RICHMOND, Va., March 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- With its
7th new dealership in the last 7 years, Carter Myers
Automotive has reason to celebrate the opening of Colonial Subaru
just South of Richmond, Va.
Members of the local community, including the Chesterfield, Colonial Heights and Petersburg Chambers of
Commerce and the President of Subaru of America, Tom Doll, all gathered at the brand new facility
to help CMA President and CEO, Liza
Borches, cut the ribbon at the Grand Opening Event on
Wednesday evening.
No stranger to the local community, CMA has added 38 new jobs
with their new dealership and is still hiring. The company now
represents 16 automotive brands at 13 locations in the Richmond, Charlottesville and Staunton, Virginia markets.
"It is truly an honor to represent Subaru in Richmond," said CMA President and CEO,
Liza Myers Borches at the event, "In
no time at all we have discovered how passionate Subaru customers
are about this great product and are very excited about the
future." The state-of-the-art facility easily fit the 100 plus
guests at the event, which included a check presentation to local
non-profit FeedMore.
The Grand Opening was one of the first events held at the
dealership, but will not be the last. Colonial Subaru is hosting a
launch party for the new Impreza this Saturday, March 25, featuring Danny Higgins' #75 Subaru Rally Car. Open to the
public, this event will include food, games and prizes starting at
12:00pm.
ABOUT CMA
Carter Myers Automotive (CMA) is a family
and employee-owned business that originated in 1902 as
Stockdell-Myers Hardware Company in downtown Petersburg, Virginia. The hardware business
was liquidated and reincorporated in 1924 as Petersburg Motor
Company, Inc. The company now does business as Carter Myers
Automotive, named after their first President, H. Carter Myers Sr. He was followed by his son
and grandson. Liza Borches is the
fourth generation of the Myers family and the first woman to run
the company. www.CMAcars.com.
CMA now operates 16 franchises in Central Virginia. In Charlottesville the group has Colonial
Auto Center, Colonial Nissan and Volvo of
Charlottesville. In the Richmond
area they operate Colonial Honda, Colonial Kia, Colonial
Hyundai, Heritage Chevrolet and now Colonial Subaru. In
Staunton the group operates Valley
Honda, Valley Nissan, Valley Subaru, Valley Chrysler
Dodge Jeep Ram and Valley Volkswagen.
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