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Economic Development

May 17, 2022

Bioscience firm to create 70 jobs in Prince William

Manassas-based Virongy Biosciences Inc. will invest $471,000 to expand in Prince William County, creating 70 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. The company relocated within Prince William County in February, moving from a roughly 600-square-foot space to about 2,000 square feet in the Northern Virginia Bioscience Center. It plans to develop diagnostic technologies to monitor […]

May 17, 2022

Four Va. businesses to receive flood solutions funding

Four Virginia-based small businesses focused on coastal resiliency and flooding will receive funding to develop their products, Norfolk-based nonprofit RISE Resilience Innovations announced Thursday. Divided between rural and urban projects, there were eight winning projects, with the other four based in North Carolina. More tha[...]

May 9, 2022

Globalinx to add new subsea cable landing site in Va. Beach

Virginia Beach will have four more subsea bore pipes in Sandbridge by the third quarter of 2023, infrastructure that will allow more high-speed subsea cables connecting Virginia to Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and the Americas, the city announced Friday. Virginia Beach-based Globalinx Subsea Colocation provides colocation space f[...]

May 5, 2022

Boeing plans global HQ move to Arlington

Boeing Co., the world’s third-largest defense contractor, is planning to move its global headquarters from Chicago to Arlington, the company announced Thursday. The aerospace and defense company, which employs more than 141,500 people worldwide, has operations in more than 65 countries and will be the largest defense contr[...]

The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center is one of the many Virginia Beach attractions helping to drive the city’s $1.4 billion annual tourism industry. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Apr 28, 2022

A diversified portfolio

In a city where tourism reigns, nothing could be more welcome than a post-pandemic world. And though we’re not quite there yet, Virginia Beach is licking its chops over the prospect of maskless visitors pouring into town. The city, with fingers crossed in hopes that new coronavirus variants don’t arrive before the tourists d[...]

Floating narrow-leaved spatterdock (Nuphar sagittifolia) and emergent common spatterdock (Nuphar advena) on the channel edge of a fresh tidal marsh at Big Marsh Point, along the Chickahominy River in James City County Photo by Gary Fleming, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Apr 28, 2022

Ways of the water

Back in 2016, Virginia Coastal Zone Management program planners began talking about ways to protect the Lower Chickahominy River watershed. “We’re like, ‘Well, let’s get ahead of this,’” says Jefferson Flood, an appropriately named coastal planner for the CZM, a network of individuals from Virginia agencies and local[...]

Amazon.com Inc.’s Suffolk fulfillment center will be the largest industrial building in the state when it opens this year. Photo courtesy Amazon.com Inc.
Apr 28, 2022

Amazon be nimble, Amazon be quick

When it comes to building warehouses and distribution centers, one company has sought out Virginia over and over again: Amazon.com Inc. The e-commerce giant began opening facilities in Virginia in 2006 and since then has opened more than 30 facilities in the commonwealth, with more on the way as it seeks to shrink the time [&hel[...]

Apr 28, 2022

Reinvent Hampton Roads names new president and CEO

The first president and CEO of Reinvent Hampton Roads, Jim Spore, will retire June 15, the regional economic development organization announced Thursday. Nancy L. Grden, executive director of the Hampton Roads Maritime Collaborative for Growth & Innovation (HRMC) and associate vice president of Old Dominion University’[...]

Apr 25, 2022

Caesars Virginia names Danville casino contractor

Caesars Virginia has named Baltimore-based Whiting-Turner as the general contractor to build its $500 million resort and casino in Danville, Caesars Entertainment announced Monday. The resort will have a 500-guestroom hotel, a casino with more than 1,400 slot machines and table games, a Caesars sportsbook and a World Series of P[...]

Apr 21, 2022

Fifth District economy growth is moderate, Fed says

The Federal Reserve’s Fifth District (including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland) continued to grow moderately despite supply chain issues, labor shortages and rising prices, according to the latest edition of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, released Wednesday. The Beige Book is publish[...]

Apr 21, 2022

Richmond tech company to add 30+ jobs

Shockoe, a Richmond-based technology company that builds apps and other tech products for client companies, will expand to create more than 30 jobs, Richmond’s mayor announced Thursday. Headquartered in the Scott’s Addition neighborhood, Shockoe was founded in 2010 by Edwin Huertas and has been featured in the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing privately held companies, […]

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 comme[...]

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