Traci Blido, the current Director of Economic Development for Bedford County, has been selected to lead the regionâs workforce development efforts.
The Central Virginia Workforce Development Board voted last week to name Blido as its next Workforce Development Director, following a nationwide search that attracted more than 50 highly qualified applicants.
Blido has spent the last 10 years as Bedford Countyâs Economic Development Director and has served on the Central Virginia Workforce Development Board.
She said she was almost on the hiring committee but when she started reading the job description, she realized it would be perfect for her.
âI was like, I need to be doing this because I feel so passionate about developing our workforce, and itâs something that I was already doing as an economic developer but this is focused all in on workforce,â she said Friday. âSo I just decided to give it a shot. It wasnât that I was looking, I love Bedford
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ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ PelicanCorp today announced that MISS DIG System, Inc. (MISS DIG 811), the notification center for underground utility safety in Michigan, is partnering with PelicanCorp to expand WorksAccess by installing PelicanCorp s Notification Center solution, OneCallAccess. The OneCallAccess software solution will enhance Notification Center operations across Michigan, providing a fully managed solution for e-Ticket and Call Center operations to protect underground assets and infrastructure. We are excited to continue our partnership with PelicanCorp, said Bruce Campbell, Chief Executive Officer for MISS DIG System, Inc. Our MISS DIG 811 process currently receives requests from the excavating community and transmits the information to our 1,700 members, who then come out and locate their facilities. Adding the OneCallAccess solution will significantly boost our capabilities and services here in Michi
This week, localities nationwide recognized the work economic developers do to create vibrant communities with strong economies during National Economic Development Week, which runs from May 9 to 15.
Locally, economic officials have powered through an unprecedented pandemic and still assisted in company expansions and openings, provided grants to businesses and helped them retain their workforce.
In 2020, the Lynchburg Office of Economic Development and Tourism assisted multiple companies, including Bausch + Lomb, which invested more than $35 million to expand its manufacturing facility to provide U.S. distribution for its contact lens products and create 79 new jobs over the next five years.
In January 2020, Flowers Foods, one of the nationâs largest producers of packaged baked foods, announced a $25 million investment to expand and transform its Lynchburg bakery into an organic facility, creating 15 new jobs. The bakery, which the company has operated for more than 40 years
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The Virginia Board of Education’s Accreditation Committee will meet today. It will discuss accreditation for public schools and advancing racial equity in public schools. The meeting will be held virtually at 2 p.m. The meeting will be streamed on YouTube.
Virginia Children’s Theatre will announce the productions for the 2021-2022 season. The announcement will feature performances from each of the productions. Virginia Children’s Theatre says it is the only professional theatre in the Commonwealth dedicated to youth, schools and their families. The announcement will take place on Facebook tonight at 6 p.m.