Founded in 1999, TowneBank remains one of the largest banks ever chartered in Virginia. Named in 2021 as the #16 Best Bank in America by Forbes, the success of TowneBank is rooted in our commitment to the core values established by our founders more than twenty years ago.
TowneBank started in 1998 with a big dream in a two-car garage in Portsmouth, Virginia. It was there that the original founders met and created the vision that would become TowneBank: a community-oriented bank focused on key principles that include a commitment to recruiting the very best employees, creating a family atmosphere, engaging local board members, and delivering the ultimate in customer service while providing quality, upscale banking facilities that house the most efficient technology available.
On April 8, 1999, TowneBank opened three offices with start-up capital from more than 4,000 shareholders. Achieving profitability in just 11 months, TowneBank continued to grow—and still does, today—operating more than 40 banking offices throughout Hampton Roads and Central Virginia, as well as Northeastern and Central North Carolina.
As TowneBank grew, there were celebrations, commemorations, and benchmark moments that recognized our hardworking and deserving family of members, shareholders, and employees. TowneBank has never lost sight of our mission: to be a community asset committed to serving others and enriching lives.
Altria Client Services provides Altria Group and its companies with high-quality services in a financially disciplined way. These areas include: Compliance ● Consumer & Market Insights ● Finance ● Investor Relations & Communications ● Government Affairs ● Human Resources ● Information Technology ● Legal ● Procurement ● Regulatory Affairs
Keiter is a team of experienced accountants and advisors with the knowledge to identify opportunities and the commitment to see them through. We understand that you depend on us to identify, communicate and help shape the financial decisions that determine the success of your business. Whether performing an audit, preparing a tax return or developing a business plan for a start-up, we are always focused on providing fresh insights and creating new opportunities to help your business grow. Since forming in 1978, we have become one of the largest accounting and consulting firms in Virginia. We see our success as a testament not only to our knowledge and experience, but also to the strong relationships we build with our clients.
Knowledge
Each member of our team has the knowledge and perspective to look at every situation from all angles — bringing greater insights to all of your financial needs. Our innovative approach is to anticipate, not just react to, financial issues and to use constructive planning to recommend the most effective solutions. Keeping up-to date with current financial issues is one of our top priorities, and we maintain extensive resources to provide you with quick, effective answers and solutions.
Experience
At Keiter, we are proud of the integrity and experience of our client service teams. Before bringing their expertise to our Firm, many of our partners and staff have worked with the nation’s top accounting and consulting firms – and several have been recognized at national, state and local levels for their expertise in their specialty service areas. Industry peers and business associations have also awarded us with distinctive designations for our integrity and technical expertise. This extensive experience allows us to provide the insights needed to help you grow your business.
Relationships
From the beginning, the foundation of our success was built on the success of our clients. And today, we are still committed to looking for opportunities to make you and your business a success. We are here to help you with all financial decisions throughout the life cycle of your business — from start-up issues to merger and acquisition preparation or succession planning. Most importantly, we take the time to truly learn about you and your organization. To be effective, we approach your business as a unique entity, enabling us to identify strategies that work for how you run your business today and where you want it to go tomorrow.
Keiter’s team consists of 20 partners and over 130 employees, making us the largest independent CPA firm in Richmond.
Mission
Deliver outstanding client service, provide rewarding careers, and support our communities.
Why Keiter?
Are you ready to uncover new financial opportunities? Contact us to discuss how our insights and services can help you shape the success of your business.
Community Foundation for a greater Richmond, serving Richmond and Central Virginia, exists to serve its donors and community. Since 1968, we’ve been solving problems, preserving legacies and building permanent endowments.
In the intervening years, we’ve granted more than $750 million to hundreds of local nonprofits. And with more than 900 funds of all sizes, we’re here to stay.
Partner with us. We want to see you realize your philanthropic vision.
What is a Community Foundation?
We’re a public charity that helps people like you accomplish philanthropic goals through a named, charitable fund. You make grants through your fund, primarily to benefit a defined geographical area.
