating some great stories… View Article
The 2022 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 29, 2022 at James River Cellars Winery. This year’s event, sponsored by Timmons Group, continued to include recognition of Hanover County Legacy Businesses and conferment of the Marc S. Weiss Award. The ceremony was opened by… View Article