Mining for talent
United Way, employers address regional workforce shortage
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At the end of October, United Way of Southwest Virginia broke ground on its $25 million project to convert a former Kmart store in Abingdon into a regional workforce development
‘National powerhouse’
McGuireWoods grows while maintaining tight-knit culture
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From 2017 to 2022, McGuireWoods, with offices in 21 cities, added 36.6% in revenue, and still the state’s largest law firm is pushing for yet more growth. With roughly 1,000
On the basis of race
Supreme Court ruling may spur reverse discrimination lawsuits
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Logan Barry began working as a reporter for The Progress-Index newspaper in Petersburg in 2018, less than a year before a merger placed his paper under the ownership of Tysons-based
Coming into focus
VEDP hones its economic development strategy
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In 2016, amid concerns over how the Virginia Economic Development Partnership was being run, the General Assembly directed Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to examine VEDP’s organizational management
Always right
Inc. 5000 companies focus on customer happiness
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Eric Tan opened his business, VA Wholesale Mortgage, a month before the COVID-19 pandemic sent the housing market into three years of unprecedented fluctuation. During those three years, Tan has