Our Foundation is governed by a volunteer board of leading citizens and run by professionals who are experts in community need. We’re committed to keeping you abreast both of the challenges facing our area and the answers local nonprofits are developing in response.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond is one of twelve reserve banks across the United States that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., forms the Federal Reserve System. The Richmond Fed, as part of the nation’s central bank, helps formulate monetary policy, supervises and regulates banks, and assists with the operation of the nation’s financial and payments systems to maintain the overall stability of the financial system.
The Fifth Federal Reserve District serves Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and most of West Virginia. The Richmond Fed opened in 1914 and has branch offices in Baltimore, Maryland, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
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TAC-Solutions, the premier firearms training organization in Richmond, VA provides an exciting informative Tactical Concealed Carry and Handgun Safety Class which exceeds the state requirement for you to get your CHP permit.
TAC Solutions Firearms & CHP Instructors are Veterans of the Richmond Police Department S.W.A.T. Team.
Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA) provides business insurance, employee health & benefits, retirement, and private client insurance solutions to organizations and individuals seeking limitless possibilities.
Small and midsize public and private organizations rely on trusted advisors to help them prepare for a future that’s truly limitless. Through MMA, we deliver the resources of a large firm with the local ency attention, advice, solutions, and programs that these organizations expect.
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh, MMA has access to broad resources and solutions across all of the businesses under the Marsh McLennan banner.
Through the strength of our local teams, geographic reach, and world-class services, MMA provides you with business insurance, employee health & benefits, retirement, and private client insurance solutions to help you attain your goals.
MMA is currently the ninth-largest insurance broker in the US with annualized revenues of approximately $2 billion.
Legal Resources has been a Group Legal Plan Provider over 20 years. Today Legal Resources serves over 500 client groups nationwide. Legal Resources is the only Legal Care provider that allows employees to select a full service local law firm. Our plan pays 100% of the attorney fees for all our fully covered legal services, and our Plan includes Identity Theft Assistance. Legal Resources provides all administrative support to implement and maintain the benefit. There are no minimum participation requirements.
Confused about Legal Plans? The difference is Night & Day.
Highlights of the Legal Resources Plan include:
No hidden fees or waiting periods
Employees select their own local law firm
The Plan can never be used against the employer
More core legal services covered at 100% than any other plan
No cost to the employer
Low cost to the employee
We pride ourselves on our comprehensive coverage, attorney panel convenience, and a commitment to member satisfaction. That’s why over 500 companies have made the choice and selected Legal Resources to serve all their employees legal needs nationwide.
Specialties
Employer sponsored group legal plans
Employee groups of 100 or more
Specializing in performance management and organizational development, Dr. Heather Williamson proudly heads Transformation Group, LLC, a leading growth and performance firm. For the past two years, she and her team have worked with a diverse array of clients across multiple industries in an effort to provide the highest quality executive coaching, strategic planning, business planning, managerial and sales development, and team leadership strategies. Dr. Williamson, who has worked in the business sector for an excess of 17 years, is a recognized expert in the development of communication and interpersonal skills, as well as employee and leadership enhancement. Her past experience includes sales and management positions for a Fortune 50 company and a directorial position for an educational institution, where she oversaw a $2 million federal grant.
Assisting businesses to reorganize and break out of problematic patterns requires serious out-of-the-box thinking. Dr. Williamson’s approach to leadership and business development is unique in that she utilizes a non-traditional approach to work through problems and enhance the hidden potential in each client. For her professional efforts, Dr. Williamson has been distinguished with a number of prestigious awards. She is an active public speaker and has presented lectures regarding achievement motivation, subordinate leadership satisfaction, organizational trust and personality traits. Additionally, she co-authored a chapter on personality and crime and evaluated programs for Richmond City and the State of Virginia.
Dr. Williamson earned her Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007. She holds a master of science in psychology and a bachelor of science in psychology from the same institution. Dr. Williamson has been active in many associations including the Powhatan Chamber of Commerce, the Western Chesterfield Business Alliance, the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce, the Retail Merchants Association and Executive Women International.
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One of the most reputable retirement communities in Virginia.
