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Telly Tucker

Jan 30, 2023

Virginia 500 Spotlight: Telly Tucker

BEST ADVICE FOR OTHERS: Take smart risks. You will learn much more from your failures than you will from your successes.  PERSON I ADMIRE: Both of my parents, who were public educators in the Lynchburg City Schools system for their entire careers  WHAT MAKES ME PASSIONATE ABOUT MY WORK: Seeing the impact and benefit of […]

Morgan Olson, the largest manufacturer of step vans in North America, operates out of the former IKEA facility at Cane Creek Centre, an industrial park jointly owned by Danville and Pittsylvania County. v
Jul 28, 2022

Growth industry

When manufacturers thinking about setting up shop in Southern Virginia visit Pittsylvania County, the county’s economic development director, Matt Rowe, doesn’t just show off expansive, shovel-ready industrial sites. He also touts the region’s workforce, which includes many workers with advanced manufacturing skill sets. Eighteen percent of Southern Virginia’s labor force w[...]

Apr 26, 2022

Telly Tucker named IALR’s first president

Telly Tucker, Arlington County’s economic development director since 2020, will become the first president of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) on May 31, the Danville-based institute announced Tuesday. Tucker’s return to Danville is a return to his past. The Lynchburg native served as the city’s economic development director before heading to Arlington [&he[...]

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