The Bedford area leads Region 2000 in new business start-ups, according to Traci Blido, Bedford County’s director of economic development.
Region 2000 consists of the counties of Appomattox, Amherst, Bedford and Campbell as well as the cities of Bedford and Lynchburg. Lynchburg had the second largest number in 2010 with 81. Bedford County had 86 and, with the city’s new start ups thrown in, totals 92.