On Aug. 6, Danville Kiwanis Club guest speaker Jeff Haley, right, provided details about the Blue Ridge Innovation Corridor. Haley pointed out that BRIC is a nonprofit economic coalition connecting Danville, Martinsville, Roanoke and the New River Valley. Often called Virginia's fourth economic engine, BRIC unites more than 50 CEOs and institutional leaders to optimize advanced manufacturing, life sciences and technology investments. Operating with a master framework called Vision 2050, BRIC stresses industry scale-up with a focus on biotechnology and emerging IT sectors. Welcoming Haley is John Wilt, vice president of programs for the Danville Kiwanis Club. If interested in becoming a Kiwanis Club member, contact Wilt at jbwilt@aumail.averett.edu, Kiwanis Club meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays at the Averett University student union's multipurpose room beginning at 6:30 p.m.
On Aug. 6, Danville Kiwanis Club guest speaker Jeff Haley, right, provided details about the Blue Ridge Innovation Corridor. Haley pointed out that BRIC is a nonprofit economic coalition connecting Danville, Martinsville, Roanoke and the New River Valley. Often called Virginia's fourth economic engine, BRIC unites more than 50 CEOs and institutional leaders to optimize advanced manufacturing, life sciences and technology investments. Operating with a master framework called Vision 2050, BRIC stresses industry scale-up with a focus on biotechnology and emerging IT sectors. Welcoming Haley is John Wilt, vice president of programs for the Danville Kiwanis Club. If interested in becoming a Kiwanis Club member, contact Wilt at jbwilt@aumail.averett.edu, Kiwanis Club meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays at the Averett University student union's multipurpose room beginning at 6:30 p.m.
