This blue ribbon holiday party will weave our various entrepreneurial and innovation-based communities of interest into the larger collection of professionals and academics working in and around the Charlottesville region.

This celebration of community will highlight the broad collection of award recipients our area hosts. A bevy of innovation has been honored for decades through award programs such as the CBIC Awards Gala, UVA Entrepreneurship Cup, Darden Business Plan Competition, VaBIO Bioscience Company of the Year Award, UVA Patent Foundation Inventor of the Year Award and more! Come meet various award recipients from the last decade or more and hear informally about innovation they launched right here in our backyard. 

What:     Celebration of Community: A Blue Ribbon Networking Holiday Party

Dress:     Business Dressy with a Flair Toward Holiday 

Who:      Co-hosted by the:

Charlottesville Business Innovation Council

 Virginia Biotechnology Organization

UVA Office of the VP for Research: Innovation Partnerships & Commercialization 

When:   Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Time:      5:30 – 7:30 PM 

Cost:  No cost for members of the 3 host organizations and for members of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce. $30 for non-members 

Where:  City Space (AKA Charlottesville Community Design Center) 100 5^th Street, N.E. Charlottesville, VA  22902 on the mezzanine level of the Market Street parking garage

Includes: Heavy appetizers and adult beverages provided, thanks to support from our sponsors:

...and with support from....

CrossKeys Vineyards

Cardinal Point Winery

Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of Central Virginia

PARKING: The Market Street parking garage is extremely convenient to this event.

DIRECTIONS TO CITYSPACE: 

From the East of Charlottesville, VA 

• From Richmond, take Interstate 64 west to exit 120 (5^th Street Extended).
• At top of ramp, turn right onto 5^th Street heading north for approximately 2 miles.
• In two miles you will be at the intersection of Ridge/McIntire and Main Street (there will be a statue of Lewis and Clark on your left). Go through light to bottom of McIntire Road.
• Bear right onto East Market Street.
• Follow East Market Street up five blocks to the Market Street Parking Garage on your right.
• Park in the garage.
• CitySpace is located at 100 5^th Street, N.E. on the mezzanine level of the parking garage.

From the West of Charlottesville, VA  

• From Staunton/Waynesboro area, get on Interstate 64 and travel east.
• Get off of Interstate 64 east at exit 120 (5^th Street Extended).
• At top of ramp, turn left onto 5^th Street heading north for approximately 2 miles.
• In two miles you will be at the intersection of Ridge/McIntire and Main Street (there will be a statue of Lewis and Clark on our left). Go through light to bottom of McIntire Road.
• Bear right onto East Market Street.
• Follow East Market Street up five blocks to the Market Street Parking Garage on your right.
• Park in the garage.
• CitySpace is located at 100 5^th Street, N.E. on the mezzanine level of the parking garage.

From the North of Charlottesville, VA 

• From Washington, DC travel south on Route 29 to Charlottesville. Once In Charlottesville, make a left on Hydraulic Road (there will be a 7 Eleven on your right, and an Import Car Lot on your left at the light).
• Travel on Hydraulic Road to the Route 250 Bypass. Make a left and travel east on the Bypass to McIntire Road (the first traffic light after the emergency signal).
• Make a right on McIntire Road. Travel on McIntire Road for less than 2 miles to the intersection of East Market Street and Preston Avenue.
• Turn left onto East Market Street.
• Follow East Market Street up five blocks to the Market Street Parking Garage on your right. 
• Park in the garage.
• CitySpace is located at 100 5^th Street, N.E. on the mezzanine level of the parking garage.

From the South of Charlottesville, VA 

• From Lynchburg take Route 29 north towards Charlottesville.
• As you approach Charlottesville, get off of Route 29 onto Interstate 64 east.
• Get off of Interstate 64 east at exit 120 (5^th Street Extended).
• At top of ramp, turn left onto 5^th Street heading north for approximately 2 miles.
• In two miles you will be at the intersection of Ridge/McIntire and Main Street (there will be a statue of Lewis and Clark on our left). Go through light to bottom of McIntire Road.
• Bear right onto East Market Street.
• Follow East Market Street up five blocks to the Market Street Parking Garage on your right.
• Park in the garage.
• CitySpace is located at 100 5^th Street, N.E. on the mezzanine level of the parking garage.