Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced $71,000 in Building Entrepreneurial Economies (BEE) awards for five projects in the Commonwealth. The BizWorks Enterprise Center in Chesterfield County received a check for $23,505 for its Start Smart Program.

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The Fresh Market, Inc. opened a new store in Chesterfield County this morning, marking the company’s 14th store in the state of Virginia.

Tranlin, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of a leading Chinese pulp and paper company, officially broke ground today on its first U.S. operation, a $2 billion advanced manufacturing facility. Tranlin’s investment is located in Chesterfield, Virginia, and will generate more than 2,000 direct jobs in Virginia by 2020.

The Kroger Co., the nation’s largest traditional supermarket retailer, announced today the grand opening of the Richmond region’s newest Kroger Marketplace store, located at 10800 Ironbridge Road, between Greenyard and Courtland Roads, in Chesterfield County.