BDC meets in New Kent

By Community Member | October 1, 2015 9:20 pm

Twenty-five representatives of business and various organizations took part of the General Assembly’s “Business Development Caucus (BDC)” on Tuesday, Sept. 29, in New Kent.

Members of the BDC introduced topics that included transportation, broadband access, enhanced imaging at medical centers, and other areas of concerns. The caucus is holding similar meetings throughout the state of Virginia. Attendees at the New Kent meeting included state Senator Tommy Norment, Delegate Chris Peace, members of New Kent’s Chamber of Commerce, and representatives of Virginia’s Farm Bureau.

New Kent’s Chamber of Commerce helped facilitate the event for the BDC, which was founded in 2012. The conference is the eighteenth for the organization that continues to seek input from residents to introduce legislation to help businesses.

“We set out to provide business owners a direct voice in Richmond and have been very successful in doing so,” said BDC spokesman and former delegate Mike Watson. “It’s rewarding to call an employer to say that the problem you told us about, we fixed it.”

For more information about the BDC, contact Watson at (757) 565-4767 or via email at mikewatson.va@gmail.com.