Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, July 14, 1995 TAG: 9507150021
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Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology in Herndon and a consortium of five Southwest Virginia community colleges have formed a partnership to ensure that manufacturers in the region have greater access to technical and business assistance.
A grant from the CIT will fund a manufacturing extension specialist to work with the consortium's business clients. The community colleges are: Mountain Empire, New River, Southwest Virginia, Virginia Highlands and Wytheville. They call their consortium the Southwestern Virginia Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center.
- Staff report
Old DMV building to be karate school
A Peters Creek Road building that formerly housed a Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles office has been sold and leased for a karate school and after-school child care center.
Montaque Betts sold the building to Mark Steven Reinhart, who has leased it to Northstar Karate, operated by Susan Rolfe. The purchase price was $295,000.
The building, containing 5,500 square feet, had been vacant since August 1993 when the DMV moved to Crossroads Mall.
John Dickinson of Hall Associates Inc. of Roanoke represented the seller.
- Staff report
Colorado tops list in growth, vitality
WASHINGTON - For the third year in a row, Colorado gets top honors in a ``report card'' grading states for their economic performance, business vitality and development capacity.
Colorado was the only state to earn As in each of the three subjects, the Corporation for Enterprise Development said Wednesday in its ninth annual ``Development Report Card for the States.''
Colorado, which the corporation called ``the valedictorian of this year's class,'' also had all As last year. It earned two As and a B in 1993 from the nonprofit corporation, which is funded by businesses, labor unions and private foundations.
Four states - Idaho, Minnesota, Montana and Oregon - made the honor roll. Virginia and six other states - Delaware, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming - earned honorable mentions.
- Associated Press
Flight attendants reject USAir plan
ARLINGTON - USAir Group this week said its flight attendants have rejected a tentative agreement on wage and other concessions in exchange for financial returns and a role in governing the company.
The Association of Flight Attendants rejected the package by a vote of 55 percent to 45 percent, the airline said. The AFA represents about 8,200 flight attendants at USAir.
The airline has said it needs to save $1 billion a year in operating costs over five years. It is looking for $500 million in concessions from employees and expects to find another $500 million through management actions, such as selling planes.
Tentative agreements on wage on other concessions were reached earlier this year with the AFA, the International Association of Machinists and the Air Line Pilots Association.
- Associated Press
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