A Northside distinction: Westminster Canterbury Richmond was founded in 1971 by the Episcopal and Presbyterian churches and opened in 1975. Westminster Canterbury Richmond was the first among Richmond-area retirement communities to earn accreditation by the Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (now CARF-CCAC), the independent authority that evaluates all aspects of a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC). We have held that distinction continuously since 1987. Fewer than 15% of all CCRCs in America have accreditation through CARF-CCAC.
What does that mean to our residents and staff? They can live and work in a community that excels in service, financial stability, cultural vitality and spiritual life. They can have confidence in our not-for-profit philosophy, reinvesting all revenues into enhanced services. They can entrust their future to people who believe that everything they do is dedicated to helping all those we serve to Live Life Well.
Responding to the recommendation of a legislative study committee that “every citizen of the Commonwealth be given an opportunity to attend an institution of higher learning offering academic, occupational/ technical, and community service programs at a nominal cost,” in 1966 the General Assembly of Virginia established a state-wide system of community colleges. A newly established State Board for Community Colleges prepared a master plan for a system of 23 institutions. The Lieutenant Governor, J. Sargeant Reynolds, heralded the creation of the community college system by the General Assembly as “one of its finest acts and finest hours in this century.”
Reynolds Community College, the last of these colleges, is named in honor of the late Lieutenant Governor of the State, who championed legislation creating the state-supported community colleges. Opened in 1972 in temporary headquarters, the college is now a three-campus (Parham Road, Downtown, Goochland) institution and the third largest in the Virginia Community College System, serving the City of Richmond and the counties of Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, and Louisa.
From its inception, the college has recognized its strategic role in the metropolitan Richmond area’s economic development. In 1977 the college established its nationally recognized Center for Office Development, a statewide pilot project with the Virginia Community College System and State of Virginia, to provide training in office and supervisory skills for employees of the Commonwealth. Within several years the Center opened this training opportunity to all individuals and businesses. By spring 1989, the college offered short-term training and seminars at three strategic locations in the metropolitan Richmond area.
Demand for these services from the business community continued to escalate. As a result, the college reorganized its outreach efforts in 1994 by creating the Institute for Economic Development & Extended Studies. In response to the evolving needs of the business community, the unit reorganized in the fall of 2000, changing its name to the Institute for Workforce Development. The Institute was comprised of six Centers including the Center for Corporate Training, the Center for Organizational Effectiveness, the Center for Lifelong Learning, the Center for Apprenticeship Programs, the Center for Entrepreneurial Development, and the Center for Professional Development and Renewal.
Reynolds Community College and John Tyler Community College collaborated in 2003 to create a new workforce development entity that provides business, industry and government in the region with a single source for workforce development. The new organization is named the Community College Workforce Alliance (CCWA). The alliance is a cooperative partnership dedicated to supporting economic development and providing world-class workforce training and services to both the public and private sectors. The vision behind the new organization is to maximize the talents and resources of both institutions’ current workforce development centers in an effort to provide Richmond, Tri-cities and surrounding counties with a world-class regional workforce development organization.
The college currently offers two-year occupational/technical programs, transfer programs and career studies certificate programs requiring less than one-year of full-time study. Having enrolled more than 310,000 persons in credit courses since its opening, Reynolds Community College continues to strive to meet the aspirations of its namesake to provide “a practical and economic answer to the future educational needs of thousands of …Virginians.”
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Richmond Region Tourism, the official destination marketing and tourism organization for the Richmond Region, is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Region to meeting planners, tour operators and leisure travelers.
Richmond Region Tourism operates three Visitor Centers located at the Greater Richmond Convention Center downtown, the Richmond International Airport and Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Hanover County.
More than 6 million people visit the Richmond Region annually, contributing $1.9 billion to the local economy. Tourism generates 20,500 jobs in the Richmond Region.
Universal Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, was founded in 1918. Universal, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is the world’s leading leaf tobacco merchant and processor. The largest portion of the company’s business involves the procurement, processing, packing, and supply of flue-cured and burley leaf tobacco to manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. Universal conducts its business in more than 30 countries and employs over 28,000 permanent and seasonal workers.
