Own a local business? Beating the competition during rough economic times? Get your pitch ready for the first annual Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards Competition, hosted by the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and its own Tayloe Murphy International Center. The Cavalier Daily reports today that Darden’s global business program will offer businesses a chance to win a trip to a week-long executive education course. Darden will begin accepting applications on April 1, and recipients will be awarded five months later, on September 1.
Of course, what a difference a few months can make. Today also brings news that retail sales in the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County dropped during 2009, bringing sales tax incomes with them. Retail sales in Albemarle dropped by 9 percent, and by 7.82 percent in Charlottesville. Neil Williamson of the Free Enterprise Forum weights in here, but writes, "Once again we find more questions than answers."
Which businesses will answer the call of the Tayloe Murphy International Center? And will they stay strong from application to awards?
