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MEDIA ALERTWho: HumanKind celebrates the unveiling of the historic marker honoring the Shoeless Wonders  on Saturday, June 22.  What: Join with the Department of Historic Resources, members of the Shoeless Wonders football team and Mayor Treney Tweedy in a ceremony unveiling a historic marker honoring their contributions to history in Virginia.   A light dinner will be served on HumanKind’s ...read more

LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA -- The Miss Virginia Competition will return to Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, in June 2019. The Miss Virginia Organization is looking forward to awarding more than $75,000 in cash scholarships and additional in-kind scholarships to 48 candidates from across the Commonwealth. The Miss Virginia Competition will be held June 20 – 22. Tickets may be purchased ...read more

View full story in the News & Advance. The first stop for new or returning visitors often is the local welcome center. And though that always has been the goal of the Lynchburg Visitor Center on Church Street, recent renovations have made a way for visitors and residents alike to use the space in a new way. “This is a place where we can engage the community so they can have more pride in the ...read more

Study finds opportunities and successes in developing, attracting and retaining talent to grow and diversify regional economy The 18 jurisdictions in the Lynchburg, New River Valley, and Roanoke regions have many strengths when it comes to talent development, attraction and retention but there are opportunities to implement new initiatives to increase the talent pool as a way to grow and ...read more

View full story in The News & Advance. Lynchburg City Schools is hoping academic reviews of five schools completed early this year will improve student performance and accreditation results. Any school that performed below standard on annual accreditation ratings or had students that scored near the standard or in the improving category on Standards of Learning tests is required by the ...read more

View full story in The News & Advance. A Heritage High School career tech teacher has been named the school's new assistant principal. The Lynchburg City School Board approved career tech teacher Jason Clark's move to assistant principal during its meeting Tuesday. Clark has served as the instructor for video technology at the high school since 2018. From 1994 to 2007, Clark also taught at ...read more

View full story in The News & Advance. Linkhorne Middle School rising eighth grader Micah Burford struggled to put his left hand on a red circle during a game of Twister on Thursday morning. E’Monie Cashwell, 13, then instructed Nazreana Petty, both rising eighth graders, to put her right foot on a yellow circle. After a few seconds of trying to maneuver around Micah, Nazreana, 13, fell onto ...read more

LYNCHBURG – The Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra recently announced that it has named David Glover as its new conductor. Glover was guest conductor for the LSO’s March 2 concert featuring acclaimed cellist Zuill Bailey. “From the first moment I conducted the Lynchburg Symphony, I felt an energy and a commitment that was a joy to work with,” Glover says.  “Here were musicians willing to give 150% in ...read more

LYNCHBURG – The Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra recently announced its appointment of an interim board president and named several new members to its board of directors.Hugh Ballou will fill a one-year term as president starting June 1. Ballou follows Linda Edwards who served as president from 2016 to 2019. Joining Ballou as board officers are Vice President Aaron Van Allen, Secretary Tad Hardin, and ...read more

View full story in The News & Advance. With their family and friends in the audience screaming and clapping in support, at least 540 Lynchburg City Schools students took their final steps as high school seniors before receiving their diplomas and becoming E.C. Glass or Heritage high school alumni. In front of E.C. Glass’ about 328 graduates, family and friends Sunday morning, the school’s ...read more

View full story in The News & Advance.   With their family and friends in the audience screaming and clapping in support, at least 540 Lynchburg City Schools students took their final steps as high school seniors before receiving their diplomas and becoming E.C. Glass or Heritage high school alumni. In front of E.C. Glass’ about 328 graduates, family and friends Sunday morning, the school’s ...read more

View full story in The News & Advance. Vice President Mike Pence will deliver the keynote address Thursday at the National D-Day Memorial's 75th Anniversary Commemoration of D-Day. The memorial foundation said the address will be titled "D-Day and the Nation." The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. at the memorial at 3 Overlord Circle in Bedford.

