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Angels
Whether promoting history and the arts, building community or providing vital services, these people make Virginia a better place through their passion and vision. Ed Beardsley, Founder and president, SPARC; owner, The Plaid Turnip restaurant, Suffolk Ed Beardsley’s popular Suffolk restaurant, the Plaid Turnip, will celebrate [...]
Builders
Be it residential or commercial, historic renovation or new construction, from small-scale, mixed-use developments to massive interstate highway projects, these are some of the many professionals who are leaving their imprint on Virginia’s landscape. Luke Allison, Entrepreneur, Pulaski Luke Allison is team leader for a group o[...]
Henrico Jiffy Lube property sells for $2.2M
A private investor purchased a 4,210-square-foot property in Henrico County occupied by a Jiffy Lube for $2.2 million in late November, according Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer. The automotive maintenance and servicing shop will continue to operate on the property at 5710 W. Broad St. James Ashby IV of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled […]
Clear and present dangers
In March, a Seattle software engineer hacked into Capital One’s servers, stealing personal data belonging to 106 million of the McLean-based bank’s customers and credit card applicants. Prosecutors would later say that the hacker was also found to possess terabytes of stolen data from 30 other organizations, including compan[...]
New EDA chief tries to do business amid scandal
There is no normal — even a new normal — for the executive director of the Front Royal-Warren Economic Development Authority, Douglas Parsons. Not while his predecessor, Jennifer McDonald, faces criminal charges and a civil suit alleging that she engineered a $21 million embezzlement scheme. A veteran in economic development[...]
Hampton Roads task force ponders region’s name and identity
Coastal Virginia, Tidewater, 757, Hampton Roads. What’s in a name, and what gives a region its identity and enhances its competitiveness? A task force of leaders from the Hampton Roads region is hammering away at those questions as they ponder whether Hampton Roads should continue to be called, well, Hampton Roads. Sometime in[...]
U.Va. goes big with $5 billion capital campaign
The University of Virginia has officially kicked off the public phase of the largest-ever capital fundraising campaign by a Virginia university, with a goal to raise $5 billion by 2025. It may sound like a daunting challenge, but the university is already more than halfway to meeting its “Honor the Future” campaign goal. Lev[...]
Despite setbacks, Mountain Valley Pipeline inches forward
The Mountain Valley Pipeline is three years behind schedule, $2 billion over budget and has lost four required permits it needs to continue construction. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stopped work on the pipeline to review a lawsuit over one of those permits, and another suit over environmental violations ended with MVP [...]
Inova takes steps to create personalized health ‘ecosystem’
Editor’s note: This story has been updated. On the former Exxon Mobil campus in Fairfax County, Inova Health System plans to create an “innovation district” with treatments tailored to patients’ genetic makeups, environments and lifestyles. In September, the county Board of Supervisors approved updates to Inova’s expan[...]
New Appalachian School of Law dean faces challenges
Retired Supreme Court of Virginia Justice Elizabeth McClanahan grew up in the Buchanan County community of Garden Creek, about 12 miles from Grundy. “Grundy was the big city,” says McClanahan, who retired from the state’s highest court on Sept. 1. “It’s the county seat. It’s the only town in the county.” Grundy’s[...]
People – December 2019
NORTHERN VIRGINIA Bobbie Kilberg plans to retire at the end of June after 22 years as president and CEO of the Northern Virginia Technology Council. During her tenure at NVTC, it has grown to represent about 1,000 Northern Virginia technology firms representing more than 350,000 employees. (VirginiaBusiness.com) Ron KolsonÊhas been named chief financial officer of […]
Former Gov. Gerald L. Baliles dies
Former Gov. Gerald Baliles died Oct. 29 at the age of 79. Baliles, a Democrat, served as governor from 1986 to 1990. He entered palliative care in September after a long battle with cancer. Baliles’ tenure is perhaps best remembered for a massive transportation funding bill passed by the General Assembly during a special s[...]
