MARTINSVILLE - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced the launch of the Virginia Motorsports Initiative. The statewide initiative, comprised of public and private sector partners, will promote and support motorsports activities in Virginia as a means for economic development. Governor Warner announced the initiative this morning at Martinsville Speedway. 

Two-year export program provides resources to support international business expansion

HALIFAX COUNTY - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that Sunshine Mills, Inc. will expand in Halifax County, creating 40 new jobs. Through a $2.5 million investment, the company will construct a 50,000-square-foot expansion to manufacture a national pet food biscuit treat. Virginia successfully competed with Alabama, Iowa, Oklahoma and Kansas for the project.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of Virginia-based General Dynamics, has selected Prince William County to be the integration and assembly site for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), formerly known as the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle. Through a $64.5 million investment, the project will create 170 new jobs with the potential for 340 jobs over the life of the program.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that Barber & Ross Company will expand and relocate its Leesburg, Virginia headquarters and manufacturing operation to a larger facility in Frederick County. The company’s decision creates 100 new jobs and saves 375 existing Virginia jobs, which will be relocated to the new, 250,000-square-foot office and manufacturing facility on 25 acres in Frederick County. The company will also invest $13 million in real estate and equipment. Virginia successfully competed with West Virginia for the project.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that Trex Company, Inc., the nation’s largest manufacturer of alternative decking products, has expanded its headquarters operations in Frederick County. Through a $10.9 million investment, the company has added a plastics recycling production line and created 36 new jobs. To support the expansion, Virginia’s Department of Rail and Public Transportation has approved a $300,000 grant from its Railroad Industrial Assess Program to bring more than 2,000 feet of rail track to the company’s manufacturing plant.

NEW YORK, NY - October 1-3, Forbes will host its ninth annual Forbes CEO Forum at The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia, a AAA Five Diamond and Mobil Five-Star hotel. "This is an impressive conference of business leaders and first-rate speakers, that will help us spotlight Virginia's pro-business climate," said Virginia Governor Mark R. Warner, who will open the conference. "Before I got this job, my career was in the business world, helping provide capital for promising entrepreneurial opportunities.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that CarMax, Inc. (NYSE: KMX), the nation's leading specialty retailer of used cars, will relocate its corporate headquarters, with almost 600 employees, to Goochland County's West Creek Business Park within the next two to three years. CarMax will construct a new headquarters in West Creek. 

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that Cardinal Glass Industries has selected Roanoke County for its first Virginia facility. The 220,000-square-foot plant will manufacture insulating glass. Through a $23.9 million investment, the project will create 200 new jobs during the first 30 months of operation. The building has been designed to accommodate a 102,000-square-foot expansion – and 100 additional employees – within five years. Cardinal Glass plans to locate the new facility in the Town of Vinton’s Vinton Business Center.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that HCA will expand operations at its Patient Account Services Center in the Boulders office complex in Chesterfield County. The expansion will bring 160 new jobs with an annual payroll of $4.8 million. Virginia successfully competed with Georgia and Tennessee for the project.