Leadership Fredericksburg is a nine-month program that provides an opportunity for a cohort of leaders representing varying sectors to meet in learning settings throughout the Fredericksburg Region: Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania & Stafford counties, and the city of Fredericksburg.
Fellows will meet monthly from September 2022 through May 2023. Sessions occur at businesses throughout the region. Participants hone their leadership skills and meet with notable community leaders.
The Board of Directors of Northern Virginia Food Rescue (NOVA-FR) today announced that Chief Executive Officer, Aaron Tolson, departed from the organization on July 26, 2022.
The NOVA-FR board will be working together under the guidance of President Erika C. Spalding to share the duties of the CEO until a new leader is named. A search for a new CEO will begin immediately. The NOVA-FR Board of Directors and staff are committed to our mission of creating an innovative network of donors, volunteers, and distribution partners to improve food resiliency and accessibility for our Northern Virginia community.
The Gauntlet Golf Club, located in Stafford County, has received $8,800 from the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Sports Marketing Incentive Program. These funds are to support The Gauntlet Golf Club as they host the upcoming American Junior Golf Association Tour Stafford Junior All-Star Tournament.
The AJGA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. Many leaders in the golf industry consider the group to be the premier junior golf association of the world. AJGA Alumni on the PGA Tour include Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, and many more Tour Professionals.
A Woodbridge hospital is one of 14 in Virginia to receive high marks for heart-attack patient care.
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center received an American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ? MI Registry Performance Achievement Award for 2022. It was one of seven Sentara Healthcare hospitals in Virginia that received the Platinum award, the highest achievement, awarded to 240 hospitals nationwide.
The Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce will host the 6th annual First Responders Appreciation Breakfast on August 24 from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at the Fredericksburg Expo Center, 2371 Carl D. Silver Parkway in Fredericksburg.
The business community comes together to honor and thank our region’s outstanding first responders for their outstanding contributions to our safety and well-being. Awards will be presented in the following categories: Heroism (Gold, Silver or Bronze Awards; Meritorious Civilian Award); Investigative (Excellence in Criminal Investigation Award; Merit Award; The Business of First Responding Award); and the Citizen Valor Award.
By Tyler Arnold
(The Center Square) – Obtaining a cosmetology license in Virginia will likely become easier following a vote from the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology to ease the requirements to get the license.
