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Everything is not awesome
Why Virginia lags the South in big industrial deals
When Lego Group representatives toured Chesterfield County’s Meadowville Technology Park on a winter day early this year, they didn’t speak. As with most industrial site visits, the county economic development
Interview
Vested interest
Gov. Youngkin talks 2022 economic wins, what’s next
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Eleven months into his first term in elected office, Gov. Glenn Youngkin can boast of several economic development successes and a few legislative wins, but one thing a lot of
Opinion
Getting meta
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Twenty years ago, artificial intelligence seemed like the stuff of sci-fi films such as “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “The Matrix.” Today, it’s so ubiquitous as to be virtually unremarkable
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New hangars, terminal in Winchester airport’s sights
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This month, the Winchester Regional Airport will open the first group of hangars for midsize private aircraft, a public-private project that could end with 32 new units, bringing the airport’s
The Highlander nearly complete in Radford
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The Highlander, a $40 million boutique hotel and conference center, is expected to open next to Radford University soon. University officials and their partners in the project broke ground in
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Lawyers aim to lower barriers to legal advice for startups
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It takes a lot to start a business — a marketable idea, available capital and good advice, among other resources. Tricia Dunlap puts legal guidance in the same bucket. A
FOR THE RECORD NOVEMBER 2022
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CENTRAL VIRGINIA Richmond Community Hospital — owned by Bon Secours Mercy Health — has the highest profit margins of any hospital in Virginia, generating as much as $100 million a
Prince William targets data center growth
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Move over Loudoun County. Neighboring Prince William County could eventually wear the data center crown. Loudoun currently houses the world’s largest concentration of data centers, which cover more than 25
Virginia Society of CPAs’ 2023 Economic Expectations Survey Results
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Read VSCPA member interviews and more about the survey.
Exceeding expectations
Richmond region notches big deals
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In the greater Richmond region, local economic development authorities have been hard at work landing new business and securing expansions, and this year those efforts bore fruit, they say. In
Richmond wellness space gets shot from Jack Daniel’s
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On his 33rd birthday, Brelan Hillman learned that BareSOUL Yoga and Wellness was selected as one of six finalists to compete for $10,000 in a pitch contest for Black-owned businesses
White Mill project closer to getting off the ground
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Danville’s highly anticipated $100 million White Mill redevelopment is starting to see positive movement. In August, Danville City Council unanimously approved a resolution to apply for a $5 million state
New NASA tunnel could boost Va. space industry
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As NASA pushes the reaches of space exploration, a new wind tunnel at the agency’s Hampton-based Langley Research Center will serve an important role in journeys beyond Mars and could
