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Company News August 30, 2023

September 2023 Top Five stories

The top five most-read daily news stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from July 15 to Aug. 15 included news about Buc-ee’s planning to build a mega-convenience store in Rockingham County in 2025. It would be the chain’s second Virginia store, following a New Kent County store also slated to open in 2025. 1  |  Plans revealed for […]

Virginia CFO Awards November 2, 2020

2020 Virginia CFO Awards winners

In an annual special report, here are the four outstanding chief financial officers nominated by their peers and chosen by a group including the editorial staff of Virginia Business magazine and previous CFO award recipients. Also: Read more about how CFOs in Virginia are keeping their ships steady in unprecedented financial turmoil. Large Nonprofit: Julie […]

News June 30, 2020

The Top Five

The top five trending stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from May 1 to June 15 show that readers were largely focused on getting back to business following the pandemic shutdown: Phase Three timeline coming soon: Gov. Ralph Northam preps final phase for “Forward Virginia” reopening plan. (June 11) Much of Virginia to enter Phase Two: State restrictions […]

The Generous Virginians Project
News June 30, 2020

The Generous Virginians Project

Despite record-breaking gifts to universities and nonprofit organizations in 2019 and early 2020 — including a $68 million gift to the Darden School of Business and $50 million gifts to Virginia Tech and George Mason University — philanthropic giving in Virginia this year has quickly pivoted from traditional donations to gifts that are responding to recent […]

Generous Virginians Project June 30, 2020

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Generous Virginians Project June 30, 2020

The 50 largest Virginia charities

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For the Record — July 2020

EASTERN VIRGINIA Armada Hoffler Properties Inc., the Virginia Beach-based commercial developer and property owner, announced in early April that a $106.5 million deal to sell seven of its grocery-anchored shopping centers had fallen through because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, in early June, the deal was back on, this time for $90 million. The buyer […]

out & about June 30, 2020

In & About

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Generous Virginians Project June 30, 2020

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The 2026 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards

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Clarke County Industrial Development Authority Chair William Waite, Clarke County Director of Economic Development & Tourism Michelle Ridings and Clarke County Board of Supervisors Chair David Weiss stand at the site of a proposed business park. Photo by Norm Shafer

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