Virginia Business - June 2003

COVER STORY
Tough times. Tender hearts
Some of Virginia's wealthiest are also the most generous.

The Virginia 100 profiles

EXECUTIVE HOMES
Relocationg
Philip Morris USA, Prudential moves boost real estate.

Directory of residential real estate firms

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
Mall magic
Jobs, taxes and development — new upscale malls promise economic benefits.

TECHNOLOGY IN VIRGINIA
Biotechnology keeps up its slow, steady growth

A chat with the head of the Virginia Bio-Technology Research Park

REGIONAL REPORT - REGION 2000
Manufacturing's upper end
Lynchburg area blessed with hard-to-export jobs.

A touch of France in Lynchburg

EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE
Commercial Real Estate
Commentary from commercial real estate professionals from around Virginia.

SPECIAL SECTION
Technology Education in Virginia
Many executives are gravitating toward specialized master's degree programs, and many schools are preparing programs that focus on technology or engineering to accommodate them.

Directory of engineering and IT schools in Virginia

DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Corner

Minding Your Business
- First the Yankees, now the Mafia
- Why you need to know about Simplified Employee Pensions
- Housing cost comparisons (chart)

Around the Old Dominion
- People - Garald T. Halpin
- Biotech CropTech fizzles
- Virginia takes lead role in canning spam

For the Record

Virginia Lifestyles
Forget the patio, grilling's done in the "outdoor room."