Business

Chesapeake Bank donates $10K to BizWorks

By Press release on March 5, 2019 Business, Economic Development

Chesapeake Bank presented a check for $10,000 to BizWorks Enterprise Center on Feb. 26. Funds will be used to renovate the center’s multi-purpose room. From left, David Neale, Fable Marketing; Richard Swed, Risk Management Group; LaTisha Jenkins, Chesterfield Economic Development; Tommy Adams, Chesapeake Bank; Kiva Duff, BizWorks; Shane Young, Workspace 101; Frank Bell, Chesapeake Bank; Doug Carleton, board chairman, BizWorks; David Younce, Chesapeake Bank; Tanner Collins, BizWorks; and Sam Poole, Chesapeake Bank.

Second phase of The Cove at Magnolia Lakes underway

By Press release on February 26, 2019 Business, Community, Economic Development

Cornerstone Homes broke ground Feb. 7 on the second phase at The Cove at Magnolia Lakes, an age 55-plus community located at 5800 Magnolia Cove Circle at Iron Bridge and Chalkley roads in Chester. The company purchased the property from BB&T Corp. when the previous owner, Tascon Group, went bankrupt. New plans include single-family detached and paired single-level homes. From left, Danielle Fitz-Hugh, president, Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce; Mitchell Bode, VP of Crescent Group; county supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle; Roger Glover III, owner, Cornerstone Homes; Joan Allen, original landowner; Josh McMahon, production manager; Craig Logue, sales manager; Danna Markland, Home Building…

Gabe’s Barber Shop turns 40!

By VN Staff on February 19, 2019 Business

Lauren Searles, Gabe Harrah and Sarah Zammett. By Heather Seaman Located on the corner of Route 10 and Jefferson Davis Highway, Gabe’s Barber Shop is celebrating 40 years of business in Chester on Feb. 26. The unisex shop opens at 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday and is closed Sunday. The business currently employs 12 stylists and can make appointments or take walk-ins. Gabe’s has a claim to fame in the community for being the longest business standing in the Bermuda Square Shopping Center. Gabe Harrah moved his shop of seven years from 72 Broad Rock Road in Richmond — the…

Chevrolet dealership gets a new name: Heritage Chevrolet will be Colonial Chevrolet

By Linda Fausz on February 19, 2019 Business

There has been a Chevrolet dealership on the corner of routes 10 and 1 (West Hundred Road and Jefferson Davis Highway) for as long as most can remember. It has been more than 80 years since Harold Goyne moved his dealership, Dutch Gap Motors, one mile south to protect it from the construction of Interstate 95. The business survived and was sold to H. Carter Myers III, who grew a family of dealerships from one – Petersburg Motor Co., which his grandfather started in 1924 – to 13 dealerships and 16 franchises. Carter Myers Automotive is now under the leadership…

50 years!

By Press release on February 5, 2019 Business, Community

Bradley Mechanical recently celebrated 50 years with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The company has already been in the Chesterfield Airport Industrial Park, but recently relocated to 7830 Courthouse Three Lane. Dempsey L. Bradley Sr. started the business in Chesterfield County in 1969.

Bank the high bidder for county property

By Caleb M Soptelean on February 5, 2019 Board of Supervisors, Business, Chesterfield Government, Community

John Harmon stands outside a building the county plans to sell at Beach Road and Route 10. A county-owned property on the corner of Beach Road and Route 10 may soon become a Chesapeake Bank. John Harmon, the county’s real property manager, said the bank was one of four companies that submitted bids on the property, which is located at 10000 Courtview Lane, south of Beach Road and west of Route 10. Chesapeake Bank was the top bidder at $801,000, Harmon said, noting that a sale is pending. The county purchased the land Jan. 21, 1997 from the state Department…

Credit union names new CEO

By Press release on January 8, 2019 Business, Community

CHESTERFIELD – Argent Federal Credit Union recently hired Jamie Asciolla as the organization’s new president and chief executive officer. Asciolla has more than 20 years of experience in the credit union industry. His last job was at 1st Advantage Federal Credit Union in Yorktown, where he was the chief operating officer since 2012. Asciolla has a bachelor of arts degree from Rutgers University and a master of business administration degree from the University of Maryland. He replaces Rose Baggerly, who worked with the credit union for the past 40 years. Based in Chester, Argent was founded in 1956. Initially serving…

Dutch machinery business to open sales office at Chesterfield Airpark

By Press release on December 11, 2018 Business, Economic Development

A food machinery automation company plans to open a sales office in the Chesterfield County Airpark on Whitepine Road. JASA Packaging Solutions, Inc. chose the site over Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and Raleigh, N.C. “Currently, there is a big growth in the U.S. going on in the healthy convenience market,” said Sandra Somford-Pannekeet, owner/president of JASA. She explained that “ready to eat” meals are JASA’s “sweet spot.” The Netherlands-based company has done business in the U.S. for the last 20 years and has existing dealers for their vertical packaging machines used by supermarkets and wholesalers. The company’s facility will include a…

Devon, Honeywell, Fiorucci Foods have projects planned

By Caleb M Soptelean on December 11, 2018 Business, Economic Development

A number of commercial developments are in the works in Chesterfield County besides a new Bissell plant that is going up. These developments include:•Project Lightning II, a 303,393-square-foot warehouse and 17,567-square-foot office building planned for 38.7 acres at 1401, 1501 and 1601 Bellwood Road east of Jefferson Davis Highway in the James River Logistics Center. The proposed use is a warehouse distribution center. There are 96.9 acres at the site. The developer, Devon USA, has had two buildings in the center since 2002. According to reports, Devon plans to develop the third site as a speculative project in the hopes…

Project Goliath a Bissell plant, construction underway

By Caleb M Soptelean on December 11, 2018 Business

Construction is underway at the Project Goliath site at 1200 Battery Brooke Parkway. County officials have been hush-hush on providing details on the project because the county Economic Development Authority was involved. However, a construction supervisor at the site last week confirmed that vacuum company Bissell is building on the 41.6-acre site. A site plan was approved by the county July 12. The plan calls for a 431,200-square-foot one-story warehouse and a 5,600-square-foot office in the James River Industrial Center east of Interstate 95 and south of Willis Road. Parking for 70 employees in Phase I and 20 employees in…

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