Consortium Board

The New River/Mount Rogers Workforce Development Area Consortium Board consist of the Chief Elected Official or the Chief Administrative Officer from each of the local governments comprising the New River/Mount Rogers Workforce Development Area (NR/MR WIA), which is a 13 jurisdiction area including the counties of Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski, Smyth, Washington and Wythe and the cities of Bristol, Galax and Radford. The Consortium Board serves as the policy board for the Area which includes making appointments to the Workforce Development Board.

Upcoming Meetings

December 9, 2020	10:00AM	Wytheville Meeting Center
September 16, 2020	10:00AM	Wytheville Meeting Center
July 15, 2020	10:00AM	Wytheville Meeting Center
May 20, 2020	10:00AM	Wytheville Meeting Center
March 18, 2020	10:00AM	Wytheville Meeting Center

Past Meetings

January 15, 2020	10:00AM	Meeting Packet
December 11, 2019	10:00AM	Meeting Packet	Minutes
September 18, 2019	10:00AM	Meeting Packet	Minutes
July 17, 2019	10:00AM	Meeting Packet	Minutes
May 15, 2019	10:00AM	Meeting Packet	Minutes
March 20, 2019	10:00AM	Meeting Packet	Minutes
January 16, 2019	10:00AM	Meeting Packet	Minutes
December 12, 2018	10:00AM	Meeting Packet	Minutes
September 19, 2018	10:00AM	Meeting Packet	Minutes
July 18, 2018	10:00AM	Meeting Packet	Minutes
May 16, 2018	10:00AM	Meeting Packet	Minutes
April 11, 2018	10:00AM	Meeting Packet	Minutes
January 17, 2018	10:00AM	Meeting Packet

Spotlight Success

Cheri, Machine Operator

Cheri H. was referred to Goodwill by the Radford Virginia Employment Commission office in late November 2017. Cheri had decided to re-enter the workforce because of a downturn in her husband’s income, after being a stay at home mother for several years. She had just been let go from a job that she had just… Read more »

Spotlight Success

Geneva G., Accounting/Payroll Clerk

College was something Geneva G. dreamt about but for one reason or another always felt out of reach. When the doors to the company where she spent a 30 year career closed in 2011, Geneva had no luck finding employment in her hometown of Bristol Virginia. Searching for help, Geneva reached out to the Virginia… Read more »

Spotlight Success

Tyler B., Police Officer

For WIA participant Tyler B., law enforcement is not just a job, it’s a calling; a call to public service and to protect public safety. This calling was evident to WIA staff when Tyler visited the Galax workforce office seeking assistance to move him away from public assistance and into self-sufficiency. Although Tyler possessed experience… Read more »

Spotlight Success

Mt. Rogers Adult Education Program

Arielle W. completed her GED with the Mt. Rogers Adult Education Program provided at the Wytheville Onestop Campus. She had been homeschooled by her mom and decided last spring she wanted to go ahead and get her GED under her belt so she could go to college. Her mom researched through the internet and found… Read more »

Spotlight Success

Chris, Construction Inspector

Chris was let go from his position with Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) where he worked as an Environmental Scientist II for two years. Prior to that he had worked for Waste Management as a Project Manager in Hazardous Solid Waste. People Inc. Dislocated Worker (DW) program staff assisted Chris in looking for employment… Read more »

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