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Wednesday, November 23, 2022Skip Barber Racing School to Relocate Headquarters in Virginia
Commonwealth of VirginiaOffice of Governor Glenn Youngkin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 22, 2022 CONTACTS:Office of the Governor Macaulay Porter Email: Macaulay.Porter@governor.virginia.gov Virginia Economic Development Partnership Suzanne Clark Email: sclark@vedp.org Skip Barber Racing School Joe Monitto Email: Joe.Monitto@SkipBarber.com Skip Barber Racing School to Relocate Headquarters in Virginia and Establish Performance Driving School Automotive education and entertainment
Wednesday, November 23, 2022WIN $200 DURING SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
Saturday November 26th is Small Business Saturday and participating small businesses are providing you with a chance to win $200. When you shop at participating businesses and make a purchase, you can enter to win. Shop at one or all of them and enter each time you make a purchase through November 27th. Why shop small? “Small businesses keep our country and our community moving. During the worst of the 2020 pandemic, our small businesses continued to offer products and services in new and creative
Tuesday, November 22, 2022‘Spirit of the Holidays’ at The Prizery
Pianist Robin Spielberg promises a lot more than a piano concert at her “Spirit of the Holidays” performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday Dec. 1 at The Prizery in South Boston. The Clays Mill Elementary School choir, led by Tim Duncan, will sing along with her as will the audience on some favorite Christmas tunes. “Many people in a community don’t get to experience children singing, other than their parents,” she says. “It gives people a chance to see what is going on in the local scene, in the
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Thursday, November 17, 2022TEENS VY FOR LIFE-CHANGING CAREER OPPORTUNITY ON FINAL DAY OF NASCAR DRIVE FOR DIVERSITY COMBINE
TEENS VY FOR LIFE-CHANGING CAREER OPPORTUNITY ON FINAL DAY OF NASCAR DRIVE FOR DIVERSITY COMBINE AT SOUTH BOSTON SPEEDWAY By Joe ChandlerDirector, Public RelationsSouth Boston SpeedwaySOUTH BOSTON, VA (NOV.16)……Thirteen anxious teenagers from seven different states and Mexico arrived at South Boston Speedway early Wednesday morning looking to land what they hope will be a life-altering opportunity to pursue a career in racing. The group of young racers ranging in age from 13 to 19 were participants in the
Wednesday, November 16, 2022Food Bank Grant
If you are in need of participating in the $25,000.00 Food Bank grant developed by the Halifax County Community Needs Committee and approved by the Halifax County Board of Supervisors please contact Halifax County Department of Social Services attention Kathy Andrews with the following information; 1) The name and address of the food bank 2) A primary and secondary contact for the food bank 3) What organization(s) started this food bank 4) How is this food bank normally funded 5) What
Thursday, November 10, 2022Springfield Distillery Takes 2nd Place at Annual Virginia Bourbon Invitational
Springfield Distillery in Halifax, VA took home 2nd place in a blind taste test in their first ever appearance at The 4th Annual Virginia Bourbon Invitational. The event took place November 5, 2022 and was held at The Historic Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach. Top Virginia distilleries competed alongside Springfield’s owners Kelly Gordon and James Gordon with friends Kat and Kev giving out tastings to long lines of bourbon lovers all day. Kelly said, “We came, represented, and brought home 2nd place in
Tuesday, November 08, 2022Communication master’s now offered at higher ed centers
Daniel Mullins set a goal to pursue a career in communications.To get there, he first had to seek education beyond his four-year bachelor’s degree, but he wasn’t sure which route to take. That is until he noticed a social media advertisement for Radford University’s Master of Science in Strategic Communication.Mullins lives in Clintwood, near Virginia’s border with Kentucky, and works a full-time job during the day, so attending the classes on Radford’s campus did not fit into his busy schedule. But Radford
Tuesday, November 08, 2022GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA Southern Virginia to showcase our entrepreneurial ecosystem. Dan River Region, Va. (November 8, 2022) -- Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is an international movement – powered by thousands of partner organizations dedicated to making it possible for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a company. GEW 2022 will be celebrated from November 14 – 20, 2022, with national campaigns in 180 countries – engaging millions of participants in activities. For
Wednesday, October 26, 2022Larnell Starkey & The Spiritual Seven Performing at The Prizery!
Larnell Starkey and the Spiritual Seven Gospel Singers of Virginia will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5, at The Prizery’s Chastain Theater in South Boston. Often called “The Gospel Temptations,” the seven-member group all hail from the same family from Wirtz, in southwestern Virginia. The family has been singing publicly since 1968, in and often outside of the state. The family band says they play for ministry not for entertainment. They worship through song to bring people closer to God. On
