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Tom Tom's Founding Cville - 2015 Launch

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (September 8th, 2015) – Tom Tom announced recipients of the 2nd annual ‘Founding Cville’ award at Central Place on the Downtown Mall. The Program honors contemporary Charlottesville founders who embody the Jeffersonian spirit of multidisciplinary creativity–including artists, entrepreneurs, and civic leaders. In collaboration with the Downtown Business Association of Charlottesville, the Founders’ portraits, will hang from the Downtown Mall lampposts throughout the month of September. In-depth “Founding Interviews” are available online.

tomtomfest.com/foundingcville

“Some of the faces may be familiar, but their stories are not,” says Director, Paul Beyer. “We wanted to know: How did they do it? A 23-year old high school teacher starts a travel company. 45 years later his companies have $5B in lifetime revenue and employ thousands of people. What were the key insights he learned and what setbacks did he overcome?”