Magellan Systems International, LLC, a producer of specialty fibers, will locate a $42 million research and development facility in Chesterfield County.

Chesterfield County Public Schools received a 2002 Excellence in Education certificate of recognition from Virginia Tech for a summer Curriculum Academics program that helps teachers link curriculum, instruction and assessment of students.

Wako Chemicals USA Inc. Wako Diagnostics Clinical Laboratory, Richmond, Virginia, has been awarded an accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation from College of American Pathologists (CAP), based on the results of a recent onsite inspection.

Governor Mark R. Warner visited a workforce retraining program in Chester as part of Virginia’s strong, new emphasis on helping existing businesses retrain their workers in order to meet the competitive challenges of the new economy.

The Route 288 project is now about 75% complete, and much of the grading work is nearly finished. The entire project is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2003.