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In some cases, it may also be devolved to self-governing bodies, either commercial (a chamber of commerce) or professional (a regulatory college); or to a dedicated, highly regulated company (i.e., operator of a stock exchange, a multilateral trading facility, a central securities depository or an alternative trading system).
Contributors to Goochland's increased growth in the early 2000s was the construction of the West Creek Business Park, as well as the completion of Richmond's semi-circumferential State Route 288. The latter connected the county to the major travel corridors of I-64 and I-95.
Notable buildings include the Stanardsville Methodist Church, Grace Episcopal Church (1901), Lafayette Hotel (c. 1840), Gibbons Store (c. 1845), John Sims house (1850), Greene County Chamber of Commerce (c. 1850), Forest Hill Academy (c. 1858), and Stanardsville Motor Company (1930).
Location of Goochland County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Goochland County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Goochland County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Goochland is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Goochland County, Virginia, United States. [1] The population as of the 2020 census was 899, up from 861 in 2010. [ 2 ] The community is also known as Goochland Courthouse or by an alternative spelling, Goochland Court House .
The world's oldest English-speaking chamber of commerce and oldest chamber of commerce in North America is the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1750. [7] [8] The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1783. [9]
These organizations are complementary to Chambers of Commerce. Whereas a Chamber of Commerce promotes the interests of businesses in a particular geographic area, an EDC typically focus on longer-term economic growth by attracting new businesses. Generally, an EDC can be found at the state level to attract business to a particular state.
The main highways directly serving Stanardsville are U.S. Route 33 Business and Virginia State Route 230. US 33 Bus is the old alignment of U.S. Route 33, which now bypasses the town just to the south. US 33 extends eastward to Richmond and westward to Skyline Drive and beyond to Harrisonburg.