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Google to invest $300M in Va., announces workforce grant
Apr 19, 2022

Google to invest $300M in Va., announces workforce grant

Google will invest $300 million in Virginia in a plan that includes data centers, the technology giant announced Tuesday during a press conference at its Reston office. That’s in addition to a $250,000 grant to Richmond-based nonprofit CodeVA to develop a network of computer science lab schools to expand professional development for teachers, resources for […]

Frederick County insulation facility add-on to create 37 jobs
Apr 13, 2022

Frederick County insulation facility add-on to create 37 jobs

Atlanta-based Kingspan Insulation LLC will invest $27 million to expand its Frederick County operations, a project expected to create 37 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. Kingspan Insulation is a division of Kingspan Group that manufactures energy efficiency and moisture management products for residential and commercial construction. The company will add a 155,000-square-foot manufac[...]

Apr 11, 2022

Norfolk cement company to invest $37M in new dome

Norfolk-based Titan America LLC, a producer of heavy building materials, announced last week it will construct a 70,000-ton dome in Chesapeake, a project estimated to cost $37 million. Titan will build the dome to hold bulk storage, adding to its current 35,000-ton capacity at its Roanoke Cement import terminal. According to the company, the expansion […]

DNA lab capacity expansion to bring 70 more jobs to Fairfax
Apr 11, 2022

DNA lab capacity expansion to bring 70 more jobs to Fairfax

Lorton-based forensic DNA testing company Bode Technology will invest $2 million to expand its DNA testing lab capacity in Fairfax County, a project expected to create more than 70 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. The company will reconfigure about 5,000 square feet of its lab and add laboratory benches and robotics to support increased […]

Military contractor to add hundreds of jobs in Norfolk
Apr 7, 2022

Military contractor to add hundreds of jobs in Norfolk

Fairfax-based military contractor WR Systems will expand its Norfolk campus, Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Cooper Alexander announced at the city’s annual State of the City address on Thursday. The Norfolk campus currently houses more than 320 employees and will add several hundred jobs, Alexander said. “In making the decision, they shared that Norfolk’s position as a […]

Bermuda insurer to establish U.S. HQ in Henrico
Mar 25, 2022

Bermuda insurer to establish U.S. HQ in Henrico

Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. will invest at least $415,000 to establish the U.S. headquarters of its subsidiary in Henrico County, a project estimated to create more than 70 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. Hamilton’s wholly owned subsidiary, Hamilton Select Insurance Inc., is a commercial insurer that underwrites excess and surplus insurance. “Henrico County [&he[...]

Loudoun County is known as Data Center Alley because it has the world’s highest concentration of data centers. It has received $1.5 billion in tax revenue from the centers over the last six years Photo by Will Schermerhorn.
Mar 24, 2022

Report: Va. data center projects totaled $6.8B in 2021

Data centers are a primary driver of economic growth in Virginia, comprising $6.8 billion or 62% of all major economic investments announced last year by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, according to a new report released Thursday by the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC). While the total for 2021 represents a decrease from 2020, when […]

Richmond marketing Diamond property for redevelopment
Mar 23, 2022

Richmond pares down Diamond District developer pool

Story updated, March 24 at 11:45 a.m. The city of Richmond announced Wednesday that six competing development teams have been chosen out of 15 applicants to continue in the competition to redevelop the Diamond District area near the Richmond Flying Squirrels‘ stadium. The city requested applications late last year for the 67.57-acre site, which would […]

VEDP board taps interim president
Mar 18, 2022

Jason El Koubi named VEDP’s permanent president, CEO

Jason El Koubi will stay on as the permanent president and CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, the state economic development authority announced Friday.  El Koubi was named interim president and CEO at the beginning of the year after Stephen Moret left the organization to become president and CEO of Indianapolis-based Strada Education Network. […]

Salem names new economic development director
Mar 17, 2022

Salem names new economic development director

Salem’s new economic development director, Tommy Miller, says he has “the entrepreneurial gene,” a trait that should come in handy with his new role. Miller established Richmond Brewery Tours, a venture he ran from 2012 through 2020 to highlight the burgeoning craft beer industry. “Any entrepreneurial venture should be both calculated and gut driven,” he […]

Action sports festival coming to Va. Beach
Mar 16, 2022

Action sports festival coming to Va. Beach

One of Canada’s largest action sporting events, the Jackalope Festival, will make its U.S. debut in Virginia Beach in June 2023, Mayor Bobby Dyer announced Wednesday at the annual State of the City address. “Get ready for Jackalope!” Dyer shouted enthusiastically before a crowd of about 1,000 people gathered at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. […]

Bankruptcy filing outlines coal industry’s decline
Mar 16, 2022

Coal waste project launches in SW Va.

A public-private project to evaluate the critical minerals in coal waste products in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky launched Wednesday with a community meeting in the Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator in Abingdon. The project, Evolve Central Appalachia (Evolve CAPP), is part of an almost $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Energy Department to the […]

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