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The big freeze
Governor flattens state tuition rates
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Given pandemic-caused interruptions, college students have been through a lot so far this decade, but one silver lining at many Virginia schools has been frozen tuition. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin
Filling in
Empty facilities attract business expansions
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Industrial real estate is a hot commodity in Southwest Virginia. “It’s hard to find available space of anything that’s above 15,000 to 20,000 square feet,” says Jonathan Belcher, executive director
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Playing defense
Raytheon, Boeing HQs add to regional strength
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What’s in a name? Perhaps a lot if you’re riding on the coattails of Boeing Co. and Raytheon Technologies Corp. The May and June 2022 announcements that Fortune 100 contractors
A titanic win
IperionX brings $82M titanium plant to Halifax
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After enduring the exodus of companies like Burlington Mills and Daystrom Furniture over the past two decades, Halifax County is celebrating its biggest manufacturing announcement in decades — the arrival
Surgical precision
EVMS merger on way to reality
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Like many other businesses, health care systems are constantly consolidating and forging partnerships to create synergy. In 2022, one of Virginia’s longest awaited agreements finally crystallized: a merger between Eastern
A time to build
Manufacturing drives Shenandoah Valley’s growth
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The Shenandoah Valley Partnership had more economic development activity than “anyone anticipated in 2022,” says Jay Langston, the partnership’s executive director. During the calendar year, the partnership saw close to
Paying it forward
Health care, arts giving thrives in Va.
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In the last year, Virginia philanthropists continued making generous donations toward health care research, while others maintained their longstanding support of art museums. Leading the pack were two nine-figure donations
A ‘golden unicorn’
Chesterfield lands $1 billion toy factory
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Chesterfield County Economic Development Director Garrett Hart and Managing Director Matt McLaren had no idea which global client a site selection consultant was representing when the county was approached in
Take a load off
State workforce program speeds company timelines
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One thing Brian Dail noticed as he spent a day and a half in February 2020 participating in step van manufacturer Morgan Olson’s new hire training in Loudon, Tennessee, was
Ready for launch
‘Founder-focused’ accelerators boost startups
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Virginia’s version of the business accelerator doesn’t always rely on the traditional model of sponsorship by angel investors who provide capital for startups, usually in exchange for convertible debt or