Chesterfield County Administrator Lane B. Ramsey announced the appointment of James Dunn as the development manager of the Meadowville Technology Park. Dunn will leave his current position as the director of Chesterfield County’s Department of Economic Development and begin his new position on September 23.

St. Francis Medical Center opened its doors to receive patients on September 2, 2005 and is the first new hospital built in Chesterfield County in more than 20 years. This 130-bed hospital will include a 24-hour emergency room, OB/GYN, orthopedics, surgery, cancer care, diagnostic services and an adjacent medical office building. Located south of the James near Route 288, St. Francis will bring over 400 new jobs to the area.

Governor Mark R. Warner has announced that Merit Medical Systems Inc. will invest $5 million to open a manufacturing facility in Chesterfield County, creating 200 new jobs.

Midlothian ranks 37th of the nation’s top 100 places to live in a recent comparison by Money magazine. The study looked at all places (zip codes) with population above 14,000 and above-median household income, population growth, and real estate appreciation over the past 5 years.

To better serve its 162,000 members, Virginia Credit Union has expanded its facilities by opening a new 117,000 square foot operations center on Tredegar Lake Parkway in Chesterfield County. The new building houses the credit union’s call center, data center, lending functions, check processing, electronic services and other operational departments.