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Central Virginia Summer 2016 Issue. Access Advisors, LLC. Bank of the James. Berkshire Hathaway Home Services. Blickenstaff and Company, Realtors. Capps Home Building Center. Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital. Children’s Dentistry and Orthodontics of Lynchburg. Cindy Bryant, (Mary Kay Cosmetics). 540-982-1-095 – Roanoke. 540-586-1520 – Bedford. 540-381-1100 – Christiansburg. 540-483-5208 – Rocky Mount. Cornerstone Cabinets and Design. Curtains, Blinds and Bath. Daniele Mason, Realtor. Judy Frantz, Realtor.
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Welcome From the Mayor
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Key Facts & Figures. Region at a Glance. Tourism & Recreation. Welcome From the Mayor. Greetings and welcome to the city of Lynchburg and the Central Virginia region. We are proud to live in a community that abounds with opportunity and promise. We strongly believe that we are a great place to live, work, play, and do business! As you read through this magazine, I think you will agree. Our economic diversity produces everything from cast iron pipes and transformers to chocolate truffles and snack foods.
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History
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Key Facts & Figures. Region at a Glance. Tourism & Recreation. History is more than just nostalgia in this area it’s also at the heart of a successful business model. That business is tourism, and it is this area’s rich heritage that drives it. In recent years, Lynchburg and its surrounding counties have literally moved forward into the past. Rev slider 2History slideshow]. Down in Campbell County near Brookneal is Red Hill, the last home of Patrick Henry, Jefferson’s contemporary and fellow revolutionar...
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Volunteers
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Key Facts & Figures. Region at a Glance. Tourism & Recreation. Lynchburg is a DIY kind of place. It always has been, dating back to its beginnings as an isolated community on the fringe of the Appalachian wilderness. Rev slider Vol Slideshow]. Even city government welcomes input from public spirited residents. Many of the local commissions and advisory groups that help to inform municipal policy are run by volunteers, often retirees contributing ample free time and knowledge gained from previous empl...
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Transportation & Travel
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Key Facts & Figures. Region at a Glance. Tourism & Recreation. Transportation & Travel. Traffic flows smoothly across the John Lynch bridge into Lynchburg. On the elevated message board announcing arriving and departing trains in New York’s busy Penn Station, Lynchburg is by far the smallest city listed as a destination. Yet the city is more than pulling its weight. Amtrak provides service to points from New York to New Orleans an connects to our nation’s capital daily. Lynchburg has also made considerab...
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Healthcare
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Key Facts & Figures. Region at a Glance. Tourism & Recreation. A century and a half ago, the city was best known as one of the major Confederate hospital centers during the Civil War. Battlefield casualties would pour in via the Ninth Street rail station, greeted by horse-drawn wagons that would transport them to more than 30 sites some full-fledged hospitals, others just private homes scattered around the city. A place in the top 50 of Reuters’ list of top cardiovascular hospitals. The McKesson Technolo...
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Manufacturing
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Key Facts & Figures. Region at a Glance. Tourism & Recreation. The US. has forgotten how to make things, warn the alarmists. We’ve become fixated on the service and entertainment industries, which means both an increased reliance on imports and a dearth of hands on jobs. But those people obviously haven’t been to the Lynchburg region, where the products produced include everything from sewer pipe to leather goods to gourmet chocolates. Today, Lynchburg still exerts broad influence for a city with a popul...
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Business & Economy
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Key Facts & Figures. Region at a Glance. Tourism & Recreation. Business & Economy. The twin pillars of the Lynchburg Region economy in 2015 are also its top two employers Liberty University and Centra. It’s a base one local economic development advisor calls eds and meds, and it has already proven virtually recession proof. With all that, though, it is Liberty and Centra who combine to provide the anchor. The council-manager form of government is helpful in this regard. City Council ultimately votes ...
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Education
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Key Facts & Figures. Region at a Glance. Tourism & Recreation. The Lynchburg region has some of the most highly regarded secondary schools in the state (and, in some cases, the nation), and the young people graduating from them might well decide to go away for their higher education. But they wouldn’t have to. One of only 40 schools included in Loren Pope’s book Colleges That Change Lives, Lynchburg College (LC for short) is known for nursing, environmental studies, and a growing communications departmen...
