County Highlights

James City County has spent the past four centuries piling up milestones and accolades, including several key business highlights:

 

Since 1693, the College of William & Mary creates one of the most educated and skilled regional workforces in the 13 colonies, today;

 

establishing Williamsburg as Virginia’s colonial capital in 1699, showcasing its political and economic strength;

 

opening an Anheuser-Busch Brewery in 1970, plus its $200 million plant modernization in 2006, a testimony to the favorable business climate here;

 

founding of AVID Medical in 1998 and facilitating its second expansion in 2006, increasing its production capacity to $500 million and employees to 700;

 

 

locating Walmart’s 4th U.S. import distribution center in 2000, plus three expansions totaling over 3-million-square-foot facility employing 700 Walmart associates;

 

establishing the James City County Business & Technology Incubator in 2006 to assist budding entrepreneurs;

 

adding Sam's Club distribution operations to the Walmart import distribution center highlights the profitability associated with businesses in the County;

 

assisting Owens-Illinois diversify its product from beer bottles to food glass containers, investing more than $40 million since 2008.

 

We may not be able to predict everything the next 400 years will bring, but the ingredients are right for a variety of future business successes.  Ready-to-go business sites, a fast-track permitting process, proximity to Port of Virginia, a mid-Atlantic location, and low overall cost of doing business and the commitment of County leadership to make things happen will put your business venture on the fast track to success.