Community Profile #1 (Unpublished)

57.5% 42.5% MAJOR EMPLOYERS HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES Southside Virginia Community College Christiana Campus MALE FEMALE MANUFACTURING NON-MANUFACTURING Emporia Workforce Center Fort Lee Workforce Center Beach Mold & Tool, Inc (Molded Plastic Components) Belding Hausman, Inc (Textiles) Bell Nursery, USA (Wholesale bedding plants) Boar's Head Provisions Company, Inc (Deli-style meats) Creative Playthings, Ltd. (Playground equipment) Franklin Braid Manufacturing Company (Braided tapes) Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center (Health care) Georgia Pacific Corporation (Wood products; 2 facilities) Walmart (Retail) Iluka Resources, Inc. (Titanium mining) Oran Safety Glass, Inc. (Safety glass) Quality Culvert, Inc. (Plastic and concrete pipe) SteelFab of Virginia, Inc. (Structurl steel fabrication) Toll Integrated Systems, Inc. (Panelized homes) Emporia,/Greensville Manor (Health care) Grayson Mitchell (Trucking) Greensville Correctional Center (Correctional Institution) Reemploy Virginia Tri-Cities Tri-Cities Workforce Center Southside Virginia Community College Southside Virginia Education Center Campus Median Age Virginia Workforce Center Petersburg 39 Greensville County Public Schools (Education) Sadler Enterprises (Oil, convenience stores) yrs EMPORIA LOCATION 41 yrs GREENSVILLE TRANSPORTATION The City of Emporia and Greensville County consist of 300 square miles This region has the notable advantage of its central East Coast postioning and experience facilitating site to rail access for businesses to expedite shipping and distribution. Interstates and Highways 295 Prince Geory Petersburg Per Capita Personal Income HOV 201 located on the banks of the Dinwiddie Meherrin River in Southside Times $24,158 Sussex Virginia just north of the |-95, I-85, I-295, I-64, I-195 Hwy 139, HWY 301, Hwy 58 85 Freight Rail Services CSX Transportation Norfolk Southern Railway Company North Carolina state line. Southampton E Emporia 58 urg Brunswick City of Franklin 24 72.7 The community is directly Greensville Median Family Income TORTH CARC connected to the entire Gat Commercial Air and General Aviation Services Richmond International Airport Norfolk International Airport Norfolk International Airport Raleigh-Durham International Airport minutes or less Eastern Seaboard by Warren, NC 158 Northampton, NC Hertford, NC 95 $39,474 6,697 percent of the labor market Halifax, NC interstate highways and rail service. Richmond, the state 258 301 13 EMPORIA Civilian Labor Market Be capital, is 65 miles to the north; the Port of Norfolk is 80 miles east; Nash Mean Travel Time Seaports Edgecombe + Extended Labor Market Area Martin $48,428 to Work: Other Ports: Richmond-Petersburg, Port of Richmond Norfolk, Newport News, Port of Washington -Dulles 15 mins EMPORIA 107,219 Raleigh, NC is 95 miles to the southwest; the Port of Wilmington is 195 miles south. Port of Virginia - Multiple Terminals Port of Wilmington, North Carolina GREENSVILLE 24 mins GREENSVILLE commute