DVF FoodService is a finalist for the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) 2008 Graduate Client of the Year Award in the mixed use incubator category. The international conference is scheduled in San Antonio with 52 countries participating.   DVF will be presented as one of two graduates selected to represent the best in the world for exemplary performance among mixed use incubator graduates at the awards banquet on May 6, 2008. 

Piedmont BioProducts was featured in Virginia Business Magazine for the company's innovative approach to providing energy from switchgrass.  The highly publicized Gretna Company has an innovative approach for clean  "green" oil.  Read more

A joint economic development initiative of the City of Danville and Pittsylvania County, the Dan River Business Development Center (DRBDC) was opened as an incubator facility in April of 2001. The DRBDC has developed the framework necessary to sustain the development of a diverse mixture of new entrepreneurs in the region, inclusive of technology businesses, research labs, distribution headquarters, professional service firms, and temporary support for transitional companies.  Ownership is equally diverse with 10% female, 8% veteran, and 27% minority business owners.  

Milestone Update:

• 88% occupancy (100% industrial, 71% office)
• 14 tenants with 53 employees
• Graduation success rate into region-83%
• 15 graduates employing 1108 persons (49 from small business start-up businesses)
• $38.6 M Revenues / $5.3 M Equity tenants (2006)