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Obama’s Virginia Campaign for Change Opens 20 Offices Across the Commonwealth

Posted by Greg on Wednesday, July 16

Offices to celebrate grand openings Saturday

 

RICHMOND, Va. - U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's Virginia campaign announced today the opening of 20 Obama Campaign for Change offices across the Commonwealth. The offices will celebrate their grand openings Saturday with open houses, followed by door-to-door canvassing.

The scope of the office openings is unprecedented in the history of Democratic presidential campaigns in Virginia, and while some of the offices will be in the usual spots - Richmond, Norfolk, Fairfax and Charlottesville -- there will also be Campaign for Change centers in Castlewood, Martinsville, Danville and Winchester.

The Campaign for Change is a project of the Virginia Democratic Party, led by top staffers who will work to harness the enthusiasm of Obama's grassroots-level supporters and organize them in communities across the Commonwealth - neighbor to neighbor, friend to friend and colleague to colleague - working for the benefit of Democratic candidates up and down the ticket.

Throughout the primary, Obama's campaign showed a strong commitment to intensive grassroots organizing, inspiring millions of Americans to get involved in the political process for the first time.

The campaign's efforts reflected Obama's own experience. He got into public service working with church-based community organizations in Chicago neighborhoods devastated by steel plant layoffs. There, he saw the power everyday people have when they're brought together around a sense of common purpose. He learned that real change happens not from the top down but from the bottom up.

The Campaign for Change offices will act as convenient hubs for Commonwealth communities, places where Virginians can go to learn about Barack and get involved.

"Whether it's Danville or Alexandria, Winchester or Richmond, the most effective way to educate voters about Barack is with information they hear from the mouth of someone they trust - a neighbor, friend or colleague," Obama Virginia Campaign Director Mitch Stewart said. "The new offices represent the frame upon which our neighbor-to-neighbor, grassroots campaign will be built."

Obama Virginia Campaign for Change Offices

Blacksburg
216 S. Main St.
Blacksburg, VA 24060

Bristol
1009 W. State St., Suite 1-D
Bristol, VA 24201

Castlewood
2 Right Miners Dr.
Castlewood, VA 24224

Charlottesville
A&N Building
422 E. Main St.
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Danville
Riverside Center
3228 Riverside Dr.
Danville, VA 24541

Fairfax
11184 Lee Hwy
Fairfax City, VA 22030

Fairfax County (Southern)
8796 D/E Sacramento Drive
Alexandria, VA 22309

Hampton
1040-D Settlers Landing Road
Hampton, VA 23669

Harrisonburg
124 S. Main St.
Harrisonburg, VA 22801

Lynchburg
1125 Main St.
Lynchburg, VA 24504

Martinsville
1 E. Church St.
Martinsville, VA 24112

Newport News
96 Main Street
Newport News, VA 23601

Norfolk
645 Church Street, Ste 104
Norfolk, VA 23510

Petersburg
23 W. Old Street
Petersburg, VA 23803

Richmond
1208 W. Marshall Street
Richmond, VA 23220

Roanoke
151 Campbell Ave. SW
Roanoke, VA 24011

Virginia Beach
The Transouth Square Building
3613 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23452

Williamsburg
110 Bacon Ave.
Williamsburg, VA 23185

Winchester
19 W. Cork St.
Winchester, VA 22601

Woodbridge
4308 Ridgewood Center Drive
Woodbridge, VA 22192

 

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