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Business Information
 Moving a business to Pittsylvania County is a decision that dozens of manufacturers have made. Having helped those companies in a variety of ways, we’d like to make your consideration process even easier.
In this section, we provide the numbers you need – from average hourly wages to a description of our civilian labor force. From per- capita personal income to our citizens’ educational background.
Perhaps more importantly, this is where you’ll learn what local manufacturers say about their experiences. They’ll describe tax incentives and other assistance they’ve received (like site selection and analysis). How our bringing the research and development resources of Virginia Tech here has helped them. They’ll also tell you how they feel today – in retrospect – about their decisions to move here.
We hope you profit from their experiences. And we hope you agree that moving your business to Pittsylvania makes business sense – for your bottom line and your people.
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Pittsylvania County realizes that the most important asset it can have is an educated, trainable workforce. The county works with several organizations to assure that all is being done to achieve and sustain a globally competitive labor force.
The regional Workforce Investment Board has programs in place to assist in the educational enterprises of local citizens to further their education and training, enabling them to meet requirements of modern business. This Board assures that workforce training and employment initiatives meet the economic development and business needs of our local area businesses and industries.
Pittsylvania County industries are supported by programs
developed by the Regional Center for Advanced Training and Technology
that directly champion the needs of local industries. Working through
the Danville Community College, the programs at RCATT are a resource
that ensures our region can provide a local and regional workforce
capable of supporting the demands of a global, technology-based
economy. RCATT offers advanced manufacturing technology training and
certification programs that emphasize the latest manufacturing trends.
RCATT's World Class Advanced Digital Manufacturing Lab supports
industry with state-of-the-art rapid prototyping services for pure and
applied research, product design and development, and marketing.
RCATT's performance consulting specialists help employers ensure that
the right person is in the right job. RCATT specialists use proven
tools such as WorkKeys, a nationally renowned employee assessment and
job profiling system. Skill gap training options include
instructor-led training, as well as computer-based development courses
on math, reading, writing, technology, teamwork, and other basic
workplace skills.
The Institute for Advanced Learning and
Research offers some of the finest research facilities in the nation,
and is in partnership with researchers and professionals from Virginia
Tech, Old Dominion University and Averett University. The IALR
develops and attracts technology and talent critical to Southside
Virginia's economic transformation. This partnership between area
educational, governmental and private leadership institutions serves
our region through the implementation of strategic research, regional
technology access, advanced learning, community conference and business
development opportunities. The four research institutes within the
IALR directly correlate with the industrial environment in place in the
region: AAPPI, (Advanced and Applied Polymer Processing Institute),
VIPER (Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Racing),
Jouster (Joint Unmanned Systems Testing, Experimentation and Research),
and High Value Crops research. The Institute for Advanced Learning and
Research has transformed Southside Virginia by "attracting talent,
technology, entrepreneurs, and national interest."
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Business Information 