Lynchburg, Virginia – On Monday, June 17, from 4:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., the City of Lynchburg’s Office of Economic Development & Tourism (OEDT) cordially invites the public to the ribbon cutting and grand reopening of the Lynchburg Visitor Center, 216 12th Street (at the corner of 12th and Church Streets). Come experience the newly renovated center, meet the staff, and enjoy a cool treat from ...read more

Riverviews Artspace Hosts Italian Artist in First U.S. Show  Lynchburg VA -  A dream come true for Italian artist, Fiorenza Guanetti, whose handcrafted textile artwork will be shown for the first time in the United States at Riverviews Artspace.  Guanetti’s “Onirico" Collection (Italian for “dreamlike”) is inspired by the flora and fauna of Smith Mountain Lake. Pieces in the collection ...read more

The Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance (the Alliance) and the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research (CAER) today announced an agreement to work together in a joint effort to develop a technology based economic development plan for the region. One of the goals in the LRBA’s 2019 strategic plan is to create and implement an innovation and tech based economic development plan. Research on ...read more

View story at The News & Advance...The Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance had plenty to celebrate during its annual meeting Wednesday morning. “We are geared toward growth and success and our passion for the region isn’t slowing down,” Alliance CEO Megan Lucas said to the 345 business professionals in attendance. Past Chair Stefanie Prokity told members the alliance board worked to advance ...read more

Nearly 350 business and community leaders were in attendance at the Annual Meeting presented by Central Virginia Sports held February 27.  The event played off the theme of “Growing Together. Succeeding Together."   The Annual Meeting highlighted accomplishments and embraced new core values to advance the region forward with its program of work. These core values are Agile, Accountable, Beyond ...read more

View full story at The News & Advance... With a strong and passionate finish to his tour of Southside and Central Virginia that began Wednesday in Salem and ended Friday morning at the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va, spoke to dozens of business leaders about tax reform, health care, the government shutdown and the future of America. Warner began by speaking ...read more

Chris Faraldi, Director of Government Relations is representing the voice of local business at the legislature this January and February as the Alliance advocates for legislation that will benefit the regional business and economic success of our community. The Alliance Legislative Affairs Committee and Board of Directors have created the 2019 Legislative Agenda with member input. You can view ...read more

View full story in The News & Advance. In a little over a month, Virginia legislators will come together in Richmond to discuss bills on health care, transportation and broadband when the Virginia General Assembly convenes Jan. 9 in Richmond. About 75 business, education and nonprofit leaders heard directly from Sen. Mark Peake, R-Lynchburg; Sen. Steve Newman, R-Bedford County; and Del. Scott ...read more

See full story at ABC13 WSET.... LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) -- The Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance is launching the area's first Business Hall of Fame and Liberty's founder and president are among the first inductees. The Hall of Fame will honor leaders who have impacted the region's business, industry, and the community. Jerry Falwell, Sr. and Jerry Falwell, Jr. will join leaders like A. C. ...read more

The Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance was pleased to host the 2nd Annual Salute to Manufacturing breakfast presented by First Piedmont Waste Solutions and to kick off manufacturing month.  The keynote speaker was Leila Aridi Afas of Toyota Motor North America. Delegate Scott Garrett was also in attendance. The Lynchburg region has some incredible advantages—unparalleled resources and an ...read more

In early August the City of Lynchburg unveiled “Downtown 2040,” the Downtown Lynchburg Master Plan. After reviewing the document, engaging the business community and discussing the plan, the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance’s Legislative Affairs Committee recommended an endorsement of the Downtown Lynchburg Master Plan to the Alliance Board of Directors at the August 23rd board meeting. The ...read more

Alexandria, Va. (July 26, 2018) — Christine Kennedy, IOM, CPC, ELI-MP, Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance COO and Executive Vice President, has been designated as a Certified Chamber Executive (CCE) by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE). Alexandria, Virginia-based ACCE is an association of more than 7,500 chamber of commerce professionals, and 1,300 chambers of commerce, ...read more