Maruchan Virginia, Inc., the Japanese-owned ramen noodle manufacturer, has announced plans to expand their Chesterfield County facility at 8101 Whitepine Road in the County’s Airport Industrial Park. The company will puchase 30 acres adjacent to their current facility for the expansion. Once complete the new space will be used for warehousing; two production lines will then be added in the current warehouse space once it is vacated. It is estimated that 130 new employees will be hired as a result of the expansion. Projected investment in the project will approach $31 million.

Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center, near the intersection Route 288 and Powhite Parkway in Chesterfield, broke ground for construction in April. The 29-acre campus will be home to a 130-bed, 200,000 square foot, acute care hospital and an adjacent 100,000 square foot medical office building. The hospital is expected to open Summer 2003.

The Richmond area ranks No. 33 among “America’s 50 Most Wired Cities,” according to the April issue of Yahoo/Internet Life.

Hoover & Strong has been recognized as the 2001 Medium Business of the Year by Chesterfield Economic Development and honored by the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors with its Business Appreciation and Recognition Award.

Chesterfield County has launched a new business-oriented web site and a revamped county government web site.