GO Fest is Just Around the Corner
Think it can’t get any better? It can.
How do you make something that’s already great even better? Find out at the Anthem GO Outside Festival, October 18-20 at Rivers Edge in Roanoke.
Office of Outdoor Recreation Launches at Carvins Cove
The Roanoke Regional Partnership joined Governor Ralph Northam as he announced the creation of an Office of Outdoor Recreation on Thursday, July 18, at the Carvins Cove boat launch.
The office will lead efforts to promote the outdoor recreation industry in Virginia and recruit new outdoor businesses to the Commonwealth. The initiative supports the work begun by the Roanoke Regional Partnership in 2009 to brand the Roanoke Region as an outdoor community and destination for businesses and talent that are linked to outdoor recreation.
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Stopping the Brain Drain Talent Study Released
ROANOKE, Va., (June 19, 2019) – The 18 jurisdictions in the Lynchburg, New River Valley, and Roanoke regions have many strengths when it comes to talent development, attraction and retention but there are opportunities to implement new initiatives to increase the talent pool as a way to grow and diversify the region’s economy.
That was the assessment of a study conducted as part of a GO Virginia Region 2 project called Stopping the Brain Drain, which included the work of a talent action coalition comprised of government, higher education, and business leaders from throughout Region 2 to develop strategies to increase the talent pool.
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2 Roanoke Region Firms Awarded Commonwealth Research Commercialization Funds
Two innovative companies from the Roanoke Region of Virginia have been awarded funds from the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund.