Civic Development Group invests $1.5 million in call center

Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that Civic Development Group will locate a new outbound call center in the City of Martinsville. The company will invest $1.5 million in the facility and create 150 new jobs for Virginians. Civic Development Group announced in October that it would locate a call center in the City of Harrisonburg, also creating 150 jobs through a $1.5 million investment. 

Washington County wins 350 new jobs

Washington County - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that Bristol Compressors will expand its manufacturing facility in Washington County, creating 350 new jobs for Virginians. The Virginia-based company will invest $20 million in the facility and plans to hire 100 initial employees in January 1999.

Civic Development Group invests $1.5 million in call center

Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that Civic Development Group will locate a new call center in the City of Harrisonburg. The company will invest $1.5 million in the facility and create 150 jobs in the Shenandoah Valley. 

Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that MCI WorldCom will locate a new multipurpose call center operation in the City of Chesapeake. The center, which will initially employ 1,100 people by the third quarter of 1999, will support a variety of local, national and global calling applications. The company will invest $10.5 million in the project.

Governor Gilmore announces up to 150 new jobs for Virginians

Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that Road Runner, the new high-speed online service jointly owned by MediaOne Group, Time Warner, Microsoft Corporation, Compaq Corporation, and Advance/Newhouse, will relocate its corporate headquarters to Fairfax County. Approximately 70 employees will move from Boston, Stamford and Denver, and up to 150 new jobs will be created by year-end 1999. 

Governor Gilmore announces 125 new jobs for the Alleghany Highlands

Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that LKM Industries will locate a $7 million manufacturing facility in Alleghany County, employing up to 125 Virginians over the next three years. Virginia successfully competed with Tennessee and North Carolina for the project.

200 new jobs created in the Winchester area

Richmond - Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that Kraft Foods, Inc. will expand its Winchester facility and create at least 200 new jobs by the end of 1999. The expansion will enable Kraft to add OSCAR MAYER® LUNCHABLES® Lunch Combinations to its products. Manufacturing capacity will also increase for one of the plant's current products, CAPRI SUN ALL NATURAL® juice drinks.

Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) will expand its operations in the Richmond area. HP plans to occupy an 800,000-square-foot facility in the White Oak Technology Park in Eastern Henrico County, which will be used for assembly and distribution of HP LaserJet printers. HP is negotiating with Meridian Industrial Trust, a San Francisco, California real estate developer, to build the facility. The total investment in the project is expected to be $35.4 million.

Yacht-maker to create 350 jobs over the next three years

Chesapeake - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced that Orca Yachts will relocate its headquarters from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Chesapeake. The yacht manufacturing company will initially provide 110 jobs and create $5.8 million in capital investment. The company will hire up to 350 employees by 2001. Virginia successfully competed with Florida, Texas, Mississippi, South Carolina and North Carolina for the investment.

Governor Gilmore announces combined total of 260 new jobs