Revisiting Petersburg
Governor Warner’s “Hometown Days” tour brought him to Petersburg, where he met with officials at the U.S. Army’s Fort Lee garrison. The 2004 BRAC base-closing commission decided to double the size of Fort Lee, and federal, military, state and local officials are planning for a huge influx of military families in the coming years.
Governor Warner also met with executives and employees at Boehringer Ingelheim, a German chemical company.
In 2003, Governor Warner “closed-the-deal” on a $260 million investment by the company, bringing jobs to rural Virginia and boosting the local economy. It was the single largest investment in Petersburg history, and Boehringer Ingelheim now employs more than 500 people.
The Governor also met with city officials and leaders of the community’s education, business, and non-profit groups to discuss exciting opportunities to confront some of the challenges facing the Petersburg region. Read about the meeting of the Phoenix Group here.
