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Briggman leaving post as CEO of Activation Capital
Chandra Briggman is leaving her position as president and CEO of Activation Capital, the Richmond tech incubator announced Monday. Her last day is Friday. Briggman joined Activation Capital, an accelerator arm of the Virginia Biotechnology Research Partnership Authority, in May 2020; the organization includes a biotech park, startup development and cluster accelerator for pharmaceutical research [[...]
Richmond switches up stadium funding plan
UPDATED JULY 16 Richmond City Council this spring pitched a bit of a curveball on financing of the city’s new baseball stadium. On May 8, councilors approved a plan that they say would save the city money and get the replacement stadium — part of the proposed Diamond District — completed in time to meet […]
DALAL SALOMON
When Dalal Salomon first went to work in the financial sector in the 1980s, compensation was strictly on a commission basis. That meant no vacation, no sick leave and no paycheck unless she could drum up clients. At her first firm, where she was a novelty as the first and only female financial planner, she […]
JENNIFER WEST
Ever since she was a child, Jennifer West knew she wanted to be a lawyer. “I always felt like advocating for others was going to be my calling,” she says. And now she serves as president at Richmond-based Spotts Fain, where she also heads up the law firm’s pro bono practice and community outreach activities. […]
KATHERINE O’DONNELL
Katherine O’Donnell recalls the excitement around the Richmond area in the early 2000s when the convention center was underway, and she was interviewing for a role with Richmond Region Tourism. Some 22 years later, she remains just as excited about everything happening around the commonwealth’s capital. “It‘s very rewarding knowing that our efforts inspire people […]
LYNNE HUGHES
Lynne Hughes has seen many, many examples of children who have blossomed and begun to heal following a three-day weekend at Comfort Zone Camp. They may arrive weighed down by a proverbial backpack full of rocks only to leave less burdened, she says. “They’re taller and visibly brighter by the end of the weekend.” Since […]
Retro Hospitality adds three hotels to portfolio
Richmond-based boutique hotel advisory and management firm Retro Hospitality has added three Virginia hotels to its portfolio, the firm announced Wednesday. The company now operates The Bee and The Holbrook Hotel in Danville and The Lofts at Downtown Salem in Salem. Other hotels in its portfolio include the Blackburn Inn and Conference Center in Staunton, […]
Dominion closes sale of Utah gas utility for $4.3B
Richmond-based Fortune 500 utility Dominion Energy has closed on its $4.3 billion sale of subsidiaries Questar Gas and Wexpro to Canadian pipeline and energy company Enbridge, Dominion announced Monday. Salt Lake City, Utah-based natural gas utility Questar serves more than 1.2 million customers in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. Wexpro supplies natural gas under a cost-of-service […]
Accenture names managing director for D.C. market
Accenture has named Ed Engles office managing director of its Metro D.C. office, overseeing a region stretching from Baltimore to Richmond, the global professional services company announced Thursday. Engles steps into the shoes of Marty Rodgers, who has been filling that role for almost a decade while also serving as Accenture’s market unit lead for […]
Richmond region scores in sports tourism
With several new and expanded facilities across the region, the greater Richmond area has become an attractive hub for amateur sporting events, bringing in hundreds of thousands of visitors and millions of dollars in added revenue. The region’s amateur sports tourism generated $88.7 million in hospitality-related revenue in fiscal 2023, according to Jerrine Lee, vice […]
Building support
Gov. Glenn Youngkin made headlines last December when he announced a $90 million-plus pitch to launch “Virginia’s Research Triangle.” Initially envisioned as a cooperative initiative among Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia, the triangle was expanded into more of a rhombus following the addition of Old Dominion University to the research [&hell[...]
From seed to success
On an early morning in summer 2021, a small group of engineers and drone operators gathered at Lake Elsinore in California to see if their machines would fly as designed. With newly incorporated sensor technology, it was the first time the founders of Leesburg-based Flying Ship Co. attempted to fly one of their autonomous vehicles […]