Virginia Commonwealth University is a public, research university, supported by Virginia to serve the people of the state and the nation. The university provides a fertile and stimulating environment for learning, teaching, research, creative expression and public service. Essential to the life of the university is the faculty – actively engaged in scholarship and creative exploration activities that increase knowledge and understanding of the world and inspire and enrich teaching.
The university is dedicated to educating full-time and part-time students of all ages and backgrounds in an atmosphere of free inquiry and scholarship so they may realize their full potential as informed, productive citizens with a lifelong commitment to learning and service.
The university serves the local, state, national and international communities through its scholarly activities, its diverse educational programs and its public service activities. As an institution of higher learning in a metropolitan center that also is the state capital, the university enjoys unique resources that enrich its programs. The university also contributes its intellectual and creative expertise in the development of innovative approaches to meet the changing needs of our society.
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Virginia Credit Union Inc. operates as a credit union. The company offers financial services such as affordable banking services, lower fees and tips on how to avoid fees altogether, college scholarships, and free memberships. The company offers online services such as home banking, eStatement, bill payer services. Virginia Credit Union also offers checking & savings of accounts, electronic loan applications, issuing of credit cards, car loan, mortgage, insurance, and asset protection services. The company was founded in 1928 and is based in Richmond, Virginia.
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Cater Nation is an online ordering platform for administrative, sales and other professionals with catering needs. Cater Nation was founded in October, 2009 by a group of industry veterans that invented the soup to nuts online catering platform that is so popular today.
Cater Nation’s mission is to remain the premier online catering service in the nation by providing customers with a high quality service that makes their lives easier. We also offer assistance to our catering partners within our Value Added Program.
TowneBank
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Founded in 1999, TowneBank remains one of the largest banks ever chartered in Virginia. Named in 2021 as the #16 Best Bank in America by Forbes, the success of TowneBank is rooted in our commitment to the core values established by our founders more than twenty years ago.
TowneBank started in 1998 with a big dream in a two-car garage in Portsmouth, Virginia. It was there that the original founders met and created the vision that would become TowneBank: a community-oriented bank focused on key principles that include a commitment to recruiting the very best employees, creating a family atmosphere, engaging local board members, and delivering the ultimate in customer service while providing quality, upscale banking facilities that house the most efficient technology available.
On April 8, 1999, TowneBank opened three offices with start-up capital from more than 4,000 shareholders. Achieving profitability in just 11 months, TowneBank continued to grow—and still does, today—operating more than 40 banking offices throughout Hampton Roads and Central Virginia, as well as Northeastern and Central North Carolina.
As TowneBank grew, there were celebrations, commemorations, and benchmark moments that recognized our hardworking and deserving family of members, shareholders, and employees. TowneBank has never lost sight of our mission: to be a community asset committed to serving others and enriching lives.
Altria Client Services LLC
/in Active Member FirmsAltria Client Services provides Altria Group and its companies with high-quality services in a financially disciplined way. These areas include: Compliance ● Consumer & Market Insights ● Finance ● Investor Relations & Communications ● Government Affairs ● Human Resources ● Information Technology ● Legal ● Procurement ● Regulatory Affairs
EWI of Richmond Chapter Bylaws
/in Member Resources, Reference LibraryEWI of Richmond Chapter Bylaws with updated boundaries as of January 2019.
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/in Active Member FirmsWe Are Your Opportunity Advisors
Keiter is a team of experienced accountants and advisors with the knowledge to identify opportunities and the commitment to see them through. We understand that you depend on us to identify, communicate and help shape the financial decisions that determine the success of your business. Whether performing an audit, preparing a tax return or developing a business plan for a start-up, we are always focused on providing fresh insights and creating new opportunities to help your business grow. Since forming in 1978, we have become one of the largest accounting and consulting firms in Virginia. We see our success as a testament not only to our knowledge and experience, but also to the strong relationships we build with our clients.
Knowledge
Each member of our team has the knowledge and perspective to look at every situation from all angles — bringing greater insights to all of your financial needs. Our innovative approach is to anticipate, not just react to, financial issues and to use constructive planning to recommend the most effective solutions. Keeping up-to date with current financial issues is one of our top priorities, and we maintain extensive resources to provide you with quick, effective answers and solutions.
