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The Senate chamber in the Thomas Jefferson-designed Virginia State Capitol will remain empty during the 2021 regular session. Senators will meet at the Science of Museum of Virginia, which provides greater social distancing.

Va. will hold 2 special elections to fill empty state Senate seats

Two Virginia State Senate seats are now open, with the election of state Sens. John McGuire, R-Goochland, and Suhas Subramanyam, D-Loudoun, to the U.S. House of Representatives this week, so the state will hold special elections to fill those seats in districts 10 and 32 ahead of the Virginia General Assembly’s new session beginning in […]

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The Senate chamber in the Thomas Jefferson-designed Virginia State Capitol will remain empty during the 2021 regular session. Senators will meet at the Science of Museum of Virginia, which provides greater social distancing.

Va. will hold 2 special elections to fill empty state Senate seats

Two Virginia State Senate seats are now open, with the election of state Sens. John McGuire, R-Goochland, and Suhas Subramanyam, D-Loudoun, to the U.S. House of Representatives this week, so the state will hold special elections to fill those seats in districts 10 and 32 ahead of the Virginia General Assembly’s new session beginning in […]

Real Estate

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Work begins on phase 2 of McLean affordable housing development

Construction has started on the second phase of the two-phase Somos at McLean Metro, an affordable housing development backed by Amazon.com, SCG Development, a Tysons real estate developer, announced last week. Work on the 231-unit first phase began in April. Phase B will add 225 new units, a mix of studio and one-, two- and […]

Federal Contracting

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Accenture Federal Services wins $1.6B task order

Accenture Federal Services has been awarded a task order of up to $1.6 billion to scale and enhance Cloud One, the cloud computing platforms available to the U.S. Department of Defense that are managed by the Air Force, the Arlington County federal contractor announced last week.  “Accenture Federal Services will help the U.S. Air Force […]

Healthcare

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Construction begins on Carilion Taubman Cancer Center

Of the donors, health professionals and area leaders who turned out for Wednesday’s groundbreaking for the Carilion Taubman Cancer Center, Orion Moses, age 9, commanded the most attention.  Doctors diagnosed Moses, who lives in Elliston, with leukemia at age 5. After enduring three and a half years of chemotherapy, he is now cancer free.  “I […]

Government

The Senate chamber in the Thomas Jefferson-designed Virginia State Capitol will remain empty during the 2021 regular session. Senators will meet at the Science of Museum of Virginia, which provides greater social distancing.

Va. will hold 2 special elections to fill empty state Senate seats

Two Virginia State Senate seats are now open, with the election of state Sens. John McGuire, R-Goochland, and Suhas Subramanyam, D-Loudoun, to the U.S. House of Representatives this week, so the state will hold special elections to fill those seats in districts 10 and 32 ahead of the Virginia General Assembly’s new session beginning in […]

Technology

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Developer downscales plans for Pittsylvania power plant/data center campus

The developer planning a natural gas power plant and data center campus on 2,233 acres in the Banister and Callands-Gretna districts of Pittsylvania County withdrew its rezoning application Monday, after facing vocal opposition from residents at public meetings held last week.  Instead, Herndon-based Balico, the development company behind the project, intends to file a rezoning […]

Economic Development

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Complete Health and Commonwealth Primary Care Announce Collaboration to Advance Value-Based Care in Virginia

Complete Health, a nationally recognized leader in Value-Based Care, and Commonwealth Primary Care, one of Virginia’s largest and most respected primary care practices, have agreed to collaborate to advance Value-Based Care through “Complete Health Partners.” Through this collaboration, Complete Health Partners will deliver tech-enabled care coordination and other Value-Based Care services to some 20,000 Commonwealth […]

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People

Inova names president and chief of clinical enterprise

Charlottesville Realtor named Virginia Realtor of the Year

VACU names Member One regional head for Roanoke, Lynchburg

Peterson Cos. names president

BWX Technologies names Nuclear Operations Group head

Electra.aero names new CEO

Norfolk biopharma company appoints CEO, chief R&D officer

Virginia Housing board elects officers

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Omni Homestead GM receives lifetime achievement award

The American Hotel & Lodging Association presented Mark Spadoni, managing director of The Omni Homestead Resort in Bath County, with the association’s General Manager Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 28. The association honored Spadoni in San Antonio at its second annual The Hospitality Show conference, cosponsored by Questex’s Hotel Management brand. “I am deeply honored […]

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Bassett Furniture names new chief marketing officer

Home furniture manufacturer and retailer Bassett Furniture has named Tony Chivari as its new chief marketing officer. Chivari has held similar positions with 1-800-Flowers.com, Gem Shopping Network and Things Remembered. “We are very excited to welcome Tony to the Bassett team as we continue our journey to become a national omnichannel provider of home furnishings,” […]

J-Lab scientist to receive nuclear physics prize

Volker D. Burkert, a scientist at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, aka the Jefferson Lab, has been chosen to receive the 2025 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, the lab announced Wednesday. Burkert has worked at the U.S. Department of Energy lab for 39 years of its 40-year history, and […]

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Bon Secours Hampton Roads Foundation promotes new president

The Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation, which coordinates charitable giving for all hospitals, facilities, programs and services operated by Bon Secours Mercy Health, has named Carrie Miller president of its Bon Secours Hampton Roads Foundation, the health care system announced Monday. Previously, Miller worked for close to a decade as senior gift officer for organizational giving […]

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Appian taps new chief revenue officer

Mark Dorsey is the Appian’s new chief revenue officer, the McLean cloud computing and software company announced Oct. 11. He replaces Christopher Jones, who left in April to become chief revenue officer for New Relic, a software developer based in San Francisco. Dorsey, who has a MBA from the Carroll School of Management at Boston […]

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Opinion

To support a more inclusive workforce, Va. lawmakers must unite around this bill

2024 Big Book intro: Invasion of the bots!

Why Alexandria’s new entertainment district is everyone’s business

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A game of political football

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Change management

What a difference a debate makes

Less than three months ago, President Joe Biden — you remember him, right? — stepped down from his bid for a second term and threw his support behind Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, radically redefining this fall’s presidential race. Just before that happened, we were beginning to write this month’s cover story about the […]

In defense of UVA Health’s leaders

Like so many people, I was surprised and shocked to read the U.Va. faculty letter of no confidence in Dr. Craig Kent and Dr. Melina Kibbe. This is especially disturbing since I have served on various UVA Health boards over the past 30 years. It is my opinion that our health system is better today […]

A BridgeTower to the future

On July 31, Virginia Business turned the page on a new chapter in our 38-year history as the magazine became part of the BridgeTower Media family of companies. Headquartered in neighboring North Carolina, our new parent company is a portfolio company of Los Angeles private equity firm Transom Capital Group. BridgeTower owns 40-plus B2B media […]

Commentary: Va. ecosystem supports growth

It has been almost four years since I began leading economic development and innovation efforts at George Mason University, and what a whirlwind! This is an exciting time to be in Virginia, and getting to do this job every day feels like winning the lottery. It all started with the Amazon.com HQ2 win in 2018, […]

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Virginia’s fundamentals remain strong after unsuccessful arena competition

As Virginia celebrates Economic Development Week, there is no better time to recognize that when it comes to success in economic development, fundamentals matter most. Incentives, public sector support, personal connections and various intangibles — like, say, letting a CEO pick his favorite Grateful Dead concert to play during a recruitment dinner — can undoubtedly […]

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