Weekly Newsletter
August 31, 2017
In the News  
Employment in the Gateway Region Hits All-Time High  

Looking for something to do this weekend in the Gateway Region? Attend the Labor Day Crab Feast at Appomattox Boat Harbor and hear some live music at Pocahontas State Park 
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Biggest Vessel to Call U.S. East Coast Comes to Virginia First

By Joseph D. Harris | Port of Virginia | Full Article     

The biggest container ship to ever come to the U.S. East Coast, the CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, made its first stop at The Port of Virginia on Monday and in doing so surpassed a short-lived record for ship-size set earlier this summer.

The Roosevelt's vessel's capacity is 14,400 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs. The COSCO Development set the mark in May when it sailed into the Norfolk Harbor carrying 13,092 TEUs. Since then, slightly larger vessels have come and gone.
Rebuilding America's Advanced Manufacturing Workforce, One Veteran at a Time
By Don Esmond | Forbes | Full Article  

On January 3, 2005, Marine Staff Sergeant John Jones was leading his platoon in a convoy on his second combat tour in Iraq when a double-stack anti-tank mine exploded under his vehicle. The thunderous blast blew him 25 feet into the air and when the dust settled, Jones had been severely injured. He had lost both his legs below the knee and his career in the Marine Corps.

Today, John is director of development at Workshops for Warriors, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in San Diego, California. WFW provides veterans with accredited training, certification and job placement in well-paying occupations in advanced manufacturing - Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) Milling and Turning, Machinery Repair, Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and Welding - that are in heavy demand, especially in the aeronautics and defense industries.