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10 Va. companies graduate VEDP export program
VALET program for international exports has 350 graduates
Ten Virginia companies are the latest to graduate from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program, which helps companies work on international export growth strategies,
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Site Selection ranks Va. 1st for biz climate
State rose from 10th place in magazine's rankings
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Virginia rose to first place in Site Selection magazine’s 2022 Business Climate Rankings. The commonwealth unseated North Carolina and ranked above Georgia, which had an eight-year streak in the top
Everything is not awesome
Why Virginia lags the South in big industrial deals
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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
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Va. officials woo chip manufacturers
Billions at stake in hunt to lure semiconductor makers
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and state and local economic development officials are vying to attract semiconductor chip manufacturing facilities to four Virginia industrial sites as the commonwealth gears up to
Rainmaker-in-chief
New VEDP leader aims to build on predecessor’s success
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On Aug. 29, 2005, Jason El Koubi’s first day as research and policy director for Louisiana’s Baton Rouge regional chamber of commerce, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the state, resetting El
Amazon be nimble, Amazon be quick
E-commerce giant continues stretch across state
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When it comes to building warehouses and distribution centers, one company has sought out Virginia over and over again: Amazon.com Inc. The e-commerce giant began opening facilities in Virginia in
Hitting a brick wall
Climbing housing costs pose workforce challenges
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Casey Renner has worked in four states over the course of her teaching career, and she’s never liked a school more than Arlington County’s Wakefield High School, where she teaches
Jason El Koubi named VEDP’s permanent president, CEO
El Koubi had been interim leader since January 1
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Jason El Koubi will stay on as the permanent president and CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, the state economic development authority announced Friday. El Koubi was named interim
Northam proposes $150M for site readiness
Funding would be "transformative," says state economic development official
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When Mazda Toyota was looking to build a plant that would have brought 4,000 jobs and 1.6 billion in investment, Virginia was ruled out. Why? Because Virginia didn’t have a competitive