The GO Virginia Region 3 Executive Committee may hold a brief business meeting on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 to review updates from the 2019 operating committees, approved projects, and information from the State Board. The meeting would be held during the Region 3 All Hands Meeting, scheduled for 10AM – 3:30PM at The Prizery, 700 […]
GO Virginia Region 3 announces successful project award for GO TEC
GO TEC (Great Opportunities in Technology & Engineering Careers), a workforce development approach in Southern and Southwestern Virginia, was awarded the largest grant to date from the GO Virginia Competitive Funding pool. The investment by GO Virginia is matched 1-to-1 by support from over 15 local partners. Workforce training will be provided by seven higher […]
GOVA meeting to celebrate SOVA economic development successes
On March 27, partners of Go Virginia Region 3, Southern Virginia’s business-led economic development initiative, will gather at The Prizery in South Boston for its semi-annual All-Hands Meeting. Business leaders, educators, government officials and anyone else dedicated to the economic vitality of Southern Virginia are encouraged to attend. The event will include a workshop, presentations, […]
SOVA Innovation Hub — bridging the technology gap in Southside Virginia
Sparks are flying in rural Virginia. Region 3’s newest grant is studying the feasibility of increasing access to technology for southside businesses and computer-science training for area students through an Innovation Hub. The initiative is being spearheaded by Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities (MBC) Corporation, in partnership with Magnum Economics, Impact Makers, and Price, Simpson & Harvey. […]
Ballad Brewing Company Follows Blueprint for Success
How do you connect a city and a large town that are one hour and forty minutes apart? And, why would you even want to? Because businesses can grow in regional markets! And that’s what the leaders of the Region 3 Council want to see happen more frequently. For Farmville and Danville, their connectivity came […]
GO Virginia Region 3 Launches “8 Weeks to Application”
GO Virginia Region 3, a business-led economic development initiative, is launching “8 Weeks to Application,” in February. This program will guide individuals and organizations with project ideas through the process of collecting all the data necessary to submit a strong project proposal – in only two months. In addition to weekly emails and downloadable worksheets, […]
Report Explores Worldwide and Local Apprenticeship Best Practices
In the US, apprenticeship is gaining momentum as an effective workforce development strategy. Now, Go Virginia Region 3 is strategizing how to leverage this practice across the Region. Nationally and locally, employers from countless industries are in a desperate search for employees with skills that fit their company’s needs. The combination of hands-on experience, classroom […]
High Value Wood Products Means High Value Opportunities in Region 3
To aid GO Virginia’s goal of supporting Virginia growth industries, and at the request of Region 3’s Council, GENEDGE and RTI International just completed a research study on High Value Wood Products (HVWP). The study outlines strategies for optimizing the economic impact of the wood products in Region 3’s rich forestry cluster. The study identified […]
Compromise and Collaboration Spell Success for GO-TEC
Like all potential successes, Great Opportunities in Technology and Engineering Careers (GO-TEC) started with an intriguing (and logical) idea. Six educational partners working collaboratively to be both efficient and effective. Those partners made refined the idea, memorialized it, and moved it forward. GO-TEC is the first project to receive funding from GO Virginia Region 3. […]
Bringing Education To Rural Homes With Broadband Internet
It’s getting easier for students in Southern Virginia to do their homework thanks to Jeremy Satterfield and a few of his friends. TV White Space (TVWS) Homework Gap, an initiative launched by Microsoft, is bringing broadband internet to rural areas of Southern Virginia. Since 2015, approximately 250 homes in rural Charlotte County have received broadband […]