Virginia Business - March 2007

COVER STORY
King of the Hill?
Virginia has been named the best state in the country for doing business. But how competitive is the Old Dominion overall?

Work-force training
In Hampton Roads, the pressure is on to train more truck drivers for the area's thriving port.

R&D gets a boost
Plans for a medical school will boost Virginia's profile in research and development.

CORPORATE EXPANSION
Small-town charm
Many companies are expanding or locating in Virginia's rural areas.

GOLF
Leveling the playing field
Women add golf to their business skills.
Selected business-friendly golf courses around Virginia

FREDERICKSBURG REGIONAL REPORT
Everyone on the same page?
Fredericksburg area seeks consensus on dealing with growth.

Fredericksburg growth and development

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE QUARTERLY
Retail revival?
As downtowns across Virginia flourish, retail is slowly coming back, but with a different look.

Harbor Heights will bring downtown Norfolk its first urban grocery store

Transactions

Fairfax Center continues to attract tenants

OPTIONS
CEO pilots
A license means convenience and more time for business and leisure.

Cruise terminal sets sail
Norfolk trying to capitalize on trips to Bermuda

Cubism as a case study
MBA students find inspiration in Spanish artists

SPECIAL SECTION
List of Leaders
Virginia Business' annual ranking of the commonwealth's top companies

DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Corner
- The struggle to stay on top

Around the Old Dominion
- You can go home again, maybe to a high-tech job,in Southwest Virginia
- Prince William says loss of Lilly plant won’t deter its development efforts
- Hooker to rely on imports after closing the last of its U.S. wooden furniture plants

Looking Back
- Labor unions need to understand business issues