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Harvey L. Johnson
Jan 5, 2021

PBMares names new CEO

Newport News-based accounting and consulting firm PBMares LLP announced Tuesday that Harvey L. Johnson has been promoted as CEO, effective Jan. 1. Johnson, a partner and cybersecurity and control risk services practice leader, will serve as the company’s second CEO in the firm’s 58-year history. He succeeds Alan S. Witt, who[...]

Jan 5, 2021

Norfolk company buys Michigan-based retail data firm

Trader Interactive, a Norfolk-based vehicle and commercial equipment dealer services company, announced Tuesday it has acquired Grand Rapids, Michigan-based retail data firm Statistical Surveys Inc. (SSI). Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Trader Interactive specializes in digital marketing for vehicle and commercial equipment companies, while SSI provides retail market share data for the […][...]

Rendering of Spatial Integrated Systems' unmanned systems solutions. Photo courtesy HII
Jan 5, 2021

HII acquires unmanned systems business

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced Monday it has acquired Virginia Beach-based Spatial Integrated Systems Inc.’s (SIS) autonomy business. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but the acquisition expands HII’s unmanned systems capabilities, according to a company statement. Appr[...]

Rob Robins. Photo courtesy Bay Diesel
Jan 4, 2021

Chesapeake gas, diesel sales company names new president, CEO

Chesapeake-based natural gas and diesel engine sales company Bay Diesel announced last week it has named Willard “Rob” Robins as president and Scott Wheeler, current president and founder, as CEO. This marks the first time since its 1982 inception that Bay Diesel has a new president. Robins joined the company in 2003 as a sa[...]

VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital. Photo courtesy VCU
Jan 4, 2021

Riverside Tappahannock Hospital becomes part of VCU Health System

Richmond-based VCU Health System announced Monday it has finalized its purchase of the 67-bed Riverside Tappahannock Hospital (RTH) and related medical services from Riverside Health System. Financial terms of the transaction were not released. The hospital will now operate as VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital. VCU Health System [...]

ODU is working on a site-locating tool to aid offshore wind developers.
Dec 29, 2020

ODU mapping tool to help site wind turbines

The answer, they say, is blowin’ in the wind. In August 2020, Old Dominion University won a $775,000 grant from the Department of Defense that will help create a “wind energy siting solution,” enabling offshore and onshore wind-energy developers to avoid potential conflicts with military operations and trainings. The ODU[...]

Tanya Monroe. Photo courtesy Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Towne Realty
Dec 18, 2020

Hampton Roads Realtors Association installs new chairman

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Towne Realty announced last week that Tanya Monroe, the managing broker of its Chesapeake sales office, has been installed as Hampton Roads Realtors Association’s (HRRA) chairman for 2021. With 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, Monroe has experience as an agent and as president[...]

Cahoon Commons. Photo courtesy Colliers International
Dec 18, 2020

Chesapeake shopping center sells for $5.1M

A shopping center in Chesapeake sold for $5.1 million, Colliers International announced earlier this week. The 75,023-square-foot Cahoon Commons Shopping Center is located at 644-648 Grassfield Parkway. The property is currently 25% occupied by tenants including Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Con[...]

Dominion Energy completed construction on two massive wind turbines 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach in June 2020. (Photo by Beth Cooper)
Dec 18, 2020

Dominion files construction, operations plan for $7.8B offshore wind farm

Richmond-based Dominion Energy Inc. announced Friday it has filed the required construction and operations plan (COP) with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to build the utility’s proposed $7.8 billion, 2,640-megawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. “This is an important step in the process toward [...]

A rendering of Dominion’s Charybdis vessel, currently under construction. Image courtesy of Dominion.
Dec 16, 2020

Dominion announces construction has begun on offshore wind vessel

Dominion Energy Inc. announced Wednesday that construction has begun on the utility’s new vessel that will ferry the workers and huge components needed for its planned buildout of the largest offshore wind farm in the country off the coast of Virginia Beach. Named Charybdis after the sea monster from Greek mythology, Domin[...]

Dec 15, 2020

Goodwill of Central and Coastal Va. receives $10M gift

Goodwill of Central and Coastal Virginia announced Tuesday it has received a $10 million grant from novelist MacKenzie Scott, who has donated more than $4.2 billion across 384 organizations during the past four months. Scott is the former wife of Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos.  The gift will help Goodwill provide job-readiness training to people […]

Dec 15, 2020

Smithfield Foods gifts $300K to Hampton Roads Workforce Council

Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer, announced Tuesday it has donated $300,000 to the Hampton Roads Workforce Council (HRWC), a nonprofit that develops workforce policy and initiatives in Southeastern Virginia. The donation will support the HRWC’s new Veterans Employment Center in Newport News. The center will provide resources and coaching […]

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