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Leadership Fredericksburg 2017 Class
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Leadership Fredericksburg Graduates Tenth Class
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The Chamber’s Leadership Fredericksburg program graduated its tenth class of “Fellows” during a May 19 ceremony at the Jepson Alumni Center.
Michelle Caldwell Thompson was the keynote speaker. She is the owner of CTI Real Estate, the largest African American-owned residential real estate firm in Planning District 16. She is also a 2013 Leadership Fredericksburg graduate.
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Kelly Services Opens Stafford Location
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Kelly Services is a specialized workforce solutions and talent supply chain management company. They are a global company and offer temporary employment services to many industries. Their office is located in Stafford at 560 Celebrate Virginia Parkway, Unit 103 in Fredericksburg.
Pictured at left: Ljubinka Morgan, Gary Snellings, Stafford Board of Supervisor; Stacy Horne, Chamber Board Member; Rob Dodd, Chamber Board Member; Andrea Lamont, Alan Garcia, Mariela Alcanzar, Jennifer Hamlett.
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Fleming Therapy Opens Location in Fredericksburg
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Fleming Therapy Services, Inc. provides pediatric speech, occupational and physical therapy through-out Northern and Central Virginia with offices in
Alexandria,
Centreville,
Fredericksburg,
Stafford and
Woodbridge. Their newest office is located on 1955 Jeff Davis Hwy., Suite 100 in Fredericksburg.
Pictured left to right: Amy Peregoy, Carmen Boros, Chandra Wolfram-Little, Matthew Fleming, Carrie Fleming, Lauren Cernaro, Jeanette Sullivan, and Stacy Horne, Chamber Board Member.. Back row left: Brittany Whitman, Alissa Agnew, Lauren LaBelle, Kayla Ennis, Dorothy St.Cyr-Gaspard.
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Cornerstone Homes Breaks Ground on Barley Woods Senior Living Community
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Representatives of Cornerstone Homes officially broke ground last week on Barley Woods, a Boutique 55+ Community of 124 villa homes. Celebrating the ground breaking is left to right: Dotti Houlihan, Ruby Barley, Roger Glover, CEO, Desiree Suggs, Chamber Sales Representative.
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Breaking News: Union to acquire Xenith in $701M deal
Two of Richmond’s biggest locally based banks are getting hitched.
Union Bank & Trust announced this morning a deal to acquire Xenith Bank in an all-stock deal valued at $701 million.
The combination would create the largest community bank in the state with $11.9 billion in total assets. Union and Xenith most recently reported total assets of $8.66 billion and Xenith’s $3.19 billion respectively. “The combination with Xenith delivers on our stated priorities for this year as well as our acquisition goals enabling Union to efficiently cross the $10 billion asset threshold,” Union CEO John Asbury said in a prepared statement released today. (Richmond BizSense)
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FAMPO seeks comment on transportation work plan
The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) has initiated a 30-day public comment period for the Draft Fiscal Year 2018 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). The Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) serves as the annual work program for FAMPO. It provides details of the transportation-related planning activities that FAMPO intends to accomplish during the program year utilizing federal, state and local resources. This draft UPWP is for the period between July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
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Straight from REC Members:
My Co-op Cares
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative hosted the “Get Connected” event for hundreds of their members. On May 17, at Paynefield Farm in Essex County, REC’s bucket trucks were on display, electric safety demonstrations were conducted and important information was provided to the Cooperative’s members from the community of Tappahannock and surrounding counties. This was the fifth “Get Connected” event. REC hosts the event in a different community each year.
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A. Smith Bowman Distillery's vodka awarded double gold medal
A. Smith Bowman Distillery in Spotsylvania County has been awarded a double gold medal for its Deep Run Vodka at the 2017 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. A double gold is the highest honor in the competition and is awarded only if every judge gives it a gold medal. Only a few entries receive a double gold.
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Virginia companies make Forbes’ lists of best workplaces
Twenty-seven large and mid-size companies have made Forbes magazine’s lists of best workplaces.The highest-ranking Virginia employer on either list was the Alexandria-based National Credit Union Administration, which was fifth on the Forbes list of 300 midsize companies with 1,000 to 5,000 employees. At No. 25, Navy Federal Credit Union, based in Vienna, was the highest ranked in the large-employer group of 500 companies.
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Stafford honors Businesses at Annual Appreciation Reception
(Fredericksburg.Today) Stafford County’s Economic Development Authority awarded Marine Corps Base Quantico the Centennial Award during the county’s annual business appreciation reception.
Col. Joseph Murphy, the base commander at Quantico, was the keynote speaker for the event at Stafford Regional Airport and accepted the award from EDA Chairman Joel Griffin. Murphy highlighted the innovation that is happening at Quantico and the strong relationship the base has with Stafford County. The base has been operational for 100 years.
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REC Awards $16,000 in Scholarships
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative recently awarded $16,000 in LEARN scholarships to local students exhibiting these qualities.The program awards scholarships to select graduating high school seniors from the communities served by REC.
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Wegmans awarded Safer Choice Retailer Third Year in a Row
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized
Wegmans Food Markets as an outstanding Safer Choice Retailer. For the third year in a row, this award was given to Wegmans for fostering awareness of the program and committing to offer cleaning products that meet EPA standards. (FL-S)
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RPI Group, Inc. Win TRADOC Contract
Denver, Colorado - The RPI Group and Team RPI Training Members, to include StormWind Studios, will work with the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) to provide specialized, scenario-based virtual training to 96 TRADOC Information Assurance (IA) and Information Technology (IT) military and civilian employees.
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What we're reading (and watching)
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Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center host Farmers Market every Wednesday
4600 Spotsylvania Pkwy, Fredericksburg 22408 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm. This afternoon market is the perfect place to visit with family and friends and get your mid-week shopping done. Beautiful farm fresh produce, locally raised meat and eggs, artisanal breads and pastries, ice cold lemonade, hot popcorn and more! Fresh, affordable, and local! Open rain or shine. Cash, credit cards and SNAP/EBT are accepted.
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Celebrate Virginia After Hours:
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Embrace Treatment Foster Care celebrates Foster Care Month
Embrace is planning an Open House on
May 23 at their office on 10705 Spotsylvania Ave., Suite 101 in Fredericksburg. There will be raffles throughout the day and light refreshments will be available.
This is a great opportunity to meet and ask questions to the members of the Embrace team and learn about foster care and becoming a foster parent. The event will be held from 4 - 6:30 p.m.
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Saturday, June 10
Fur Ball - 7:00-10:00 pm,
VIP Reception - 6:00-7:00 pm
A. Smith Bowman Distillery,
One Bowman Drive, Fredericksburg
Tickets:
Party Tickets: $75, VIP Tickets: $125
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