Fund fosters growth of small business in Staunton

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   Brian Wiedemann and Katie McCaskey weren’t looking for a handout, but a hand up. “We’re into our next growth phase,” said Wiedemann, who with McCaskey opened the George Bowers Grocery on West Beverley Street in the heart of Newtown in Staunton in November 2008, and after a harsh winter…

Chris Graham: Danville just got itself a better deal

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Column by Chris Graham [email protected]   A hundred sixty jobs paying an average wage of $50,000 a year. And they cost Danville and the state $590,000. The quick math on that – we’re talking less than $4,000 a job. Which puts the $110,000 a job that Waynesboro paid to get the PGI expansion that some…