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==Reports==
==Reports==
*[[2012 Jobs Reports]]
===Retail Sales===
*[[2016]] Total sales tax revenues:
:Albemarle County were $15.1 million; a year-to-year gain of +$988,000. 
:City of Charlottesville were $11.789 million; a year-to-year gain of +$545,000.
::Virginia Department of Taxation retail sales tax data compiled showed that retail sales over the course of 2016 (January – December) compared to the full 2015 year, were up in Albemarle County +6.75%; up in Charlottesville +4.85%; up in Augusta County +5.87%; up in Fluvanna County, +13.96%; up in Greene County, +11.21%; up in Louisa County, +12.75%.
===Jobs Reports===
*[[2016]] Chamber Jobs Report:
::Data showed that over the full year prior([[2015]]), “Trade, Transportation & Utilities” held the largest segment of jobs, 17,183 or 19.9%; of all private sector jobs, within the Greater Charlottesville region, are in “Trade, Transportation & Utilities;” most of those jobs in retail. Notably, [[Wegmans]], a leading supermarket company, that opened in late Fall 2016, with 550 people hired for jobs at its new Albemarle location, was not included in that report.
*[[2012]] Chamber Jobs Reports


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 16:44, 31 January 2021

The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1913.

Elizabeth Cromwell became the new president on October 1, 2018. [1]

Board of Directors

2021

2015 Executive Committee

2012 Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Other members

Affiliated organizations

Programs

Visits to other places

The Chamber occasionally organizes and pays for trips to other communities. In October 2012, nineteen individuals traveled to Burlington, Vermont for a "journey of learning." They included Cheri Lewis of the Planning Commission, Mike Gaffney and Maurice Cox. Cox said a City Council meeting early in 2003 that Charlottesville could learn a lot from Burlington, and Richards said the community has a lot more power under Vermont law to mandate creation of affordable housing. However, Councilor Rob Schilling pointed out the Vermont city had a tax rate twice that of Charlottesville. [4]

Awards

Reports

Retail Sales

  • 2016 Total sales tax revenues:
Albemarle County were $15.1 million; a year-to-year gain of +$988,000.
City of Charlottesville were $11.789 million; a year-to-year gain of +$545,000.
Virginia Department of Taxation retail sales tax data compiled showed that retail sales over the course of 2016 (January – December) compared to the full 2015 year, were up in Albemarle County +6.75%; up in Charlottesville +4.85%; up in Augusta County +5.87%; up in Fluvanna County, +13.96%; up in Greene County, +11.21%; up in Louisa County, +12.75%.

Jobs Reports

  • 2016 Chamber Jobs Report:
Data showed that over the full year prior(2015), “Trade, Transportation & Utilities” held the largest segment of jobs, 17,183 or 19.9%; of all private sector jobs, within the Greater Charlottesville region, are in “Trade, Transportation & Utilities;” most of those jobs in retail. Notably, Wegmans, a leading supermarket company, that opened in late Fall 2016, with 550 people hired for jobs at its new Albemarle location, was not included in that report.
  • 2012 Chamber Jobs Reports

History

The chamber has played a role in economic development in the region for decades. In 1929, the chamber was assisting efforts to attract a rayon plant to the community. [5]

External Links

References

  1. Web. Chamber Announces New President, Elizabeth Cromwell, Press Release, Charlottesville Tomorrow, August 10, 2018, retrieved January 22, 2021.
  2. Web. 2021 Chamber Board of Directors, Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, retrieved January 22, 2021.
  3. Web. 2013 Board of Directors, Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, retrieved April 15, 2013.
  4. Web. Charlottesville City Council meeting minutes, .pdf, Council Chambers, City of Charlottesville, January 6, 2003.
  5. Web. City Seeking Rayon Plant, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, January 24, 1948, retrieved January 21, 2017 from University of Virginia Library.