April 2015

Cover Story

The new Midtown Tunnel

Promising relief for motorists, the $2.1 billion job is the state’s most extensive public-private project to date

Promising relief for motorists, the new U.S. 58 Midtown Tunnel project is the state’s most extensive public-private project to date.

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Interview

Mission minded

Transplant network CEO is drawn to complicated challenges

Interview with Brian M. Shepard
CEO, United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
Richmond

Opinion

From This Issue

The city’s anchor

VCU has a been a big factor in Richmond’s revival

Virginia College Profile: Virginia Commonwealth University

A collegiate ‘Shark Tank’

Universities host entrepreneurship competitions to sharpen business skills

Universities across the country are turning students into entrepreneurs through competitions that require participants to pitch their product or business to a panel of judges.

Conscious capitalism

Container Store CEO doesn’t see business as a zero-sum game

Conscious capitalism centers on treating all of a company’s stakeholders — including employees, vendors, customers, shareholders — with respect.

Industrial gets sexy

With supply limited, Virginia’s location is pushing demand

The market for industrial space continues to improve in the Richmond region as well as in Virginia’s other major urban markets.

Prince William takes a leading role

Former bedroom community is attracting investment and creating jobs

Prince William now is the second-largest county (trailing only Fairfax) in Virginia.