Experience
At Keiter, we are proud of the integrity and experience of our client service teams. Before bringing their expertise to our Firm, many of our partners and staff have worked with the nation’s top accounting and consulting firms – and several have been recognized at national, state and local levels for their expertise in their specialty service areas. Industry peers and business associations have also awarded us with distinctive designations for our integrity and technical expertise. This extensive experience allows us to provide the insights needed to help you grow your business.
Relationships
From the beginning, the foundation of our success was built on the success of our clients. And today, we are still committed to looking for opportunities to make you and your business a success. We are here to help you with all financial decisions throughout the life cycle of your business — from start-up issues to merger and acquisition preparation or succession planning. Most importantly, we take the time to truly learn about you and your organization. To be effective, we approach your business as a unique entity, enabling us to identify strategies that work for how you run your business today and where you want it to go tomorrow.
Keiter’s team consists of 20 partners and over 130 employees, making us the largest independent CPA firm in Richmond.
Mission
Deliver outstanding client service, provide rewarding careers, and support our communities.
Why Keiter?
Are you ready to uncover new financial opportunities? Contact us to discuss how our insights and services can help you shape the success of your business.
Community Foundation for a greater Richmond
/in Active Member FirmsCommunity Foundation for a greater Richmond, serving Richmond and Central Virginia, exists to serve its donors and community. Since 1968, we’ve been solving problems, preserving legacies and building permanent endowments.
In the intervening years, we’ve granted more than $750 million to hundreds of local nonprofits. And with more than 900 funds of all sizes, we’re here to stay.
Partner with us. We want to see you realize your philanthropic vision.
What is a Community Foundation?
We’re a public charity that helps people like you accomplish philanthropic goals through a named, charitable fund. You make grants through your fund, primarily to benefit a defined geographical area.
Our Foundation is governed by a volunteer board of leading citizens and run by professionals who are experts in community need. We’re committed to keeping you abreast both of the challenges facing our area and the answers local nonprofits are developing in response.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
/in Active Member FirmsThe Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond is one of twelve reserve banks across the United States that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., forms the Federal Reserve System. The Richmond Fed, as part of the nation’s central bank, helps formulate monetary policy, supervises and regulates banks, and assists with the operation of the nation’s financial and payments systems to maintain the overall stability of the financial system.
The Fifth Federal Reserve District serves Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and most of West Virginia. The Richmond Fed opened in 1914 and has branch offices in Baltimore, Maryland, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
For more information, please visit the Bank’s website at http://www.richmondfed.org.
TAC-Solutions
/in Active Member FirmsTAC-Solutions, the premier firearms training organization in Richmond, VA provides an exciting informative Tactical Concealed Carry and Handgun Safety Class which exceeds the state requirement for you to get your CHP permit.
TAC Solutions Firearms & CHP Instructors are Veterans of the Richmond Police Department S.W.A.T. Team.
Marsh & McLennan Agency
/in Active Member FirmsMarsh McLennan Agency (MMA) provides business insurance, employee health & benefits, retirement, and private client insurance solutions to organizations and individuals seeking limitless possibilities.
Small and midsize public and private organizations rely on trusted advisors to help them prepare for a future that’s truly limitless. Through MMA, we deliver the resources of a large firm with the local ency attention, advice, solutions, and programs that these organizations expect.
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh, MMA has access to broad resources and solutions across all of the businesses under the Marsh McLennan banner.
Through the strength of our local teams, geographic reach, and world-class services, MMA provides you with business insurance, employee health & benefits, retirement, and private client insurance solutions to help you attain your goals.
MMA is currently the ninth-largest insurance broker in the US with annualized revenues of approximately $2 billion.
Legal Resources
/in Active Member FirmsLegal Resources has been a Group Legal Plan Provider over 20 years. Today Legal Resources serves over 500 client groups nationwide. Legal Resources is the only Legal Care provider that allows employees to select a full service local law firm. Our plan pays 100% of the attorney fees for all our fully covered legal services, and our Plan includes Identity Theft Assistance. Legal Resources provides all administrative support to implement and maintain the benefit. There are no minimum participation requirements.
