SVP’s Lead Generation Committee heard a presentation from new Valley Internship Experience Workgroup (VIEW) Project Coordinator Mary Sullivan at our August meeting. Mary shared the ways in which the Region 8 VIEW collaborative and Virginia Talent and Opportunities Pathways (VTOP) work with local businesses to facilitate and support internships and co-ops. VTOP was enacted by […]
SVP ANNUAL MEETING The 2023 SVP Annual Meeting was held at Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative on July 28, 2023 with more than 100 investors in attendance. SVP Executive Director Jay A. Langston, Ph.D., discussed highlights from the 2022-2023 fiscal year and outlined the strategy for the new fiscal year which began July 1, 2023. View […]
The Shenandoah Valley Partnership recently welcomed five new board members at the start of the fiscal year on July 1, 2023. The Board guides the organization in fulfilling its mission to facilitate regional and local economic development efforts through and in support of member jurisdictions, private partners and strategic alliances. New board members include: Lisa […]
Shenandoah Valley Partnership hosted a Winter Economic Development Forum early in February featuring Page County. Guests included Page County Economic Development and Tourism director Nina Fox and Page County Board of Supervisors member Mark Stroupe, as well as Page County EDA Member Dennis Fleming and owner of Shenandoah-based KVK Precision Specialties Jeff Vaughan. SVP Executive […]
Staunton, Va. (November 2, 2022) – Cadence, Inc., a leading contract manufacturer of medical and drug delivery devices, is pleased to announce that the company has earned its second bronze medal for sustainability from EcoVadis, the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings. The bronze medal distinguishes sustainability performance in the top […]
In this 7th edition of our virtual cooking show, we feature Shenandoah County and some of the delicious locally made products as we bake an Apple Beer Bread. Host Woodstock Brewhouse made for the perfect backdrop to this edition’s recipe that featured their Tipsy Squirrel brown ale. Site consultants learned about the history of the […]
What a year it’s been for SVP! Take a look at some of our fiscal year end accomplishments and highlights. Click on the image or link below SVP Year End Review FY 2021-2022 Video produced by: Appeal Production
June 8, 2022 – Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley Life is steeped in a heritage of agriculture and two companies owned by sisters are taking agriculture in a new direction. Jessica Hall and Stephanie Auville are adding floriculture to the list of agricultural products exported from the Shenandoah Valley. Their companies, Harmony Harvest and Floral Genius, grow the […]
May 24, 2022 The Shenandoah Valley Partnership (SVP) hosted an economic forum May 20, 2022 providing an overview of recent activities in the Shenandoah Valley region, a presentation by the Port of Virginia and an in-depth look at housing in the region. The mainstay of the program focused on housing. SVP was joined by guest […]
By Jay A. Langston, Ph.D., (First published in the Harrisonburg Daily News Record) Recent national headlines have detailed with great fanfare staggering investments and job creation commitments by large international companies in electric vehicle production, aviation, pharmaceuticals, and other cutting edge technologies in states all around Virginia. Such announcements were not happenstance – they resulted […]
