This morning, the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce released its comprehensive 2011 job report. According to the Chamber, the Charlottesville region began to steady itself in 2010 after a net loss of more than 4,000 jobs in the previous two years.
The region lost 23 government-related jobs in 2010, but added 34 in private enterprises for a net gain of only 11 jobs. Robert Hodous, chair of the Chamber’s Board of Directors, said the report “confirms that the jobs decline which started in late 2007…ended in 2010.”
Louisa and Albemarle counties posted 26 percent and 25 percent job growth, respectively, since 2000. However, the City of Charlottesville lost 3,248 jobs during the same period—an 8.6 percent decline, according to the report.
Locally, the private sector shows the same disparity. Private sector jobs in the Greater Charlottesville area—the city and Albemarle plus Greene, Louisa, Nelson and Orange counties—grew a cumulative 6 percent during the last decade, outpacing the statewide .08 percent growth. However, the City lost 2,386 private sector jobs during the same time.
The 2011 Chamber Jobs Report can be found here. To read C-VILLE’s jobs feature, "The Work of the Future," click here.