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Charlottesville area employment showing positive
Evidence points to slow, but nevertheless consistent, growth in Charlottesville-area employment numbers.  According to a January 4, 2011, article by Daily Progress writer Bryan McKenzie, Area Jobless Rates Mostly Hold Steady....
“Central Virginia’s unemployment rate stayed stable through November, according to figures released Tuesday by the Virginia Employment Commission. The Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area — which is made up of the City of Charlottesville, as well as the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene  and Nelson  — had a 5.4 percent unemployment rate in November, equal to October’s figure and a tenth of a percentage point higher than November 2009’s 5.3 percent.
That’s good, though not great, news, area business leaders said.  “We’re treading water. Unfortunately, the water’s deep,” said Timothy Hulbert, president and chief executive of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce.   “We want to get those numbers down and there’s a lot of evidence — from car sales and factory orders being up to the Dow and Nasdaq figures rising — that it could happen sooner than later.”
Charlottesville’s rate declined to 6 percent in November from October’s 6.1 percent. That compares with November 2009’s 5.7 percent rate. Albemarle County’s 5 percent rate was lower than October’s 5.2 ... more

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