Economic development is up dramatically over past year

The Chesterfield Observer recently ran an article about the amount of new economic development activity in Chesterfield over the past year. Here’s an excerpt.

“When your batting average is better than twice as good as last year, you want to share it. That’s the case for the Chesterfield Department of Economic Development.

In the fiscal year that started July 1, there has been $75 million in new investment in the county and 534 new jobs – more than double the corresponding period for the previous year of $31 million and 235 jobs.”

Read the entire story at http://www.chesterfieldobserver.com/news/2008/0618/news/006.html