A new art gallery in the first floor of the Allied Arts building in downtown Lynchburg offers something different than what you might expect from traditional exhibits.
Business professionals often enjoy networking events where they can talk shop, share exciting innovations happening in the field or potentially meet new clients.
But when 2020 put an immediate stop to all these in-person connections, local establishments, organizations and colleges used the year to pivot and find new creative ways to connect.
The Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance has about 750 members from all over the region. It holds many in-person events throughout the year, such as its A.M. Alliance networking event held on the first Friday of the month and its quarterly Restaurant After Hours event.
During 2020, it launched a new virtual Cocktails and Commerce networking event and a Wednesdays @ 1 series which brought on business professionals, Centra staff and politicians to keep members in the loop about important updates during the pandemic.