Confused about Legal Plans? The difference is Night & Day.
Highlights of the Legal Resources Plan include:
We pride ourselves on our comprehensive coverage, attorney panel convenience, and a commitment to member satisfaction. That’s why over 500 companies have made the choice and selected Legal Resources to serve all their employees legal needs nationwide.
Specialties
Employer sponsored group legal plans
Employee groups of 100 or more
Transformation Group LLC
/in Active Member FirmsSpecializing in performance management and organizational development, Dr. Heather Williamson proudly heads Transformation Group, LLC, a leading growth and performance firm. For the past two years, she and her team have worked with a diverse array of clients across multiple industries in an effort to provide the highest quality executive coaching, strategic planning, business planning, managerial and sales development, and team leadership strategies. Dr. Williamson, who has worked in the business sector for an excess of 17 years, is a recognized expert in the development of communication and interpersonal skills, as well as employee and leadership enhancement. Her past experience includes sales and management positions for a Fortune 50 company and a directorial position for an educational institution, where she oversaw a $2 million federal grant.
Assisting businesses to reorganize and break out of problematic patterns requires serious out-of-the-box thinking. Dr. Williamson’s approach to leadership and business development is unique in that she utilizes a non-traditional approach to work through problems and enhance the hidden potential in each client. For her professional efforts, Dr. Williamson has been distinguished with a number of prestigious awards. She is an active public speaker and has presented lectures regarding achievement motivation, subordinate leadership satisfaction, organizational trust and personality traits. Additionally, she co-authored a chapter on personality and crime and evaluated programs for Richmond City and the State of Virginia.
Dr. Williamson earned her Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007. She holds a master of science in psychology and a bachelor of science in psychology from the same institution. Dr. Williamson has been active in many associations including the Powhatan Chamber of Commerce, the Western Chesterfield Business Alliance, the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce, the Retail Merchants Association and Executive Women International.
Westminster Canterbury Richmond
/in Active Member FirmsOne of the most reputable retirement communities in Virginia.
A Northside distinction: Westminster Canterbury Richmond was founded in 1971 by the Episcopal and Presbyterian churches and opened in 1975. Westminster Canterbury Richmond was the first among Richmond-area retirement communities to earn accreditation by the Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (now CARF-CCAC), the independent authority that evaluates all aspects of a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC). We have held that distinction continuously since 1987. Fewer than 15% of all CCRCs in America have accreditation through CARF-CCAC.
What does that mean to our residents and staff? They can live and work in a community that excels in service, financial stability, cultural vitality and spiritual life. They can have confidence in our not-for-profit philosophy, reinvesting all revenues into enhanced services. They can entrust their future to people who believe that everything they do is dedicated to helping all those we serve to Live Life Well.
Reynolds Community College
/in Active Member FirmsResponding to the recommendation of a legislative study committee that “every citizen of the Commonwealth be given an opportunity to attend an institution of higher learning offering academic, occupational/ technical, and community service programs at a nominal cost,” in 1966 the General Assembly of Virginia established a state-wide system of community colleges. A newly established State Board for Community Colleges prepared a master plan for a system of 23 institutions. The Lieutenant Governor, J. Sargeant Reynolds, heralded the creation of the community college system by the General Assembly as “one of its finest acts and finest hours in this century.”
Reynolds Community College, the last of these colleges, is named in honor of the late Lieutenant Governor of the State, who championed legislation creating the state-supported community colleges. Opened in 1972 in temporary headquarters, the college is now a three-campus (Parham Road, Downtown, Goochland) institution and the third largest in the Virginia Community College System, serving the City of Richmond and the counties of Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, and Louisa.
From its inception, the college has recognized its strategic role in the metropolitan Richmond area’s economic development. In 1977 the college established its nationally recognized Center for Office Development, a statewide pilot project with the Virginia Community College System and State of Virginia, to provide training in office and supervisory skills for employees of the Commonwealth. Within several years the Center opened this training opportunity to all individuals and businesses. By spring 1989, the college offered short-term training and seminars at three strategic locations in the metropolitan Richmond area.
