ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, November 17, 1996 TAG: 9611180017
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
MEMO: ***CORRECTION***
Published correction ran on November 19, 1996.
The signing ceremony for new shell buildings in Blacksburg and
Christiansburg will be held at 9 a.m. today in Christiansburg. The date
was incorrectly reported in a story on Sunday's New River Current
business page.
Chamber to hear radio personality
CHRISTIANSBURG - Scott Stevens, on-air personality and operations manager for Kool Country 101.7 FM, is the winner in the first Montgomery County Ambassador Race, sponsored by the Christiansburg-Montgomery Chamber of Commerce.
Stevens will speak Wednesday at noon at the chamber's membership luncheon at the Blacksburg Marriott. He will talk about his duties and listen to the concerns of chamber members.
"Overall I think [the contest] was highly successful in that we had four good candidates who have high visibility," said Kathy Mantz, executive director of chamber. She said she was happy with the $1,500 the contest raised, at $1 per vote.
Stevens' duties will include appearances at chamber functions and as a liaison between members and the board of directors. He will go with a chamber delegation to Richmond in January to attend the Old Dominion Assembly sponsored by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
Other contenders were: Dave Anderson, nominated by Rocco's Pizza and Grill; Kelly Shelton, nominated by Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the New River Valley; and Roger Woolwine, nominated by Wade's Foods.
The chamber has also identified three areas for focus in its five-year strategic plan: chamber operations, member services and business advocacy. The chamber settled on its plan after a recent all-day planning session led by James Lollar, an associate professor of marketing at Radford University.
Pulaski Chamber sets meeting, banquet
DUBLIN - Pulaski County's Chamber of Commerce's 44th annual meeting and banquet, set for Thursday at 7 p.m. at New River Community College's Edwards Hall, will feature the presentation of the chamber's awards for business executive of the year, business excellence, medical volunteer, and the Southwest Times Civic Award.
The guest speaker will be Chuck O'Dell, president of Marriott Management Services, which has more than 3,500 clients in business, health care, and education around the world, including Columbia Pulaski Community Hospital
Dinner is $16 and will be catered by the Marriott HealthCare Division of the Pulaski hospital. Reservations are due Monday. For information, call the chamber at 980-1991.
Nominations for business honor sought
RADFORD - Tuesday is the deadline for nominations for a newly created award by the Radford Chamber of Commerce and Radford University's College of Business and Economics - the Small Business of the Year Award.
Nominees must: be members of the chamber; have been in business for at least five years; have 20 or fewer full-time employees; demonstrate innovation of product or service; show increased sales and employment; and demonstrate entrepreneurship.
For information, call the chamber at 639-2202.
Fiber optics lab to hold open houses
DUBLIN - The New River Valley Tech Prep Consortium is sponsoring open houses at New River Valley Community College's fiber optics lab in the coming weeks.
On Thursday, from 4 to 7 p.m., parents, and business and industry leaders will tour the lab.
Schools are invited to tour the lab in December. Elementary schools are welcome on Dec. 3, and middle and high schools on Dec . 5.
For information, call the fiber optics program at 674-3607, 382-4595, 921-4595 or 745-4595, ext. 607.
Agreement to pave way for shell buildings
CHRISTIANSBURG - Five local government and economic-development entities will sign an agreement Thursday that will pave the way for two more area shell buildings.
The public is invited to the signing, Thursday at 9 a.m. at the new Montgomery County Health and Human Services building on Pepper Street in Christiansburg.
Construction will begin early in the new year on the first building, which will encompass 100,000 square feet in Blacksburg's Industrial Park. Construction will start on the second building, to be located in the Christiansburg Industrial Park, when the first is sold.
Montgomery County currently has three shell buildings which house Hubbell Lighting, Ames Textiles, and Tetra Secondnature.
Montgomery County, the Towns of Blacksburg and Christiansburg, the Industrial Development Authority of Montgomery County, and the Montgomery Regional Economic Development Commission are partners in the project.
For more information, call the county's department of economic development at 382-5732.
'Project Management' topic of seminar
DUBLIN - New River Community College's Division of Industrial Technologies is sponsoring a seminar on "Project Management" Dec. 4 from 8 to 10 a.m. in Edwards Hall.
The seminar will be an introduction to project management, which allows companies to manage outcomes, time, money and resources better. Leading the seminar will be John Curren, who has more than 20 years experience managing projects at all levels.
Included in the seminar will be discussion of what project management is; how to begin; why projects succeed; project phases and profiles; planning elements; and other topics.
The registration deadline is Nov. 18. Call 674-3607. The cost is $30 per person.
Controller to speak in Blacksburg
BLACKSBURG - Tom Freeman, controller at Hoechst Celanese, will speak on "Change Management" at the meeting of the New River Valley Chapter of the National Association of Purchasing Management, Tuesday beginning at 6:15 p.m. at the Blacksburg Holiday Inn.
For information, call Norman Hawks at 552-3011, ext. 164.
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