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BUSINESS TRENDS: Technology & Research>>

Going to the next level
Researchers hope stimulus funding can turn green-energy theories into reality.
by Heather B. Hayes

Commercial Real Estate>>

LEEDing the way?
Green construction continues during recession, but brokers aren't seeing premium rents.
by Robert Burke

Practical, Popular and Dead
Virginia’s attempt to legislate green construction fails.
by Nicole Anderson Ellis

<BUSINESS TRENDS: Vacations & Resorts>

• Perks and packages In a down economy, hotels and resorts ramp up marketing and cut costs. by Lisa Antonelli Bacon
• Resort Continues to evolveby Lisa Antonelli Bacon

<Regional Report: Richmond>>

• No longer 'Recession-Proof'
  Downturn topples some pillars of the local economy, but the region still is able to attract new companies.
  by Chip Jones


• HCA plans hospital in Goochland County
  by Chip Jones


• No new master merchants?
  Longtime retail analyst thinks entrepreneurial spirit has waned.
  by Chip Jones

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