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Blue Ridge Designs LLC invests $2M to expand Southwest Va. operations
Carroll County-based screen-printed apparel manufacturer Blue Ridge Designs LLC will invest $2.28 million to expand its operations, creating 118 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. Blue Ridge Designs was established in January 2019 and manufactures screen-printed apparel with watercolor ink. Since January 2019, the company has purchased six presses and three dryers, hired 80 employees […][...]
Amazon HQ2 and Arlington County government will be solar powered
Arlington County and Amazon.com Inc. have entered into agreements with Richmond-based Dominion Energy Inc. to purchase power for local government operations and Amazon’s HQ2 East Coast headquarters from a solar farm more than 200 miles away in Southern Virginia. The Arlington County Board voted Tuesday to approve the agree[...]
Carilion Clinic generated more than $3.2B in 2018, study shows
Roanoke-based Carilion Clinic generated more than $3.2 billion in economic impact and approximately 24,000 jobs in Virginia in 2018, according to a Carilion-commissioned study released Wednesday from the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service’s Center for Economic and Policy Studies. Using data from Oct. 1, 2017, through Sept. 30, 2018, the economic […]
The Virginia Bar Association names 132nd president
The Virginia Bar Association (VBA) installed Alison M. McKee as its 2020 president, effective Jan. 25, the organization announced Tuesday. McKee is the 132nd president of the VBA. McKee is an attorney at the Virginia Beach branch of the Norfolk-based law firm Kaufman & Canoles P.C. Her practice is focused on banking and fina[...]
Could Democratic General Assembly repeal Va.’s right-to-work laws?
Buoyed by the Virginia legislature’s new Democratic majority, bills to repeal Virginia’s right-to-work laws have the greatest chance of making it to the governor’s desk in a generation, predict political scientists. “I think it absolutely will [get repealed], but it will be a big fight,” says Elsie Harper-Anderson, dir[...]
JMU announces partnership with Handshake
James Madison University has partnered with San Francisco-based jobs listings tech company Handshake to produce a live feed of job and internship opportunities on its website, JMU announced Tuesday. Although more than 900 colleges and universities use Handshake, JMU says it’s the first school in the nation to fully integra[...]
Cybersecurity firm Expel adding 164 jobs in Fairfax
Expel Inc., a managed cybersecurity provider, is investing $1.4 million to expand its Herndon headquarters, creating 164 jobs in engineering, customer experience, IT, marketing and sales during the next three years. “Virginia has emerged as a national leader in cybersecurity and continues to be at the forefront of workforce development in this rapidly evolving industry, […]
Ørsted leases space for offshore wind staging at Portsmouth Marine Terminal
Denmark-based energy company Ørsted has agreed to lease a portion of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal from the Virginia Port Authority to stage materials and equipment for Dominion Energy’s offshore wind project, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. The Virginia Port Authority Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to ra[...]
Richmond-based investment nonprofit to manage $33M guarantee pool
Richmond-based LOCUS Impact Investing, a subsidiary of Virginia Community Capital, will manage a newly formed $33.1 million national guarantee pool to encourage community development, according to a press release Tuesday. The Community Investment Guarantee Pool has $33.1 million in unfunded guarantee commitments from the endowments of 10 philanthropic organizations, which help mitigate investment risks. The […][...]
Herndon-based K12 acquires Denver tech school for $165M
Herndon-based online education provider K12 Inc. will acquire Denver-based data and technology school Galvanize Inc. in a $165 million all-cash transaction, the company announced Monday. The deal was approved by both companies’ boards of directors and is expected to close on Monday. The acquisition includes Galvanize’s management team, campuses and software engineering and data science […][...]
More than 30 Va. employers send letter to lawmakers asking for LGBTQ protections
More than 30 Virginia employers — including Altria Group Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Capital One Financial Corp. and Dominion Energy — on Monday sent a letter to Virginia lawmakers asking for comprehensive lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) nondiscrimination protections. The letter addressed to House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, and Senate Majority Leader Richard Saslaw, […][...]
Colliers International promotes three employees to exec leadership
Commercial real estate firm Colliers International’s Richmond office has promoted three employees to executive leadership positions, the company announced Friday. Will Bradley has been promoted to executive vice president. Bradley leads the Richmond office and the industrial investment sales team, specializing in instituti[...]
