A press release today from the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce revealed the results of their 2008 Member Economic Survey, and characterized our fair city as a small center of calm within jittery America. “Business in Greater Charlottesville is sound,” the press release quotes Robert Hodous, vice chairman of the Chamber Board for Economic Vitality, “and shouldn’t be confused with the daily diet of negative national news accounts.” However, it’s noted in the release that the country-wide economic mood “may be causing some business angst” in our area. One example: According to the survey, 52 percent of the respondents have no expansion plans for 2008, a significant rise from previous years’ surveys.
 A rallying cry from Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce President Timothy Hulbert accompanied the release of its annual economic survey: "Our Chamber remains on course, focused on keeping the engines of enterprise fueled." |
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