Chamber President & CEO Rex Hammond will attend Chamber Day at the Capitol in Richmond on Wednesday, January 27 with Virginia's newly elected leadership, local chamber members and executives, and members of the business community. Virginia's top leadership will address Chamber Day at the Capitol participants about pressing legislative issues facing…

Walden University has awarded Leadership Lynchburg Alum Jan Garfield with an $18,000 grant to study the “Impact of Community Leadership: Researching Leadership Development Outcomes.”  Leadership Lynchburg will be one of three communities studied.

Executive Vice President, Christine Kennedy has begun the certification process to become a life/executive coach through the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching. http://wwwipeccoaching.com Once certified in July 2010, the Chamber will be able to offer coaching services to employees and executives of member companies and to Leadership Lynchburg class…

At last week’s international trade themed Business at Breakfast, the Chamber announced their 2010 trip to China in partnership with Citslinks. The trip, scheduled for October 10-18, is all inclusive for only $1,999! The first orientation meeting is scheduled for January 19 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. More details to come.

The Chamber has agreed to partner with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to promote their new grassroots effort to create 20 million new jobs in the next 10 years. Learn more at www.FreeEnterpriseAmerica.com. Chamber meets with City, DRPT, and Amtrak officials on the new service. Chamber representatives met with leaders…

Chamber representatives met with leaders of the US29 Corridor study for an update on changes made to the preliminary recommendations. Three major changes have been made, including the removal of the two bypass options in Charlottesville. The Chamber will continue to fight for the protection of this important transportation asset.

Lynchburg metropolitan ranked 60 out of 200 cities based on job, salary, and technology growth. Read more at The Milken Institute

                  Major Network Providers Have Created Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs  WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Broadband for America (BfA) coalition released a new study that shows the important contributions to the U.S. economy made by private investment in information and communications technology.  The study, which was conducted by Robert…