Office of the First Lady

Community Transformers

• On 2/21/23, the First Lady attended the Community Transformers Food Box Packaging Event to help box up and prepare non-perishable food for distribution to families in need within Central and Southeast Virginia.

Health and Human Resources

CDC Infrastructure Grant

• Virginia was awarded $67,585,543 from the Centers for Disease Control to help support recruitment efforts, strengthen workforce planning, and support staff of Commonwealth and local health departments.

• From this funding, Petersburg will receive money for several positions, including positions to address food insecurity and advance maternal and child health.   

Veterans Affairs

Virginia Community Resource Center



• A temporary Executive Director was chosen and onboarded with the details and action items needed to open the center in March. She is working to get the lease signed by all parties that will be located in the center.  

Commerce and Trade

 Petersburg Founders Fund (PFF)  

• VIPC is thoroughly and efficiently scoring approximately 220 applicants who met eligibility criteria. 

• The top 25 to 30 applicants will be presented to the PFF Advisory Committee for their review and rank of the final 20 applicants.  

Spring Hiring Event (VEC) - April 19, 2023  

• VEC continues to secure employers to participate in a hiring event and will finalize participants by end the of February to publicly launch the marketing campaign for the event by March 6. 

• VEC has set March 22nd as a “Pre-Hiring Event” with local partners to assist job seekers with resumes and interview skills prior to the April 19th event.  

Small Business & Supplier Diversity

Event Updates