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Manufacturing: JEREMY R. HOFF
Hoff joined Hooker Furniture in 2017, serving consecutive terms as president of the upholstery, case goods and then legacy brands divisions before being named CEO in February 2021. He also serves on its board of directors. An industry veteran, Hoff is only the fourth CEO in the company’s 98-year history and is the first nonfamily […]
Retail/Wholesale: JACK WOODFIN
Woodfin Heating began as a small heating-oil business founded by John and Anne Woodfin in 1977. Their son, Jack, has led the operation since his father’s 2010 death. Today, Woodfin Heating also offers HVAC installation and servicing, as well as electrical and plumbing services, indoor air solutions, home security and fuel delivery. The Woodfin family […]
OUT & ABOUT SEPTEMBER 2022
1. Casey Hollins, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s managing director of communications and public relations, accepted Spotlight on Excellence Awards in August from the Council of Rural Electric Communicators and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association on behalf of REC’s communications and public relations team. 2. Competitors struggle through the 4-mile “The M[...]
September 2022 For The Record
CENTRAL Goochland County supervisors gave their unanimous stamp of approval to a proposed 650,000-square-foot e-commerce fulfillment center in August, clearing the way for what promises to be one of the most significant economic development projects in the county’s history. While board members were aligned in support of the $500 million project — noting, among other […]
STARTVIRGINIA: HEARD AROUND VIRGINIA
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has formed a $100 million corporate venture capital arm, the McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consultancy announced in mid-July. Named Booz Allen Ventures LLC, the arm will invest in early-stage companies and technologies across four categories: defense, artificial intelligence/machine learning, cybersecurity and deep technology. Booz Allen Ventures will help the[...]
FOR THE RECORD AUGUST 2022
CENTRAL VIRGINIA In early July, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration put a hold on its order banning Juul Labs Inc. from selling e-cigarettes on the U.S. market, saying it would conduct an additional review of the company’s marketing application. Juul is partly owned by Henrico County-based Altria Group Inc. The Fortune 500 tobacco products […]
Top Five July 2022
The top trending stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from June 15 to July 14, 2022, were led by a surprise economic development announcement from a Danish toymaker known for its iconic and colorful interlocking plastic bricks. 1 | Lego to build $1B factory in Chesterfield The Lego Group plans to erect a $1 billion toy manufacturing plant […]
Out and about
Virginia Business held its 17th annual Virginia CFO Awards banquet at The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond on June 16. Sponsored by Truist and Brown Edwards, the event honored 51 CFOs from around the commonwealth, nominated in four award categories, representing a variety of for-profit businesses, nonprofits and government agencies. (See Pages 59-64 for the full […]
Raytheon moving global HQ to Arlington
Raytheon Technologies Corp. announced June 7 that it will relocate its global headquarters from Massachusetts to Arlington in the third quarter of this year, a move that will make four of the top five U.S.-based aerospace and defense contractors headquartered in Virginia. Raytheon is the second-largest defense company in the world, just below Bethesda, Maryland-based […]
FOR THE RECORD
Central Virginia The state’s fiscal 2023-24 budget, approved June 1, contains funding that will benefit future redevelopment of the Central Virginia Training Center site in Madison Heights. Republican Sen. Steve Newman requested $25 million in state money to annul outstanding bonds associated with CVTC, a former state facility for people with intellectual disabilities that closed […[...]
