Business Today
Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce member enterprise news log
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
As part of National Volunteer Week, the United Way - Thomas Jefferson Area has unveiled a new, user-friendly, on-line database of local volunteer opportunities – managed by the Volunteer Center at the local United Way. Thanks to support from the Party Parade and Points of Light Foundation, this new technology allows the United Way to better serve both volunteers looking for ways to help and local agencies who are seeking volunteers with specific interests and experience. The database, found at www.BeAVolunteer.info, is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Currently, 100 agencies and schools in the City of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa and Nelson are listing nearly 250 volunteer opportunities on the site. These opportunities range from handy people, grant writers, guide dog raisers, marketing, tutors/mentors, board members, and more.
Monday, April 19, 2004
Virginia’s Lewis & Clark: Roots of a Legacy, produced by WHTJ Charlottesville PBS, received a Bronze Telly Award. Virginia’s Lewis & Clark premiered on WHTJ Charlottesville PBS in October 2003 to commemorate the bicentennial celebration of the explorers’ westward journey. The half-hour program was honored in the 25th Annual Telly Awards in the category that recognizes documentaries. Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards honor outstanding local, regional and cable TV programs and commercials, as well as video and film productions. The competition receives over 10,000 entries annually from all fifty states and foreign countries. The Tellys present only silver and bronze awards.
Friday, April 16, 2004
AlbemarleFamily was recognized last night, Thursday, April 15, with the VPTC "Community Award," bestowed at the Virginia Piedmont Technology Council's (VPTC) annual Tech Awards dinner. This award is given annually to the technology-based organization that has demonstrated the greatest commitment to improving the quality of life in Central Virginia through community involvement.
Dr. Gene D. Block, vice president and provost of the University of Virginia, won the VPTC Navigator Award for leading the high-tech community by supporting emerging companies originating at UVa.
Other award winners included: Upstate USA Inc., the Rocket Award; GI Stimulation Inc., the Breakthrough Award; and Blue Ridge Numerics Inc, the Spotlight Award. The VPTC Tech Awards honor individuals and organizations that use technology to positively impact the region and local, national and international marketplaces.
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, passed the 25 million mark in all-time public attendance on Friday, April 9. Based on the running total of admission ticket sales, the visitation milestone was reached at approximately 10:15 am with the arrival of Huaihai Wang of Cresskill, NJ, an interpreter at the United Nations, and his family. Greeted at the ticket office by Daniel P. Jordan, president of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the family was presented with lifetime passes to Monticello and a basket containing a selection of Monticello gifts and souvenirs.
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
The Doubletree Hotel Charlottesville was recognized with the Doubletree Crystal Cookie Award as part of the brands Hotel Performance Awards Program. The Doubletree Crystal Cookie Award honored the efforts of the Doubletree Hotel Charlottesville during the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel, September 2003. One of the few fully functional hotels in the region after the storm, the local Doubletree was able to serve hot meals and coffee to hotel guests and members of the community. The American Red Cross presented the hotel with a special letter of commendation, as the Doubletree was able to house several evacuees and their families, as well as repair crews from other states who brought the region back to normal.
Friday, April 02, 2004
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities has reported that the tenth annual Virginia Festival of the Book (VABook!), held March 24-28 in Charlottesville, was the most successful to date, garnering a total attendance number higher than 22,000 with a few programs still to be officially recorded. Approximately 17,000 people attended VABook! 2003.
"There was so much excitement and energy during the week," said VABook! Program Director Nancy Damon. "It was really gratifying to see people out and around talking about books."
VABook! 2004 featured memorable performances by Garrison Keillor, the Fellowship of Southern Writers, Clyde Edgerton, Kaye Gibbons, Edward P. Jones, David Baldacci, Michael Ondaatje, Michael Chabon, Richard Leider, Antonio Benětez-Rojo and hundreds more. The festival recorded its highest single program attendance at the Keillor event (with 680 in the audience). 2004 school participation was also at a record high.
The eleventh annual Virginia Festival of the Book, produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, is scheduled for March 16-20, 2005.
The Governing Board of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Community Foundation has reported a generous gift of $1 million from the Charlottesville-Albemarle Retail Merchants Association.
The Retail Merchants established their first fund with The Community Foundation in 1995. Since inception, the Retail Merchants Fund has made grants of approximately $275,000 to nonprofit agencies in the greater Charlottesville area.
With its most recent gift to the Community Foundation, the Retail Merchants Association is creating a new fund, to be called the "Twentieth Century Merchants Fund of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Retail Merchants Association." The Retail Merchants’ previous gifts to the Foundation will be combined with these new monies to create one of the Community Foundation’s largest funds, having assets of some $3 million.
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