Archive for August, 2011

One Church, Multiple Locations: Brentwood Church Uses Technology to Go Multi-Site

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Its technology meets spirituality. In an era where 3 billion videos are viewed every day on YouTube, the concept of a multi-site church, complete with a preacher on screen instead of live on-stage, is not only acceptable but growing. Locally, Brentwood Church became the first multi-site church in the area in April, in the sense [...]

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All Aboard: Roanoke-Lynchburg Smart Way Connector is a Go

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All aboard! There’s a new way to get from Point A to Point B. The Smart Way Connector is now running between Roanoke and Lynchburg and is making travel by train a whole lot easier. This new bus service connects the New River Valley, Roanoke Valley, Bedford and Lynchburg with connections to Smart Way, Valley [...]

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From a Fruit Stand to the Farm Basket

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Step back in time to nearly 50 years ago. In the year 1964, Perkins Flippin, the owner of an orchard in Nelson County, brought her hail damaged apples to sell at a fruit stand on the side of the road in Lynchburg. From that small entrepreneurial endeavor, a seed was planted and, much like her [...]

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Foreclosures, Auctions and Trustee Sales—What You Need to Know PART I: Buying at an Auction

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It’s a summer day in Lynchburg. The humidity is high, the sun feels inches away and the temperature is pushing 95 degrees. Gnats are in season and swarm about the heads of the hundred or so people who have gathered for a land and equipment auction on Mayflower Drive. Prospective buyers mop their brows with [...]

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Publisher’s Letter, August 2011

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PUBLISHERS LETTER With a month and some change officially left in summer (fall starts Sept. 23), a lot of folks will be cranking their air conditioners up even higher while adjusting to sending the kids back to the books. Fortunately, with the return of school in session comes a predictable boost to the local economy. [...]

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Two Dollars for Medical Care? How low-income residents can receive quality medical assistance in Lynchburg

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In the basement of a church in 1987, an organization launched to help people in need. Only five years later, in 1992, it outgrew that small space and relocated downtown to a larger building on Main Street in Lynchburg. These days, with 5,000 active folders on file, and seeing nearly 75 patients a day, The [...]

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Movers & Shakers, August 2011

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PROMOTED SELECT BANK ANNOUNCES THE PROMOTIONS OF SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Walter G. “Chip” Mason II has been promoted to Senior Vice President/Professional and Executive Banking for Select Bank. Mason joined Select Bank in May of 2007 serving as Vice President. Mason, a native of Lynchburg, formerly served with Community First Bank, where [...]

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Customer Loyalty: A Few Simple Strategies Can Go a Long Way

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Are you a loyal customer? Do you continue to give your business to a certain company year after year even though you have many other choices? Most of us are loyal by default, for the good and bad. We tend to stick with companies until they give us a good enough reason not to. I [...]

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August 2011 LB Leader of the Month: Fred Armstrong

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LB Leader of the Month: August 2011 Name: Fred Armstrong Age: 55 Occupation: Chairman and CEO, Wiley|Wilson Hometown: Churchville, VA (near Staunton) As Chairman and CEO of a company that offers design and professional consulting services to governmental, institutional, industrial and private clients, we are sure there is never a dull day. How did you [...]

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In the News, August 2011

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B&W AWARDS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO EMPLOYEES’ CHILDREN The Babcock & Wilcox Company has selected three local students to receive college scholarships worth $1,500 per year for up to four years of college-level study. The recipients are: James Hyres, Jr., son of James Hyres, a senior principal engineer for Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group, Inc. [...]

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