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Mar 30, 2022

Remembering John T. ‘Til’ Hazel Jr.: 1930-2022

John T. “Til” Hazel Jr., a major force behind the development of Tysons Corner and several Fairfax County planned communities, died March 16 at age 91. An Arlington native, Hazel also was an attorney who graduated from Harvard University and Harvard Law School. In the 1950s, Hazel began promoting commercial and residential g[...]

Metrorail 7000 series cars, shown here at the West Falls Church station, have been offline since October 2021. Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Mar 30, 2022

Metro delays create hassles for businesses, workers

Metrorail delays played a factor in Danielle Romanetti’s decision at the beginning of the year to close fibre space, her Old Town Alexandria yarn and knitting supplies shop, an hour earlier each day. “We now close at [7 p.m.] instead of [8 p.m.], just so staff can get home in time to eat a proper […]

Trex Co. Inc. is building its new headquarters in Winchester. Rendering courtesy Trex Co. Inc.
Mar 30, 2022

Trex starts HQ move to Winchester

Composite decking and railing manufacturer Trex Co. Inc. broke ground in January on its new $7 million global headquarters in Winchester. The 64,000-square-foot office facility will be located on 8 acres along Crossover Boulevard near Interstate 81. The company’s corporate offices are currently located on Exeter Drive in F[...]

“Those of us that live here used to joke that we need to educate folks that Virginia doesn’t end at Roanoke,” says Cathy Lowe, executive director of the Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator. Photo by Earl Neikirk
Mar 30, 2022

Rising in the Southwest

Through decades of owning her own beauty salon and later a gift shop in downtown Abingdon, Cathy Lowe developed an interest in economic development. In 2006, she decided to run for town council and won — ultimately serving for 12 years, including six as vice mayor and two as mayor. Throughout her career, Lowe, who […]

Todd Youngren leads MainStreet Bank’s banking-as-a-service subsidiary. Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Mar 30, 2022

Embedded finance

Several years ago, Blue Ridge Bank President and CEO Brian Plum began to notice a movement across the broader economy. “We live in a world where data has value,” Plum says. “It only made sense that over time, [as] you would see more sellers or other service providers that have built out platforms to try […]

AeroFarms’ Cane Creek Centre facility will use a vertical farming system it says is much more productive than growing outside. Photo courtesy AeroFarms
Mar 30, 2022

AeroFarms plants roots in Cane Creek Centre

AeroFarms won’t harvest the first crops at its new Cane Creek Centre facility until summer, but the company is already expanding. In December 2019, the Newark, New Jersey-based indoor agriculture company announced it would invest $42 million and create 92 jobs in the 136,000-square-foot facility building in the industrial [...]

Hitting a brick wall
Mar 30, 2022

Hitting a brick wall

Casey Renner has worked in four states over the course of her teaching career, and she’s never liked a school more than Arlington County’s Wakefield High School, where she teaches science and special education. But she has also never had as much difficulty finding housing near work as she has during her 17 years teac[...]

Dan Snyder owns Va.’s most expensive house
Mar 30, 2022

April 2022 top five

The top trending major business stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from Feb. 15 to March 14 were led by news that Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder bought Virginia’s most costly home, once part of George Washington’s Mount Vernon. 1  |  Dan Snyder owns Virginia’s most expensive house The owner of the Ashbur[...]

SW community colleges to create wind manufacturing workforce
Mar 30, 2022

SW community colleges to create wind manufacturing workforce

The presidents of four community colleges in Southwest Virginia signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday to establish a wind manufacturing workforce development partnership. “Today’s MOU signing is meaningful because it demonstrates our resident and abiding interest in collaborating. Our four community college [...]

Italian olive oil company to open first U.S. facility in Newport News
Mar 30, 2022

Italian olive oil company to open first U.S. facility in Newport News

Certified Origins, an Italian producer of extra virgin olive oil, will invest $25 million to establish its first U.S. production facility in Newport News, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced in a news release Wednesday. The move is expected to produce 30 jobs. The company’s operations in the city’s Oakland Industrial Park [...]

Ex-Roanoke Times press building to become apartments
Mar 30, 2022

Ex-Roanoke Times press building to become apartments

Another former newspaper building will be turned into apartments. The former Roanoke Times press building, located at 120 Salem Ave. in Roanoke, sold for $2.2 million. BH Media Group Inc. sold the 51,087-square-foot former press production facility to Belleview Investments LLC as a redevelopment property. A restauranteur shared [...]

NASA vet named president of Leidos’ Dynetics
Mar 29, 2022

NASA vet named president of Leidos’ Dynetics

Huntsville, Alabama-based Dynetics Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc., has named Steve Cook as its new Dynetics Group president and Paul Engola as deputy president, effective April 1, the company announced Tuesday. Current Dynetics President Dave King will stay [...]

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