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Office of Economic Development

  • About Us
    • Economic Development Authority
    • News
    • Contact Us
  • Doing Business here
    • Why choose Bedford County, Virginia?
    • Business Advantages
    • Start a New Business
    • Expand Your Business
    • Incentives
    • Transportation
    • Utilities
    • Workforce
    • Major Employers
    • Target Industries
  • Real Estate & Maps
    • Featured Sites
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Maps
  • Living Here
    • Cost of Living
    • Housing
    • Healthcare and Medical Facilities
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    • Public Safety
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    • Arts & Culture
    • History
  • Agriculture
    • Ag Board
    • Farm Facts
    • Agriculture Development Program
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    • Bedford Grown Directory
    • Ag Service Providers
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    • New London Cannery
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  • How DARS can save your business money

    The Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) helps nearly 4,000 clients become successfully employed each year.

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  • Centra finalizes ownership, commits to investments at Bedford Memorial Hospital

    Seven months since Centra’s original announcement to purchase Bedford Memorial Hospital, July 1 marked its official ownership.

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  • New London Cannery opens with new hours

    For more than 50 years, Bedford County has operated a community cannery to be used by gardeners and farmers alike.

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  • Forest Farmers Market Since 2011 Logo

    Forest Farmers Market announces 2014 season schedule

    The Forest Farmers Market this week announced that it has secured the dates for the 2014 season, both outdoors and indoors. They have also released the forms that vendors may use to secure booth space at these markets. The Forest Farmers Market is held April

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  • MRT Manufacturing: fastest growing business in Central Virginia

    Forest-based company, MRT Manufacturing, was selected as one of Virginia’s 50 fastest growing businesses.

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  • Bedford One Program hosts teacher tours

    The Bedford One Program just conducted "Take your Teacher to Work" tour days this past week. Over two days and covering 6 businesses, teachers were informed on job opportunities in the county and the training needed for their students.

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  • Bedford County releases new GIS website

    Bedford County released a new public Geographic Information Systems (GIS) website in May 2014.

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  • FEVA’s new weld shop now fully operational

    Forestry Equipment of Virginia (FEVA) has successfully completed its new 42,000 square foot weld shop facility on its 23-acre site in Forest and has hired nearly 60 new employees since it announced the $3 million expansion in 2012.

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  • Bedford One Program completes 6th successful year

    The Bedford One Program just finished up its sixth successful year of informing local students about career possibilities in our region.

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  • Ag Teacher named LHS Teacher of the Year 2014

    Lindsay Tomlinson has been named Liberty High School’s Teacher of the Year for 2014. For the past six years, she has served as both an Agriculture teacher for Liberty and a Future Farmers of America (FFA) Advisor. During her time there, she has made leaps and bounds with the Agriculture program. Now a two-teacher program,

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Office of Economic Development
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Bedford County, VA 24523
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Bedford County, VA 24523
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