Taylor's Do it Center in the Point Shoppes in Gloucester Point celebrated their official grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 5, 2022.

Random Words Bookstore held their Grand Opening on March 19 and 20, 2022. They are located in the White Marsh Shopping Center in Hayes.

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Property Improvement: This program is designed to promote and encourage small business recruitment and retention by providing assistance to property owners and business owners for renovations and build-out. All independently owned businesses locating or expanding in Gloucester County may be considered for this matching grant incentive. Projects covered in this improvement incentive include new floors, ceiling tiles, windows, doors, painting and other interior improvements that will not be removed if vacated Only paid invoices dated within thirty days will be honored.

Facade Improvement: This program is designed to provide assistance to property or business owners for exterior façade improvements, new signage or landscaping. All independently owned businesses locating or expanding in Gloucester County may be considered for this matching grant incentive. Only paid invoices dated within thirty days will be honored.

Co-op Advertising Grant: This program supports advertising and promotional activities.

E-Commerce Matching Grant Program: Offers aid with new website design and development.

Whitley's Peanut Factory opened its doors for business in 1986 on Route 17 in Gloucester County Virginia just over the Coleman Bridge from Yorktown and has been thriving ever since. The location was chosen for the family-run business based on the traffic flow along this route. The owners, the Smith family, believed that visitors traveling through the county, as well as locals, would be easily able to spot the factory/store and stop in to look and buy. That premise was not wrong, and soon the factory outgrew its back room of the store and a new production facility was built just a few streets away and off the main route. The original building was kept as the Gloucester store location.

Two other store locations have been added, in Williamsburg and Richmond, Virginia.

In addition to the three retail stores, today the business produces and mails four seasonal catalogs, hosts a website, whitleyspeanut.com, maintains a social media presence on Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok, and operates a wholesale and private label division.

All of this happens from right here in Gloucester County with about 35 full-time year-round employees plus about 40 additional seasonal workers during the holidays. The "Main Processing Plant/Corporate Office" includes (1) the cooking room where raw peanuts, cashews, and other nuts are cooked in the "home-cooked" method, seasoned to perfection, canned, and labeled, (2) the candy room where nuts are mixed with melted chocolatey coverings and hand-dipped onto trays until cool enough to package, and (3) the shipping room where products are picked and packed and sent off for home and store deliveries.

 The "Distribution Center" houses the company's gift boxing area where the nuts and candies are packaged in a variety of combinations into decorative gift boxes or tins that are sold year-round but are especially strong during the holiday season. The third location is currently being used as a storage facility for the tins and boxes that are brought in by the truckload and stored until needed by production.

"Gloucester County has been a wonderful place to run this business", says Todd Smith, owner. "And we are looking forward to continued growth here. The location has easy access to transportation and the county is supportive of business development. My son, Brett, has just joined the business, the third generation of the Smith Family to do so, and together we are working on plans for further expansion and growth."

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Location: Hampton Roads Convention Center 1610 Coliseum Drive

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Join Jim Carroll, Executive Director for the Hampton Roads Small Business Development Center, Inc. and Vice President for Small Business for the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, as he presents on four "deadly sins" to avoid when running your small business! Running a small business can be tricky, but with the right information, you can avoid common pitfalls. This informative presentation will give you the tools you need to make your small business thrive. Register today and keep your business on the right path.

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Zoll Vineyards Help us grow!🍷

Looking for experienced and talented wine/bar/hospitality professional team members for weekends and evening shifts. Please EMAIL a resumé and let us know what you bring to the table that will make this winery even more awesome

Gloucester County is hiring. View our website for a complete list of job descriptions, job postings and to apply for employment HERE.

Lulu Birds Kitchen is hiring servers. Please apply in person during business hours or try the kitchen door, chef would love to meet you.

Home Care Associates is hiring CNAs NAs and PCAs with a $250 Sign-On Bonus 804.210.1333

YRC Cinemas is HIRING for the following positions: Concession Attendants, Shift Supervisor. Apply through FB page or in-person during operating hours at 2226 York Crossing Drive.

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