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Northern Virginia Community College launches COVID-19 emergency fund for students
Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) Educational Foundation on Monday launched an emergency student aid fund to help students struggling with economic fallout from COVID-19, with a goal to issue $500 grants to at least 1,500 students. More than half of NOVA’s 85,000 students work full- or part-time jobs, according to the community college, and the […]
Death toll reaches 7; Virginia Beach reports first fatality
A man in his 70s has died from COVID-19, the first coronavirus death reported in Virginia Beach and the seventh statewide, according to a statement Monday from the Virginia Beach Health District. The man had underlying health conditions, according to a Monday afternoon news release, and the cause of death was acute respiratory failure. The […]
Va. banks stay open for business, but close lobbies
Virginia banks are open for business during the coronavirus crisis, but many are practicing social distancing by closing their lobbies to the public and only allowing in-person visits by appointment. “Providing safe and reliable service is a key priority for every one of our banks, especially in challenging times,” Virginia [...]
Northern Va. home prices rise, home inventory falls in February
Chantilly-based Long & Foster Real Estate released a report Thursday showing that median home sale prices rose, but home inventory dropped in most of Northern Virginia in February. The Long & Foster Real Estate Market Minute Report studied trends in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, Loudoun County and Prince Willi[...]
Commercial real estate firms confident they can weather pandemic
Faced with the coronavirus pandemic, Virginia-based commercial real estate firms say they’re pausing transactions in the short term, but are still moving forward with long-term development plans. The firms are also turning their focus toward supporting tenants and landlords through financial difficulties caused by the cris[...]
Richmond developer raises $7M for apartment building in Scott’s Addition
Capital Square Realty Advisors LLC, a Henrico County-based real estate investment and management company, announced Monday that it has raised $7 million from investors for a five-story, 80-unit apartment building in the city’s popular Scott’s Addition neighborhood. Scott’s Collection I, which will be located on[...]
JBG Smith gets green light for 300-foot-tall apartment towers in Crystal City
Bethesda, Maryland-based developer JBG Smith Properties has secured the final permissions from Arlington County for two, 300-foot-tall apartment towers in Crystal City near where the real estate company is developing and leasing space for Amazon.com Inc.’s $2.5 billion HQ2 East Coast headquarters. The mixed-use development[...]
Six Virginians dead from COVID-19; cases rose 44% in 24 hours
The Virginia Department of Health announced the deaths of three more Virginia residents Sunday, bringing the number of COVID-19 fatalities in the commonwealth to six people. The three patients lived in the Peninsula District and were women in their 80s, according to a VDH news release. One woman lived in a long-term care facilit[...]
The Community Foundation debuts $3M fund to aid nonprofits
Richmond-based nonprofit The Community Foundation is partnering with the Emergency Management Alliance of Central Virginia and PlanRVA to create a regional emergency response fund to support Richmond-area nonprofits responding to the impact of COVID-19. The $3 million Central Virginia COVID-19 Response Fund was seeded with a $500,000 contribution from The Community Foundation and will be […][...]
UPDATED: Six Virginians have died from COVID-19; Va. cases climb to 220
UPDATE, 5 p.m., Sunday: The Virginia Department of Health announced the deaths of three more Virginia residents Sunday, bringing the number of COVID-19 deaths in the state to six people. The three patients lived in the Peninsula District and were women in their 80s, according to a VDH news release. One woman lived in a […[...]
Va. COVID-19 cases rise 33% in 24 hours
As of Saturday, March 21, Virginia has 152 confirmed cases of COVID-19 — a 33% increase from the day before, the Virginia Department of Health announced during a news briefing Saturday. Additionally, the state revised its COVID-19 testing criteria to prioritize health care workers and first responders caring for patients with [...]
Henrico nursing home has 4 coronavirus patients, 3 more pending
Four residents at Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Henrico County tested positive for coronavirus in the past 48 hours and three more residents who are exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms are being tested, the nursing home announced Friday afternoon. “Per guidance from the Henrico County Health Department, all seven patients are currently being treated onsite in […]
