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Valley Career and Technical Center spotlights apprenticeships at first annual event

By Rilyn Eischens, News Leader FISHERSVILLE – Three Augusta County high school seniors participated in a signing ceremony Wednesday – but none of them are going on to play college sports. The students committed to apprenticeship programs at Valley Career and Technical Center’s First Annual Youth Apprenticeship Signing, an event educators and employers hope will […]

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InDemand Series: Industrial Manufacturing Technician with The Hershey Company

For full WHSV video, click here. AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) — A job that has you surrounded by chocolate? Sign me up! Thanks to a unique apprenticeship program through The Hershey Company, one young lady is on a fast track to her Journeyman’s card and a forever career in one of the sweetest jobs in the Valley. […]

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Colliers International Recognizes Shenandoah Valley/I-81 Corridor Among “10 Emerging Industrial Markets to Watch” in 2019

by Colliers International Speculative development has arrived to the I-81 Shenandoah Valley Corridor with many projects either underway or in the pipeline for 2019. Prominent developers new to the market are leading the charge and will serve to transform this growing logistics market from a secondary to a primary market. The demand driver is the […]

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Why This Region of Virginia Could Be the South’s New Foodie Hotspot

By Todd Plummer, Vogue The South has long presented some of America’s most exciting and delicious food. And while it’s impossible to say that any one Southern cuisine is better than the other—how would you even compare South Carolina low-country to New Orleans cajun?—it would be fair to say that just like the rest of […]

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Augusta County Company Selected to Participate in Virginia’s VALET Program

RICHMOND, VA — The Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) today announced the acceptance of an Augusta County company, AccuTec Blades, Inc., into its two-year Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program. The VALET program assists companies in the Commonwealth that are committed to international exporting as a growth strategy. To participate, each business must meet […]

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