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Jun 22, 2020

Henry County manufacturer announces $6.9M expansion

Henry County-based manufacturing company Drake Extrusion Inc. will invest $6.9 million to expand its operations, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday.  Drake Extrusion, a subsidiary of Sweden-based filament yarn and staple fiber manufacturer Duroc AB, plans to build an additional manufacturing facility in a vacant 120,000-square-foot building on Industrial Park Drive. The expansion will create 30 […][...]

Photo courtesy Chesterfield Economic Development and The Chesterfield Chamber
Jun 22, 2020

More small business relief funding on the way in Chesterfield

Chesterfield Economic Development and The Chesterfield Chamber announced Monday that the second round of a small business relief funding program will open on June 29. The $5 million Back in Business funding program provides grants up to $10,000 to businesses struggling during the pandemic. The Chesterfield County Board of Superv[...]

Jun 22, 2020

15 Metro stations to reopen this weekend

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced Monday that 15 rail stations closed due to the agency’s COVID-19 response will reopen on Sunday, June 28. The following Monday, buses will also be added to 14 lines to increase capacity and offer more frequent service. WMATA, which runs the transportation system, began reducing service hours […]

Jun 22, 2020

Va. COVID-19 cases continue weekly decline

Virginia continues to see a weekly decline in COVID-19 cases, with the Virginia Department of Health reporting 3,579 new cases for the week ending June 22. The state reported 68 new deaths from the coronavirus during the same time period, bringing the state death toll for the pandemic to 1,620. The state has seen 58,465 [&hellip[...]

Jun 21, 2020

Survey: Economic, cultural impact of virus concern Va. execs

A newly released survey finds that Virginia business and nonprofit leaders are concerned not only about the financial but the cultural impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Culture Conundrum survey, which polled 365 leaders across Central Virginia, Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia, was conducted from May 19-31 by Williamsburg-based marketing research firm Brand Planning LLC […]

Sentara Brock Cancer Center. Photo courtesy Sentara Healthcare
Jun 19, 2020

Sentara opens $93.5M Brock Cancer Center in Norfolk

Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare announced Friday it has opened the $93.5 million, 253,000-square-foot Sentara Brock Cancer Center, a patient treatment and care facility in Norfolk.  The facility, which started construction in March 2018, opened to patients on June 1. It’s named for philanthropists Joan Brock and her late[...]

Kathryn “Kate” E. Keller. Photo courtesy The Harvest Foundation
Jun 19, 2020

The Harvest Foundation names new president

The Harvest Foundation in Martinsville announced Friday that it has named Kathryn “Kate” E. Keller as its new president. She is expected to start on July 15. Keller replaces Allyson Rothrock, who is retiring after more than 17 years with The Harvest Foundation. Keller worked for 20 years at Cincinnati-based health foundation[...]

4850 Mark Center Drive. Photo courtesy Institute for Defense Analyses
Jun 19, 2020

City of Alexandria signs lease in Mark Center

The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) signed a lease with the city of Alexandria, which will move the city Department of Community and Human Services and the Alexandria Health Department into the current IDA headquarters building in the Mark Center development in 2023, following renovations.  Depending on leasehold improveme[...]

Jun 19, 2020

Loudoun County to fund 400 additional small businesses

On Tuesday, June 23, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors will hold a random drawing for the third round of grants from its COVID-19 Business Interruption Fund, which supports small businesses affected by the pandemic. The funding was allocated from the $36.1 million in federal funding to Loudoun County from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and […]

Jun 19, 2020

Gannett eliminates CEO position for operating company

McLean-based Gannett Co. Inc., the nation’s largest newspaper publisher, announced Friday that its board of directors has decided to eliminate the CEO position for Gannett Media Corp., its operating company. The decision results in the departure of Paul Bascobert, who had joined the company in August 2019. Gannett Chairman and CEO Michael Reed has assumed […]

Jun 19, 2020

State directs nearly $250M to long-term care facilities for COVID-19

Because a majority of COVID-19 outbreaks in Virginia have occurred in long-term care facilities, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday that the state will direct nearly $250 million to these facilities for coronavirus response, with most of the funding coming from federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding. Northam has also directed the […]

Jun 18, 2020

SOSi invests in AppTek for AI, machine learning capabilities

Reston-based defense and government contractor SOS International LLC (SOSi) announced Thursday it has made a non-controlling investment in McLean-based software company Applications Technology (AppTek) to develop artificial intelligence and machine learning for its speech recognition and translation service offerings.  A transaction amount was not disclosed. SOSi will be the exclusive reseller of AppTek products to […][...]

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