Demand for these services from the business community continued to escalate. As a result, the college reorganized its outreach efforts in 1994 by creating the Institute for Economic Development & Extended Studies. In response to the evolving needs of the business community, the unit reorganized in the fall of 2000, changing its name to the Institute for Workforce Development. The Institute was comprised of six Centers including the Center for Corporate Training, the Center for Organizational Effectiveness, the Center for Lifelong Learning, the Center for Apprenticeship Programs, the Center for Entrepreneurial Development, and the Center for Professional Development and Renewal.
Reynolds Community College and John Tyler Community College collaborated in 2003 to create a new workforce development entity that provides business, industry and government in the region with a single source for workforce development. The new organization is named the Community College Workforce Alliance (CCWA). The alliance is a cooperative partnership dedicated to supporting economic development and providing world-class workforce training and services to both the public and private sectors. The vision behind the new organization is to maximize the talents and resources of both institutions’ current workforce development centers in an effort to provide Richmond, Tri-cities and surrounding counties with a world-class regional workforce development organization.
The college currently offers two-year occupational/technical programs, transfer programs and career studies certificate programs requiring less than one-year of full-time study. Having enrolled more than 310,000 persons in credit courses since its opening, Reynolds Community College continues to strive to meet the aspirations of its namesake to provide “a practical and economic answer to the future educational needs of thousands of …Virginians.”
Richmond Region Tourism
/in Active Member FirmsRichmond Region Tourism, the official destination marketing and tourism organization for the Richmond Region, is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Region to meeting planners, tour operators and leisure travelers.
Richmond Region Tourism operates three Visitor Centers located at the Greater Richmond Convention Center downtown, the Richmond International Airport and Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Hanover County.
More than 6 million people visit the Richmond Region annually, contributing $1.9 billion to the local economy. Tourism generates 20,500 jobs in the Richmond Region.
For more information, visit www.VisitRichmondVA.com.
Universal Corporation
/in Active Member FirmsUniversal Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, was founded in 1918. Universal, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is the world’s leading leaf tobacco merchant and processor. The largest portion of the company’s business involves the procurement, processing, packing, and supply of flue-cured and burley leaf tobacco to manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. Universal conducts its business in more than 30 countries and employs over 28,000 permanent and seasonal workers.
Virginia Commonwealth University
/in Active Member FirmsVirginia Commonwealth University is a public, research university, supported by Virginia to serve the people of the state and the nation. The university provides a fertile and stimulating environment for learning, teaching, research, creative expression and public service. Essential to the life of the university is the faculty – actively engaged in scholarship and creative exploration activities that increase knowledge and understanding of the world and inspire and enrich teaching.
The university is dedicated to educating full-time and part-time students of all ages and backgrounds in an atmosphere of free inquiry and scholarship so they may realize their full potential as informed, productive citizens with a lifelong commitment to learning and service.
The university serves the local, state, national and international communities through its scholarly activities, its diverse educational programs and its public service activities. As an institution of higher learning in a metropolitan center that also is the state capital, the university enjoys unique resources that enrich its programs. The university also contributes its intellectual and creative expertise in the development of innovative approaches to meet the changing needs of our society.
Virginia Credit Union, Inc.
/in Active Member FirmsVirginia Credit Union Inc. operates as a credit union. The company offers financial services such as affordable banking services, lower fees and tips on how to avoid fees altogether, college scholarships, and free memberships. The company offers online services such as home banking, eStatement, bill payer services. Virginia Credit Union also offers checking & savings of accounts, electronic loan applications, issuing of credit cards, car loan, mortgage, insurance, and asset protection services. The company was founded in 1928 and is based in Richmond, Virginia.
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Cater Nation
/in Active Member FirmsCater Nation is an online ordering platform for administrative, sales and other professionals with catering needs. Cater Nation was founded in October, 2009 by a group of industry veterans that invented the soup to nuts online catering platform that is so popular today.
Cater Nation’s mission is to remain the premier online catering service in the nation by providing customers with a high quality service that makes their lives easier. We also offer assistance to our catering partners within our Value Added Program.