Synergy Racing's Craig Stanton Takes Rolex Series GT Championship in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Synergy Racing driver Craig Stanton, of Long Beach, Calif., captured the Rolex Sports Car Series Championship of the Americas in the GT class with a third-place finish in the season finale at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City.
IALR, Virginia Tech, and Old Dominion Announce VIPER Partnership
Danville, VA — Today, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Virginia Tech, and Old Dominion University announced a collaborative agreement bringing together resources to benefit the Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research (VIPER).
DANVILLE, Va, – Citizens, leaders, and officials from throughout Southside and administrators from Virginia Tech gathered in Danville Friday afternoon to officially open the research laboratories within the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research.
Huber Engineered Woods, LLC Announces Expansion of Crystal Hill Facility
(Halifax County, VA) Huber Engineered Woods, LLC and the Industrial Development Authority of Halifax County, Virginia, are pleased to announce an expansion of Huber’s oriented strand board (OSB) facility in Crystal Hill, Virginia. The total investment is estimated at $19 million
U.S. Grown Leaf, Inc. Forms Distribution Partnership with Cherokee Tobacco Company
CHASE CITY- U.S. Grown Leaf, Incorporated, owner of Adventure line of cigarette products in Novemer, after signing a manufacturing contract with Virginia Brands, LLC, of South Boston, VA.
Virginia Business announced the "50 most influential Virginians" and Southern Virginia proudly boasts three of them.
Chairman, First Piedmont Corp. and Davenport Energy and Vice Chairman of the IALR Board of TrusteesDavenport was recognized for his work to support economic development in rural Virginia and to support early childhood development projects.
Vice Chairman of the Board of GO Virginia, he also serves on the boards of Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corp. and the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
President and CEO, Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corp., South BostonDeriso was acknowledged for his role in improving Southern Virginia’s economic development. MBC, which he helped established 15 years ago, is now responsible for a 1,900-mile advanced fiber optic network covering 33 counties and also reinvests revenues in economic and community development initiatives. Deriso serves on the board of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
Majority owner and CEO of Virginia International Raceway, Alton, and a member of the IALR Board of TrusteesNyholm was lauded for her business acumen and her impact on Southern Virginia. Nyholm resurrected a historic track that now draws 300,000 visitors each year and helps employ more than 400 people. Nyholm serves as president of the Road Racing Industry Council and on the board for the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
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