Pub. 3 2022 Issue 1

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Page Auto Group, which has a family of dealerships across Central Virginia, has pledged $150,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. Part of the commitment includes partnering with Andrew Getchell, sales manager at West Broad Kia, whose son, Luke, passed away in 2019 from leukemia. Page’s work with CHoR was featured in a write-up from the hospital foundation’s spring magazine.

Virginia dealerships took to social media to honor Women’s Women’s History Month and to celebrate International International Women’s Day this March. Our businesses raised money for local nonprofits, and they helped shelter animals find a home.

The National Automobile Dealers Association has named Carmen Hinton as the winner of the 5th annual Women Driving Auto Retail Video Contest, sponsored by Stellantis. The service manager at Carter Myers Automotive’s Valley Subaru in Staunton, Va., was announced as the contest winner in March during the NADA Show 2022.

Whether to use a pre-dispute arbitration agreement for employment issues is a choice for each dealer to make. If you have chosen to use such an agreement, it is time to review it.

The General Assembly session entailed more than two months of lobbying, legislating, and letter writing by the VADA team and our members.

In the last six months, we have reported on best practices you should adopt for your dealership operations. This quiz tests how carefully you have given attention to the suggestions.

As part of this edition of the Virginia Auto Dealer, VADA also wants to recognize the 2021 TIME Dealer of the Year Nominee. Because we did not publish our magazine during the unusual times brought by the pandemic, we were unable to spotlight Dan Banister of Banister Nissan of Chesapeake. However, we are happy to share this interview as we offer our heartfelt yet belated congratulations to him on his well-deserved nomination. (This article has been edited for length and content.)