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Tourism related to America’s 250th birthday is up, says Christy S. Coleman, executive director of the Jamestown- Yorktown Foundation, which saw May guided tours getting booked last August. Photo by Matthew R.O. Brown
Economic Development April 29, 2026

Virginia tourism sites bank on America’s 250th birthday

Virginia tourism sees increased attendance driven by the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and statewide semiquincentennial events.

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Start Virginia November 2, 2025

Northern Virginia AI startups raise millions

This summer, investors poured money into Northern Virginia-based AI startups offering solutions for data centers, the military and bias in AI. In July, Emerald AI — incorporated in Washington, D.C., but with primary offices in Clarendon — launched with $24.5 million in seed funding, and Rosslyn-based Rune Technologies raised $24 million in a Series A […]

Transco compressor station in Chatham. Photo by Hannah King
Regions July 29, 2025

Transco pipeline to expand for Virginia power demand

In May, Tulsa, Oklahoma-based energy company Williams announced an expansion of its Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line, a move designed to help meet Virginia’s voracious appetite for power. Currently extending 10,000 miles from South Texas to New York, the pipeline, better known as Transco, will be expanded to carry an additional 950 million cubic feet of […]

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Regions June 29, 2025

Frederick prepares for data center development

Increasingly, data center developers are eyeing sites in parts of the commonwealth outside Northern Virginia, the largest data center market in the world. Members of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors decided to put a game plan in place before those developers come to call. “We wanted to be ready,” says Wyatt Pearson, planning and […]

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Serco CEO is leaving to lead KBR spinoff

Serco CEO Michael LaRouche is leaving the company to lead the planned spinoff of KBR's Mission Tec[...]

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Virginia is ranked third in the annual CNBC Top States for Business list, up one spot from last year[...]

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The Prince William County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday night rejected a comprehensive plan amendm[...]

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Prince William Digital Gateway data center project officially dies

The controversial Prince William Digital Gateway, a proposed 23 million-square-foot data center comp[...]

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2026 Top Projects & Real Estate Deals

Virginia’s commercial real estate developers, contractors and dealmakers delivered an impressive a[...]

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Tract planning 872-acre data center campus in Goochland

Denver-based data center developer Tract has proposed a 900-megawatt data center campus in eastern G[...]

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CGI Federal names SVP of defense, intelligence, space

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Newport News, Virginia Tech and state officials on April 22 hold a ribbon cutting to celebrate SEFC’s opening. Photo by Josh Janney/Virginia Business

Energy tech hub opens in Newport News

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Volvo Trucks’ Dublin plant rolls out regional hauler

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$750M battery storage project eyed in Loudoun

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A rendering of Virginia Technology Park, a data center campus proposed in Frederick County Image courtesy Frederick County

Valley communities prepare for data centers

As interest in data centers grows across Virginia, Shenandoah Valley communities are debating how to[...]


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