The Greater Southport Business Association is proud to announce its upcoming Annual Meeting and Local Business Trade Show.  This is the only opportunity that businesses in northern Chesterfield County have to participate in a trade show that focuses on businesses along the Midlothian Turnpike corridor and nearby office and industrial parks.  The GSBA is pleased to bring this popular event back!

The Local Business Trade Show will be held on Monday, December 14, 2009 from 11:30 am until 2:00 pm.

Show Tables are only $75 each and will be a 3' x 6' draped table.  Electricity is available for an extra $25.  Please download the registration form to show off your business to our business community!

Cost is $10 for member and $20 for guests.

Our Guest Speakers will include:

1. Senator John C. Watkins

John C. Watkins began serving in the Virginia State Senate in 1998. Senator Watkins is a respected leader in transportation and agricultural and natural resource issues. As the President of Watkins Nurseries, Senator Watkins has been a prominent and involved business and community leader and is also involved in many civic organizations.

2. 2009 Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Christmas Mother: Gail Feind

3. Commonwealth Occupational Safety and Health Associates Services: Pam Austin

We will be voting on the 2010 slate of officers and Directors for the GSBA at this meeting as well.

Attachments:

File	Description	File size
Board of Directors Nominations	Lisitng of the people nominated to serve on the 2010 Board of Directors for GSBA	27 Kb
December Invitation	Invitation to the December Annual Meeting and Trade Show	824 Kb
Trade Show Tabel Registration	Registration Form for buying a table at the December Trade Show	788 Kb

The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the $.02 tax increase that will be used to finance the needed improvements that will enhance the medians along Midlothian Turnpike from Alverser Drive on the west to Johnson Willis Drive on the east.

Special THANK YOU goes out to The Midlothian Initiative to Revitalize Rights of Way ( MIRR ) Task Force. The MIRR task force put lots of time and energy into this project.  As a sub-committee of the MIRR, The Greater Southport Business Association is excited to have been apart of this movement.  We look forward to the improvements to come in 2010!

The Chesterfield Business Council of the Greater Richmond Chamber supports the efforts of the Midlothian Initiative to Revitalize Rights of Way (MIRR), a subcommittee of the Greater Southport Business Association, for their plan to improve, beautify and revitalize the roadways, medians and rights of way in the Huguenot/Courthouse/Midlothian area through a $.02 special tax assessment of the area property owners. We appreciate the thoughtful outreach efforts of the county and MIRR to communicate with and educate local businesses on the benefits of this enhancement. While we feel that the state and VDOT should fulfill its obligations to properly maintain medians in Chesterfield County, we applaud MIRR for proactively seeking solutions to keep the Midlothian corridor attractive and thus creating a positive image for existing business and future business investment.