Chamber earns $50,000 grant to boost tourism
Luray Page County Chamber of Commerce received one of 35 Virginia Tourism Corp grants to increase visitation and revenue. The $50,000 grant requires a $100,000 local match funded from existing marketing reserves. Governor McDonnell praised the program as tripling marketing power to attract tourists.
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Luray
Page County Chamber of Commerce
Bob McDonnell
Virginia Tourism Corp
VTC
Page County
Briana Campbell
Virginia
Commonwealth
McDonnell
Third in a Series on Economic Development in Page County
The county battles unemployment despite a drop from 10.7 percent in October 2010 to 9 percent in October 2011. Nearby counties run much lower rates, while Page County sheds manufacturing jobs over the past decade. Major plants like Wallace Business Forms, Wrangler, Pilgrim's Pride, Lear, Genie Corp closed, eliminating 90 to 350 jobs each. See JOBS Page A5.
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United States Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Page County
Shenandoah Valley
Page
Rockingham
Madison
Rappahannock
Shenandoah
Warren
Wallace Business Forms Inc
Wrangler
Pilgrim’s Pride
Lear Corporation
Genie Corp
Local schools extend free meals for eligible students
Page County Public Schools will subsidize reduced breakfast and lunch costs starting January 3, with meals provided at no charge to eligible students. The program, funded independently of the district budget, was approved December 12. About 1,870 students in Page County were eligible in 2010-11, with 1,594 qualifying for free meals and 276 for reduced meals.
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Page County Public Schools
Food Service
Diane Dovel
Virginia Department of Education
Page County
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Dovel
Myers honored at Stevens Cottage Heritage Center donation
H. Carter Myers III, great great grandson of Shenandoah founder William A. Milnes Jr., presented a $2,000 Ambassador Gift to the Shenandoah Heritage Center at a Stevens Cottage reception. The funds support storm windows for Stevens Cottage, historic land office site since the 1800s, named for Edna and Mamie Stevens. Myers, CMA CEO, cited family ties to the town and NADCF sponsorship.
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Stevens Cottage
H. Carter Myers III
William A. Milnes Jr
the Heritage
Dave Hinkle
Milnes
Edna and
Mary
Mamie” Stevens
The
Shenandoah Land and Improvement Co
Communi
Myers
Carter Myers Automotive
CMA
Charlottesville
Richmond
Staunton
Heritage Center
National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation
NADCF
Revecca Armstrong
Page News and Courier
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