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Creating community vibes
Placemaking focuses on people and design
In Virginia Beach, most tourists flock to the Oceanfront. But just a couple blocks west, you’ll find an area that feels a little more artsy and a lot more local.
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Breaking rank
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What a difference a year makes. On July 13, 2021, against a backdrop of ships blasting their horns and spraying water in celebration at the Port of Virginia’s Norfolk International
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FOR THE RECORD AUGUST 2022
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CENTRAL VIRGINIA In early July, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration put a hold on its order banning Juul Labs Inc. from selling e-cigarettes on the U.S. market, saying it
Prosperity drives formation of regional group
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Interim Pittsylvania County Administrator Clarence Monday knows what’s better than two localities working together: a whole region working to support them in a joint effort. “The partnership between Danville and
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Virginia companies weigh office returns
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Many companies in Virginia are taking a flexible approach on whether employees must return to work in offices or continue working remotely or via hybrid models. For instance, Capital One
Guardians of the treasury
Finance execs face array of timely challenges
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How’s this for an anxiety recipe? Serious supply-chain woes. A worsening labor shortage. Historic inflation. Rising lending rates. Soaring fuel and energy costs. An exceptionally volatile stock market. Growing cybersecurity
Growth industry
SoVa targets advanced manufacturing
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When manufacturers thinking about setting up shop in Southern Virginia visit Pittsylvania County, the county’s economic development director, Matt Rowe, doesn’t just show off expansive, shovel-ready industrial sites. He also
‘Just when I thought I was out’
Museum CFO is finally retired — maybe
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Virginia Business’ 2022 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Large nonprofit | Hossein Sadid, CFO and deputy director for
CVTC property inches closer to redevelopment
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Once home to more than 3,600 people with intellectual disabilities and other conditions, the Central Virginia Training Center property in Amherst County is drawing closer to a different future. In
Broadened horizons
CFO leads diversity, economic development efforts
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Virginia Business’ 2022 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Large business | Sal Mancuso, executive vice president and CFO
Gambling on Hampton Roads
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Roy Corby’s first job at a casino was as a dealer. Now, Corby is general manager of the $300 million Rivers Casino Portsmouth, which is on track to become the
Work it out
Workforce training programs offer rapid career paths
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The Virginia Community College System is experiencing what one top official describes as a “tectonic shift.” Although transfer programs to four-year colleges still account for the largest enrollment demand in
