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Amazon warehouse worker in New York tests positive for COVID-19
Virginia has 10 fulfillment and sorting centers, in addition to the HQ2 East Coast headquarters under development.
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Only two days after Amazon.com Inc. announced it would add 100,000 warehouse and delivery jobs — 1,400 of which are earmarked for Virginia — to combat coronavirus-related unemployment, a warehouse
Amazon to hire 1,400 Virginians to meet order surge, donate $1M to Arlington nonprofits
The company will also add $2/hour to employees' current hourly rates through end of April.
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Amazon.com Inc. announced this week that it would add 100,000 full-time and part-time jobs to its United States fulfillment centers — with an expected 1,400 jobs added in Virginia —
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Amazon to build two operations facilities in Hampton Roads, create 1,500 jobs
Both facilities are anticipated to open in 2021.
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Amazon.com Inc. will build two operations facilities in Hampton Roads, creating an expected 1,500 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. Both facilities are anticipated to open in 2021. The first
Amazon signs lease on PBS HQ space in Arlington
Amazon is moving into the space by the end of 2020.
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Amazon.com Inc. has signed a lease with its HQ2 landlord and developer JBG Smith Properties for a 272,000-square-feet building in Arlington that has served as the headquarters for the Public
Amazon to open fulfillment center in Prince George County
This will create 150 jobs, paying a minimum wage of $15/hour
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Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc. — which is building its $2.5 billion HQ2 East Coast headquarters in Arlington — will open a fulfillment center for its AmazonBasics line in Prince George County
Amazon HQ2 and Arlington County government will be solar powered
Arlington and Amazon will purchase power from Dominion solar farm in Pittsylvania County
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Arlington County and Amazon.com Inc. have entered into agreements with Richmond-based Dominion Energy Inc. to purchase power for local government operations and Amazon’s HQ2 East Coast headquarters from a solar
JMU announces partnership with Handshake
San Francisco tech company connects college students with job and internship listings
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James Madison University has partnered with San Francisco-based jobs listings tech company Handshake to produce a live feed of job and internship opportunities on its website, JMU announced Tuesday. Although
Whole Foods Market Richmond announces grand opening
The store will open Jan. 30 at 9 a.m.
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Whole Foods Market will open its long-anticipated Richmond store at 9 a.m. on Jan. 30, the Amazon.com Inc.-owned supermarket chain announced Tuesday. Construction on the 47,000-square-foot store built on the
Fairfax County EDA CEO honored for collaborative leadership
Victor Hoskins received the award from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
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Victor Hoskins, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, received the Ronald Kirby Award for Collaborative Leadership this week from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, the
Danville’s Telly Tucker will lead Arlington Economic Development
Tucker starts his new job on Jan. 13.
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Telly Tucker, director of economic development in Danville, is leaving next month to lead Arlington County’s economic development department, the city of Danville announced Thursday. “It was a tremendous opportunity,”