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Yesterday, Tuesday, June 9, the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance announced it is partnering with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on a national initiative to address inequality of opportunity. The Alliance will join the U.S. Chamber’s national townhall event on June 25 where business and community leaders will discuss concrete actions that can be taken by government and the private sector to ...read more

By Michael AlachnowiczPublished: Jun. 17, 2020 at 5:17 PM EDT   The Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance has started a new partnership to help minority-owned businesses. The partnership is with Blackwater Branding. Together, they're creating a minority-owned business directory. They want to help increase visibility and networking for those businesses. A publication highlighting those places ...read more

Seemingly overnight, many parents have found themselves working from home and homeschooling their children for the first time in their lives in the wake of COVID-19. The Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance pulled together leaders in the community, school and healthcare systems to speak to viewers during its weekly Wednesdays@One Webinar Series about how to help parents release some of the ...read more

View story at The News & Advance...Bausch + Lomb, a global eye health company, will expand its Lynchburg operations, adding 79 new jobs over the next five years, the governor announced Wednesday. The company will invest more than $35 million, which includes buying 13.1 acres of land across from its site at 1501 Graves Mill Road, according to a news release from Gov. Ralph Northam's office. "The ...read more

Charlotte, NC, June 30, 2020 – Segra, one of the largest fiber infrastructure network companies in the Eastern U.S., announced today the launch of a new enterprise-grade remote office service – Segra’s Remote Office LAN. Rapidly changing workforce dynamics have led to increased reliance on remote workers and third-party networks by both employers and employees, leaving corporate infrastructure ...read more

Lynchburg, VA – CloudFit Software is pleased to announce that the company will appear on the “World’s Greatest!…” TV show on June 29, 2020 and July 20, 2020.  The exact TV schedule will be documented at this location: https://worldsgreatesttelevision.com/tv-schedule/.  Following both dates, the full episode will be available under Season 14 at the following ...read more

Pinnacle Financial Partners has strengthened its commitment to Lynchburg with the opening of its first full-service office in the market. The location at 1610-B Graves Mill Road is open today and ready to serve nearly any financial need.             “Our team has already built an enormous amount of success in Lynchburg, and we’re ready to take that to another level,” office leader Russ Smith ...read more

LYNCHBURG – The Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has named its board members and officers, for the fiscal year beginning June 1, 2020.    The officers are: President – Tad Hardin, Secretary – Andrea Bain, Treasurer – Willie Jones.    Other board members are: Tina Cox, Jawansa Hall, Rachel Love, Ed Murphy, Julie Salmon, Sam Vance, Walter Virgil, and Mari White.  Musician representative board ...read more

We are happy to add Lunch and Corporate Lunch Deliveries back to our offerings this week. Insalate                                                               Starter    EntréeIsabella’s House Salad                            6             9 fresh mesclun greens, shaved reggiano parmesan, and toasted pine nuts      choice of dressing: Balsamic Vinaigrette, Creamy Lemon Dijon, Creamy Italian ...read more

View story at The News & Advance...The Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance on Wednesday hosted Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.; Dr. Kerry Gateley, health director for the Central Virginia Health District; and Barry DuVal, president and CEO of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, to update the business community about critical work being done in both the health care system and in Richmond during the ...read more

View story at The News & Advance...During the past year, the Lynchburg region saw 307 new jobs created, received $191,000 in economic development grants, had $34.8 million in capital investments and 59 new economic development investors. These highlights were shared at the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance’s 2020 Annual Meeting on Wednesday. Ryan McEntire, taxation partner with Brown Edwards ...read more

The Alliance is pleased to announce the hiring of John Putney as Director of Government Relations. John comes to the Alliance with 25 years of legislative and lobbying experience having worked with local, state and national organizations such as Hurt & Proffitt, Harris Corporation (now L3Harris), JMU, McGuire Woods, just to name a few.  In this role, John will manage the Lynchburg Regional ...read more

View full story at The News & Advance...Ahead of the Jan. 8 start of the 2020 Virginia General Assembly, local legislators met Tuesday morning with about 75 Lynchburg-area business leaders to brief them about what changes could come in the spring and how their businesses could be affected. Sen. Mark Peake, R-Lynchburg; Sen. Steve Newman, R-Bedford County; Del. Kathy Byron, R-Bedford; and ...read more

See full story at ABC 13  -- Appalachian Power announced a total of $125,000 in grant funding that has been awarded to nine organizations to help support local economic development efforts. According to a press release, these funds were provided by Appalachian Power in the form of grants to government and nonprofits that oversee programs and initiatives tied to economic development. The ...read more

The Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance is pleased to announce inductees into the 2019 Business Hall of Fame.  These inductees have significantly impacted business, industry and the community of the Lynchburg region in some significant manner, either through sustained superior accomplishment or through a specific important achievement. These individuals are and have been critical to our existing ...read more

The Level Up YP Summit presented by Delta Star was a conference for the next generation of leaders organized by the Young Professionals of Central VA (YPCV) of the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance. The event sold out in less than three weeks and had 120 of the best and brightest young leaders in attendance. Attendees were energized by inspiring work sessions led by several regional executives, ...read more

View full story at The News & Advance....New Centra President and CEO Dr. Andy Mueller made his debut to the Central Virginia business community Wednesday morning at The Summit by delivering what Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance COO Christine Kennedy said is the most transparent talk she’s heard from a community leader. Mueller started in May, replacing former CEO E.W. Tibbs, who stepped down ...read more

Alexandria, Va. (July 30, 2019) — Megan Lucas, CEO & Chief Economic Development Officer, Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance has been elected to serve on the board of directors for ACCE, the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, an Alexandria, Va.-based association of over 9,000 professionals who work for and with more than 1,300 chambers of commerce.   Members of ACCE’s board of ...read more

The GO Virginia Board announced its approval of the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance’s site readiness grant application on June 24. The Alliance’s Site Readiness Grant will advance a portfolio of six existing commercial/industrial sites along the site readiness scale and clarify next steps for moving all sites to at least Tier III on the Virginia Business Site Readiness Scale. This project ...read more