Each year the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors honors local companies that contribute to the county’s economy and its citizens. The Board of Supervisors, and the selection committee, awarded City Ice, as the recipient of Chesterfield County’s 2004 Small Business of the Year Award.

Fiorucci Foods, Inc. is in the process of expanding its Prosciutto line at their plant. The expansion will enable the plant, located at 1800 Ruffin Mill Road, to process an additional 1,500 hams (prosciutto) per month. The 6,000 square foot expansion should be completed early this Fall and will result in an increase of 3 employees.

The Martin Call Center will occupy over 16,000 sq. ft. and employ over 300 personnel.

CarMax broke ground on the area’s second CarMax lot on April 7, 2004. The new store is about a quarter-mile west of Chesterfield Towne Center Mall, on the corner of Midlothian Turnpike and Murray Olds Drive.

ACT’s WorkKeys is an assessment and skills profiling system created to help improve a community’s workforce. Free WorkKeys seminars have been planned across the state of Virginia. These concise, informative sessions are designed as an introduction to WorkKeys for employers, educators, parents, counselors, and other workforce development and education professionals. Area businesses are invited to attend a seminar at John Tyler Community College, Chester Campus, Nicholas Center, on April 26th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.