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Grand Springs expansion adds 20 positions

Grand Springs President and CEO, Robert SmithGrand Springs expanded its bottled water facility in Alton to accommodate the packing requirements of a new customer, and added 20 employees as a result.

According to Grand Springs President and CEO Robert A. Smith, the Alkaline Water Company Inc. DBA Alkaline 88 and Grand Springs entered into a co-packing agreement that expands Alkaline 88’s footprint across the North Eastern United States. Read more.

Success Stories

  • LINDA HUTSON GREEN
  • Halifax County tourism programs get boost from state
  • Job growth continues in Southside Virginia
  • 51 high school students recognized in Career Tech Academy completion ceremony
  • Getting creative: GO TEC team forms at HCMS
  • South Boston hotel project receives another boost
  • IDA is honored for one of Virginia's top economic projects
  • Investing in their future: Hitachi Energy maintenance mechanic training program completers recognized
  • Rogers Heating & Cooling owner named Top 40 Under 40
  • ABB's submersible transformer inspection robot wins major industry award
  • SVHEC gets $500,000 for IT Academy
  • Students recognized at Halifax County School Board Meeting
  • SVHEC receives literacy grant
  • Training Completers Celebrated at SVHEC
  • Main Street South Boston earns national accreditation

Finding Success in Halifax County

Job growth continues in Southside Virginia

Employers in Mecklenburg, Brunswick and Halifax counties added another 378 jobs in March, a sign the labor market remains strong in the three counties that make up the Southside Planning District.

Payrolls grew by 117 jobs in Mecklenburg County, 207 in Halifax County and 54 in Brunswick County in March, according to the latest numbers released by the Virginia Employment Commission on May 3.

This is the third consecutive month of job growth for all three counties.

The labor force participation rate also rose in the three counties during that same period as 285 active workers joined the civilian labor force — 98 in Mecklenburg, 159 in Halifax and 28 in Brunswick County.

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