Followups
An update on companies and trends featured in recent issues

Virginia Business
August 2005

D. Stephen Elliott, executive director of the Council for America’s First Freedom in Richmond, has become president of the Farmers’ Museum and the New York State Historical Association in Cooperstown, N.Y. A photo of Elliott was featured in a story about the use of historic tax credits in the July issue. Elliott’s departure was announced after the issue went to press.

Smithfield Foods plans to spend $800 million in Romania during the next five years in an effort to become that nation’s largest pork supplier. Smithfield entered Romania in 2004 with the acquisition of pork processor Comtim Group SRL. Smithfield’s Eastern European strategy was explored in the November issue.

ChildrenFirst, a provider of employee-sponsored backup child care, is coming to Richmond. Law firm Hunton and Williams LLP has signed on as its first Richmond area client. The Boston-based company operates 33 backup child-care centers in 17 cities in the U.S. and Canada, including a center at Tysons Corner in McLean. The prospect of a second center in Richmond was reported in February’s quarterly workplace section.