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Best Places to Work 2024
This is the 14th year that Virginia Business has compiled the Best Places to Work in Virginia list in collaboration with Pennsylvania-based Best Companies Group. More than 200 companies applied for inclusion in the 2024 Best Places to Work in Virginia cohort. A hundred companies were chosen, divided into three categories: small (15-99 U.S. employees); […]
Virginia 500 Spotlight: CLAYTON TURNER
FIRST JOB: Stock boy at Sears WHAT MAKES ME HAPPIEST: Family and NASA MY MOST VALUED POSSESSION: Joy HOW I BALANCE MY WORK AND PERSONAL LIVES: By being fully present in both for all activities and interactions and not allowing artificial urgency to encroach from one to the other TRAIT I MOST ADMIRE IN OTHERS: […]
February 2024 FOR THE RECORD
Central Virginia A halal meat business, 5 Pillar Meats, will invest more than $1.7 million to build an abattoir and red meat processing facility in Prince Edward County, a project expected to create 12 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Dec. 28, 2023. The nearly 3,000-square-foot facility will be located on a 3-acre site in the […]
Top Five February 2024
The top five most-read daily news stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from Dec. 15, 2023, to Jan. 15 were led by the announcement that Fortune 500 IT company DXC Technology replaced its top executive. 1 | DXC Technology replaces Mike Salvino The Ashburn-based company replaced Salvino, its chairman, president and CEO, with interim President and […]
Out & About February 2024
1. Arlington County Board Chair Christian Dorsey (L) received the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Elizabeth and David Scull Metropolitan Public Service Award on Dec. 13, 2023, presented by D.C. Council member Robert C. White Jr. and COG Executive Director Clark Mercer (R). Photo courtesy COG. 2. Dr. Joseph Moskal, Carilion Clinic’s chair of orthopaedic […]
HEARD AROUND VIRGINIA
Alexandria venture capital firm Columbia Capital has indicated in regulatory filings that it has raised $977 million to keep investing in companies in the communications and technology fields. Documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Dec. 15, 2023, show the investment firm has reached its fundraising goal for two separate funds. The firm […]
HEARD AROUND VIRGINIA
Bonumose, a Charlottesville startup specializing in sugar alternatives, has raised $34.68 million in equity funding, according to an October 2023 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The round so far includes 12 investors, and the company is looking to raise as much as $51.63 million in the round. The funding follows $2 million the […]
Top Five January 2024
The top five most-read daily news stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from Nov. 16, 2023, to Dec. 14, 2023, included proposed state funding for a biotech research network between three Virginia universities. 1 | Pittsylvania site is top contender for $100 million battery project The Southern Virginia Megasite at Berry Hill is the top contender […]
Virginia 500 Spotlight: PAT DAVIS-HAGENS
WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO ME: My very first head nurse, whom I quote to this day, Mary Grace Penney, instilled in me the value of patient-centeredness and teamwork, with high levels of accountability to your team and patients. WHAT MAKES ME HAPPIEST: I love that I have been able to remain patient-focused throughout my entire career. […]
FOR THE RECORD JANUARY 2024
ROANOKE/NEW RIVER VALLEY State regulators approved a rate increase for Appalachian Power that will add about $16 to the monthly bill of an average residential customer. The State Corporation Commission’s authorization will not take effect until the last week of January, meaning that the higher cost of electricity will start to show up in February […]
