Nov 26, 2009 (Danville Register and Bee - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The Danville Development Council can connect developing businesses to the community.

Working through the City of Danville and closely with city's Office of Economic Development, the DDC hopes to support businesses that locate to Danville with networking and communication, Board Chairman Hampton Wilkins said.

"We try to be ambassadors for Danville," Wilkins said.

The council's board of directors spent its recent November meeting evaluating how Infinity Global Packaging successfully located downtown and what else the luxury retail and specialty goods packaging company needs for its eventual expansion.

President and CEO Ron Palmer told attendees one reason for locating in town was his Danville roots and wanting to benefit the community in addition to drawing benefits from it.

The Historic Tobacco Warehouse District and the Bridge Street building even contributed to the brand-ing for the company, Palmer said. When clients visit, they say they love the space.

The company plans to expand in the first quarter next year. With 34 employees at the Danville site, Infinity is well on its way in growing to 86 employees company wide, Palmer said.

Danville's fiber optic system was vitally important to Infinity, as was working with the Office of Eco-nomic Development to get everything rolling, Palmer added.

The company maintains an interest in finding talented professionals and is working with area institutions of higher learning to take part in internship programs, Palmer said.

DDC Board Member Ben Davenport Jr. suggested the company work with the Danville Regional Foun-dation, which is working to establish a program to recruit and place interns through the Dan River Region.

Making connections like that is how the Danville Development Council hopes to serve businesses, Wilkins added. That's in addition to identifying and marketing Danville assets and addressing weaknesses to serve long-term economic development.

Board Member Milo Abercrombie plans to spread the company's story and would like to attract more businesses like Infinity into Danville. The location of such companies in town may help attract others in itself, he added.

"It's nice to have this in Danville," Abercrombie said. "This is what we need." For more information on Infinity Global Packaging and future opportunities, visit http://www.infinityrp.com.

Internship program starting here Danville Regional Foundation wants to start a summer internship program next year to recruit and place interns throughout the Dan River Region, program officer Wendi Goods Everson said.

The foundation received 165 applications for 10 internship slots in its own internal program last year. Because of the interning interest, the foundation then placed an additional 30 interns that it didn't accept in organizations throughout the community.

"We have something that's working," Everson said. "We want to expand efforts to bring in these talented young people to work throughout the region." For more information, visit http://www.danvilleregionalfoundation.org.

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