Fast Facts

• Virginia's Gateway Region includes the cities of Colonial Heights,
  Hopewell and Petersburg,and Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George,
  Surry and Sussex counties.
• Ranked one of the top 5 U.S. metro areas for European manufacturing
  investment by Expansion Management.
• The metro area was named one of the nation's 20 best places for
  business and careers by Forbes magazine.
• Ranked 11th of the nation's top 50 metro areas for business expansions
  and relocations and number 3 for metros with population between one
  and two million by Expansion Management.
• Two-thirds of the U.S. population lives within a days' drive of Virginia's Gateway Region.
• Named one of America's top 25 large metro areas for doing business by Inc. magazine.
• Virginia's Gateway Region announced StarTek is opening a customer-care facility that will employ up to 500 in Petersburg.