< Cover Story >

• Keeping the lights on in a low-carbon world
  
• A nuclear renaissance: A Lynchburg company is getting a $25 million expansion and 500 new jobs.
• Converting trash to cash: Intrinergy produces energy from wood chips, forest residue, even yard clippings.

< Business Trends: Architecture/Engineering>

• Virtual models: Companies seek more courses that foster leadership at all levels.
• Wanted more women: Schools say a feminine touch is critical to the future of engineering.
• Too much information: Executives try to keep their sanity in a 24/7 stream of messages.

< Quarterly Report: In the workplace>

• Young recruits: Businesses invest in a work force that's still on training wheels.

<Regional Report >

• No ivory tower: William $ Mary strives to be an economic engine for the region.
  
• Growth & Development