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Small Business July 30, 2020

Va. Main Street Merit Award winners announced

The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) on Thursday announced the 2020 Virginia Main Street Merit Award winners, with businesses and projects in the Shenandoah Valley and Northern, Southern and Southwest Virginia recognized. Below are the 2020 award recipients: Best Downtown Public Improvement Project: town of St. Paul for the Downtown Comprehensive Infrastructure [&hel[...]

News July 30, 2020

Va. saw nation’s second-highest jobless spike last week

Coming on the heels of reports that the U.S. domestic gross product in the second quarter dropped to its lowest point since 1947, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday that Virginia saw the second-highest increase in initial jobless claims in the nation last week.  The Department of Labor reported Thursday morning that 46,524 Virginians […]

It’s a dog’s life — trained border collies are working shifts, shooing seabirds from construction to expand the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel. Photo courtesy Flyaway Geese
Eastern Virginia July 29, 2020

Paw patrol guides seabirds to safer nesting area

As construction work was set to begin on the $3.8 billion Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion, the Virginia Department of Transportation noticed a roadblock — thousands of royal terns and other nesting seabirds at South Island were in the way. Their solution? Leave it to the dogs. Since February, a pack of 20 trained border collies have […]

News July 29, 2020

Strategic Education buys Aussie, NZ universities for $642.7M

Herndon-based education company Strategic Education Inc. announced Wednesday it will acquire Laureate Education’s Australia and New Zealand academic operations for $642.7 million in cash. The acquisition will allow Strategic Education to expand outside of its U.S. operations, which currently includes online Capella University and Strayer University, as well as coding schools DevMountain, Gen[...]

News July 29, 2020

Arlington software firm buys S.C. company

Arlington-based software developer Higher Logic announced Wednesday has acquired Charleston, South Carolina-based Customer Imperative. A transaction amount was not disclosed.  Higher Logic offers an online engagement and communications platform, while Customer Imperative focuses on client management. “Today more than ever, the need to clearly understand and drive customer success is a core busi[...]

Heidi Pirela. Photo courtesy Intelligent Waves LLC
News July 29, 2020

Reston IT company names chief HR officer

Reston-based information technology systems integration company Intelligent Waves LLC announced Wednesday it has hired Heidi Pirela as chief human resources officer. Pirela was most recently head of people operations at Herndon-based aerospace company Spaceflight Industries Inc. In her new role, she will oversee the company’s organization development, talent management, leadership developmen[...]

Dr. Arthur L. Kellermann. Photo courtesy VCU
News July 29, 2020

VCU names health system CEO, health sciences senior VP

Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Health System announced Wednesday that Dr. Arthur L. Kellermann will become VCU Health System CEO and VCU’s senior vice president for health sciences on Oct. 1. Dr. Peter F. Buckley, who has held both positions on an interim basis since January, will continue in his role until Kellermann arrives. “I’d […]

News July 29, 2020

Va. hotel revenues dropped by 50% last week

Hotel revenues last week continued to decrease by 50%, compared with the same week last year, according to new data from STR Inc., a division of CoStar Group providing market data on the U.S. hospitality industry. Last week, STR had reported that the U.S. hospitality industry had marked its worst quarter yet. Nationally, however, the […]

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News July 29, 2020

UPDATED: Busch Gardens set to reopen Aug. 6

Updated Thursday, July 30: Busch Gardens will reopen to the public Aug. 6, although not the entire park, SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. announced Thursday. The park will open for the first time this year Aug. 6-16 for its Coasters and Craft Brews event. Three roller coasters and the Screamin’ Swing ride will be open, and the […]

Wes Ashworth. Photo courtesy The Lee Group
News July 29, 2020

Newport News staffing firm names executive search VP

Newport News-based executive search firm Lee Group Search announced Wednesday that Wes Ashworth has been promoted to vice president executive search to oversee executive recruitment and placement for U.S.-based companies. Ashworth joined the firm in 2014 as an executive search consultant. During his time with the firm, he has specialized in recruiting for manufacturing, logistics […]

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