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Published: 06 February 2015

New Jobs and Investment in Greensville County The Greensville County Board of Supervisors welcomes CIMC Intermodal Equipment, an American division of the China International Marine Containers family, the largest builder of shipping containers and chassis in the world to the Greensville County Industrial Park. CIMC Intermodal Equipment, with corporate offices in California, will make significant investments to expand its chassis assembly production from South Gate, California to the Greensville County Industrial Park.

The new operations renovations are currently under way in the former Quality Culvert facility and will create an estimated 40 new jobs as the operation matures.

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Published: 14 January 2015

Grants encourage regional economic collaboration

Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced $200,000 in funding for five collaborative efforts in Virginia through the Building Collaborative Communities (BCC) program. The program promotes regional economic collaboration in economically-distressed areas to stimulate job creation, economic development and provide a significant return on state investment.

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Published: 08 December 2014

Williamsburg, VA – While speaking at the Virginia Chamber of Economic Summit on December 5th, Governor Terry McAuliffe released his New Virginia Economic Strategic Plan and a series of legislative proposals aimed at accomplishing the plan’s mission of growing and diversifying the Virginia economy.

“The legislative items that I am announcing today will help lay a stronger foundation for sustained economic growth so that we can adapt to cuts in federal spending and a changing global economy,” said Governor McAuliffe. “ These bipartisan proposals are common sense actions we can take now to protect and enhance Virginia’s position as a global economic leader. I look forward to working with the General Assembly to take these important steps toward a new Virginia economy.”

Governor McAuliffe’s New Virginia Economy Agenda will include legislation to:

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Published: 01 December 2014

Funding to assist regional collaborative effort with small business development programs

December 5th, 2014 KEYSVILLE, VA – Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today $300,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Local Innovation funding through Mecklenburg County for the Virginia’s Growth Alliance, which is a regional collaboration made up of 10 counties and one city in the Southern Virginia region. The grant will be used to develop several new programs for youth, new businesses and established businesses throughout the region to spur small business development and create jobs.

“Helping the Commonwealth’s existing and future business owners find ways to succeed is an important piece of building a new Virginia economy,” said Governor McAuliffe. “Programs like the Community Development Block Grant invest in the success of our communities and encourage business growth throughout Southern Virginia.”

This project will offer several different educational, mentoring and monetary programs including a pilot youth educational program involving both online and classroom education, a six-week “digital high touch” course for new entrepreneurs, a startup principles program for existing businesses, a microenterprise lending program funding business start-up or expansion, and a Peer2Peer XChange mentoring program to help develop network for new business owners. 
The Virginia Growth Alliance is comprised of Mecklenburg County, Amelia County, Brunswick County, Buckingham County, Charlotte County, Cumberland County, Greensville County, Lunenburg County, Nottoway County, Prince Edward County and the City of Emporia.