The day after two Southern Virginia groups visited the Capitol to express their concerns over lifting the ban on uranium mining in Virginia, Governor Bob McDonnell has asked the General Assembly to kee the moratorium in place for the 2012 session. We applaud the Governor for taking the cautious route. 

We desperately need jobs in our region but must weigh the potential risks before making such an important decision; given that the NAS report was just released in December, there is absolutely no way that lawmakers could have studied it and other reports fully. One only needs ask the citizens of New Orleans and Fukushima about the failure of designs in the face of catastrophic natural disasters.  Read the full press release on ReadTheReports.org.

Groups visit the Capitol to express business and health concerns regarding lifting the moratorium on mining uranium in Virginia.

Continuing the free Social Media Workshop series that kicked off in December, Glerin Business Resources will present a Facebook workshop on January 23 and 24, 2012 at Riverstone Technology Park in South Boston, Virginia. The popularity of the first workshop prompted Glerin to schedule two nights this month to allow more participants.

This free social media workshop will explore how to use Facebook effectively, including topics such as:

From The News & Record

If Southside Virginia painted Gov. Bob McDonnell as a green Grinch for announcing the closing of Mecklenbrg Correctional Center last week, it surely saw Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling as bright-red Santa Claus himself today as he announced that the 150 new workers would be employed by … Virginia Dominion Power.

Bolling made the announcement at Riverstone Centre on Thursday morning before a buoyant audience of community leaders, some wearing festive touches for the season.

"What a great time," said Bolling, citing the pre-Christmas date. Halifax County has known for months about the jobs – most of the community just didn't know exactly who the employer would be, as economic developers had wanted to keep the name under wraps.

December 6 marked the kick-off of the free social media workshop series that Glerin Business Resources is presenting at Riverstone Technology Park.  For those who weren't able to make it - or those who did come and would just like to review - video of the workshop is now available here.

PDF files of the slides used in the workshop, as well as the social media glossary that was handed out to participants, are also available for free download here.