Virginia's Gateway Region Economic Development Organization

For more than 60 years, a group of cities, counties and business leaders have promoted a vast geographic region south of the Richmond-Petersburg Metropolitan Statistical Area as a strategic area for business opportunity. We are Virginia’s Gateway Region. Our communities include the cities of Petersburg, Colonial Heights and Hopewell, and the counties of Prince George, Dinwiddie, Surry and Sussex. The region’s economy is still evolving and VGR is leading the course for the future, aiming to ensure the Gateway Region is a place where companies want to locate, hire workers, expand, and grow.