Cover Story
Planting the flag
As a new decade dawns, Amazon scales up for HQ2
• Amazon’s twin towers coming in 2023 • HQ2 “base camp” office opened in September • 400+ workers hired; 24,500+ to go In November 2018, Virginia won big —
Interview
Workforce in progress
Amazon exec is laying the groundwork to hire 25,000 workers for HQ2
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After a long, successful tech career working as an executive for companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Intel Corp., Ardine Williams was entitled to rest on her laurels. It didn’t last
Opinion
The recession that wasn’t
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What if they held a recession and no one showed up? Last summer, economic experts began ringing warning bells of an impending downturn, as evidenced by an inverted yield curve
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Recruitment pitch
Model workplaces overcome tight labor market with pay, perks
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The lowest U.S. unemployment rate in 50 years isn’t slowing down the companies honored as this year’s Best Places to Work in Virginia. The winners find plenty of applicants are
The Land of OZ
Opportunity zones have financial impact, but how much?
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Anybody up for pickleball? Barrett Worthington and Megan Charity hope so. Business partners based in Charlottesville, Worthington and Charity are among Virginia’s opportunity zone pioneers. They hope to build an
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Colonial Williamsburg hires Fleet
Followups - February 2020
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Former Philip Morris USA President and CEO Cliff Fleet took over as the ninth president and CEO of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation on Jan. 1. Virginia Business reported in September
A larger rotunda
Entering its third century, U.Va. recruits more first-generation students
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Alita Robinson, a second-year University of Virginia student from Delaware, delivers a personal message when she calls potential donors seeking support for financial aid programs. “I always tell people the
‘We’re all Dynamites’
Government contractor gives workers a sense of belonging
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When employees join Dynamis Inc., they gain a new family. “We’re very supportive of each other,” Dynamis Recruiter Macaya Yao says. “I find that I’m really able to go to
Maritime Association turns 100, eyes expansion
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In the Virginia Maritime Association’s 100th year, Ashley McLeod has a wish for inland businesses to recognize the impact of the Port of Virginia on the entire state. “One in
The cherry on top
From Day 1, staffing firm builds team spirit
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The camaraderie that makes Accounting Principals different is evident on an employee’s first day as they’re greeted by a desk decorated with bright, colorful signs trumpeting personalized welcoming messages. This
New GRTC chief sets Richmond transit priorities
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After 25 years in the transportation industry, Julie Timm went back to school to get her MBA. “I wanted to understand the business world,” explains the new CEO of the
10th Annual Best Places to Work list
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This is the 10th year that Virginia Business has compiled the Best Places to Work in Virginia list in collaboration with Pennsylvania-based Best Companies Group. Nearly 200 companies applied for
Morgan Olson training program set to start in March
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The Virginia Talent Accelerator Program, launched last fall by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, is set to begin its first big project in March, training an estimated 703 people to
