In 2008, a pivotal decision had to be
made regarding the future of business and residential growth. T e county needed sewer and water connections, and there was discord between the two entities as to how that would happen. T e Business Development & Assistance Committee, composed of Chamber members, attended critical Board of Supervisors and Town Council meetings, encouraging the two bodies to cooperate and resolve the issue. And in the end, they did: T e offi cial
agreement was reached in 2011, paving the way for continued growth and development. “T e Chamber worked together with
the town and county to create a water and sewer agreement that has proved to be benefi cial to both parties and to the residents and business owners of the county,” said Dave Durr, a member of the Board of Supervisors.
“We will make it a better place” T e Chamber has distinguished itself
through its ability to create events and programs that celebrate the community. Probably the most well-known is CulpeperFest! Since its inception in 1980, the annual expo has connected businesses with local consumers and has continually grown in participants and attendees. T e summer festival, originally held on a private farm, now attracts thousands and has recently been held at Eastern View High School. Other incentives have included hosting
candidate forums during election periods, Organizing Business Industry Education Day, and holding ribbon cuttings to celebrate new business endeavors and major business milestones. T e Chamber’s active and community driven Young Professionals Group also plays a key role
in local engagement. T e Appreciation & Valor Awards, introduced in 2018, publicly recognizes and thanks the hard working fi rst responders throughout the town and county. T e Lead Culpeper program, which began in 1994, introduces emerging business leaders within the community to all the moving parts of our town and county. For more than 110 years now, the
Chamber has collaborated with businesses to shape Culpeper into what it is today. Partnering with other local organizations, the Chamber and its members have been in the vanguard of improving roads, fostering new industries and expanding educational opportunities for our community. As Tom Boyd said, “T ey were all just
people who felt that the community could be a better place. Should be a better place. And if we throw our shoulder to the wheel, we will make it a better place.”
Historical Culpeper industries: Rochester Cable Rochester Cable has been able to
withstand the test of time. Having become an innovative leader in the design and manufacture of electro-optical cables for harsh environments, the company started out with the humble roots of making hemp ropes. Founded in 1794 by the Rochester
family, they opened their fi rst location in New York state. When former Chamber president and longtime Culpeper business leader Giles Miller was working to attract more industries, along with Winfree Fore and Verne Healy, he recruited the then Rochester Ropes into building a processing plant in the Town of Culpeper. T e Rochesters built the family house on their 38.5-acre property in the 1930s.
manufacturing plant was built on the property and completed in 1940. By 1941, they produced steel wire rope, bringing a new industry and economic revenue to the community. What has allowed Rochester to
Rochester Cable has been manufacturing locally for 80+ years
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continue has been their ability to keep up with the times, using technology to accommodate modern needs. When wire and rope manufacturing ended in 1996, the plant shiſt ed to manufacturing fi ber optic cable and umbilical cables, which incorporate steel twisted around electromechanical and fi ber optic cables. Today, Rochester is now a part of the
T e historic building has been preserved and can still be seen when driving down Old Brandy Road in town. T eir
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