What's New- Keeping you informed of our advocacy efforts
View 2012 Legislative Agenda of the Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce
Amtrak Passenger Rail Service
The Chamber successfully advocated for creation of the new Amtrak service "Northeast Regional" train which started in October 2009. The Chamber provided marketing support for Amtrak's Lynchburg to Boston passenger rail service, the first phase of the TransDominion Express which resulted in shattering ridership and revenue projections and supports continued federal funding for its service.
View Amtrak Brochure
View Amtrak Service and Ridership 2010
Our Efforts in 2011
US 29 Western Bypass
MPO Votes Yes on Charlottesville Bypass. View story.
Bypass Moves Forward. View story.
US29 in Virginia is a regional lifeline to several cities and an essential primary north-south artery for the Commonwealth. The Lynchburg Chamber is among chambers in Danville, Roanoke, Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Culpeper, Fauquier County, Prince William County and members of Virginia West to articulate the importance of US29. We all have a common interest in maintaining and improving the safety and efficiency of US29. It is essential for travelers, commerce, trucking, agriculture, visitors and tourists, and college students and families along the entire expanse of this vital national highway.
The Chamber pledge its support to work with VDOT, CTB and the Charlottesville-Albemarle MPO to convert this long-standing promise into a reality – a future for US29 travelers than offers greater safety, shorter delays, less congestions and more efficiency. This Bypass will also result in more jobs and increased investment in our region.
Critical Employee Issues in the Patient & Affordable Care Act
Businesses, large and small, have many questions regarding the 2400-page Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This complex legislation has made sweeping changes to our country’s health care system and will impose many new requirements and mandates for employer sponsored health care coverage. The US Chamber therefore felt it necessary to commission this document to help serve as a handbook for the business community on how to navigate and comply with the new law.
US. Chamber - Pass H.R.2. and Repeal the Health Care Law
U.S. Chamber of Commerce- Burdens on Employees
Defeat BIG Labor- The “Employee Free Choice Act” (S. 560/H.R, 1409, EFCA, also known as ‘card check’) would do away with secret ballot elections in union organizing drives, replacing them with a simple ‘card check’ process that is open to harassment and intimidation. It would impose binding arbitration on employers and employees if they couldn’t agree on a first contract within 120 days, and both sides would have to live with the consequences for two years. And it would ratchet up penalties for labor law violations – on employers but not unions.
The U.S. Chamber strongly opposes this legislation. View details here.
Our Partners
We work closely with other pro-business interest groups to promote a healthy business climate in our region. Together we represent volumes of businesses making us a powerful voice at city hall, the Virginia General Assembly, and Congress.
VAWest Business & Legislative Coalition
Virginia Chamber
U.S. Chamber
