Business View Magazine | January 2020

241 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 include nuclear technology, pharmaceuticals, and material handling. A diversity of small businesses within the region has helped maintain a stable local economy and minimized the downturns of the national economy. Lynchburg has been within the Top 10 Digital Cities survey for its population size since the survey’s inception in 2004. Again in 2019, Lynchburg received First Place in its population category (75,000 – 124,999), the 16th consecutive year Lynchburg has been in the national top 10 and the fourth time it has been ranked first in its population category. Recently, Business View Magazine spoke with Deputy City Manager, Reid Wodicka, and Assistant Director of Economic Development and Tourism, Anna Bentson, about Lynchburg’s recent growth and future prospects. Bentson notes, “In 2018, the Office of Economic Development & Tourism launched our five-year LYNCHBURG, V I RGINI A