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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 […]
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 […][...]
Kitty Hawk offshore wind project to create 600 jobs in Hampton Roads area
Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of Connecticut-based Avangrid Inc., submitted construction and operations plans on Dec. 11 for the first phase of its Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind project, a development it says will generate $2 billion in economic impact between 2021 and 2030 and create nearly 800 jobs in Virginia and North Carolina. Located 27 miles […]
Three Hampton Roads community colleges announce job training collaboration
The new Community College Workforce Cooperative (CCWC), a collaboration among three Hampton Roads community colleges, will create a single point of contact for accessing workforce training resources, Virginia Community Colleges (VCCS) Chancellor Glenn DuBois announced Monday. Paul D. Camp, Thomas Nelson and Tidewater community colleges will work together to meet large-scale job training needs for […][...]
Hampton University president announces retirement
After 42 years at the helm, Hampton University President William R. Harvey announced Monday he will retire at the end of June 2022. Harvey is one of the nation’s longest-serving university presidents and will retire with 44 years at the 152-year-old historically Black private university. He is the eighth longest-serving un[...]
Hampton industrial building sells for $1.85M
An industrial building in Hampton has sold for $1.85 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Monday. The 39,200-square-foot property is located at 2506 58th St. The property is vacant, but the buyer, Reuter 58 LLC, will occupy the building, says Clay Culbreth of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer. Industrial Prop[...]
Land in Portsmouth sells for $1.05M
A 0.75-acre plot of land sold in Portsmouth for development of a car wash location, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Tuesday. Green Clean Holdings purchased the land located at 5820 High St. from Chesapeake-based Parker Burnell Real Estate Group for $1.05 million. The buyer plans to develop its ninth Hampton Roads Green Clean Auto […]
ODU names vice president for student engagement and enrollment
Following a national search, Old Dominion University has named Don Stansberry as its vice president for student engagement and enrollment services. Stansberry has held the position on an interim basis since July 2019; his permanent post will begin on Jan. 10. After national trends predicted a steep decline in college enrollment [...]
Va. Beach packaging manufacturer acquires Utah company
Virginia Beach-based packaging manufacturer Fortis Solutions Group LLC announced Thursday it has acquired Orem, Utah-based Kala Packaging. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “With its fleet of digital presses and top-tier flexographic printing technology, Maui Chai and the Kala team have established a national presence in the quick-turn labels and flexible packaging markets,” […][...]
Samaritan House receives $1.25M Bezos-funded grant
Virginia Beach-based Samaritan House has received a $1.25 million grant from the Day 1 Families Fund, which was launched in 2018 by Amazon.com Inc. founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, the organization announced Wednesday. Samaritan House is one of 42 nonprofits across the country (and the only Virginia nonprofit) to receive a grant in the $2 […]
Dominion, Smithfield complete first renewable gas project in Utah
Dominion Energy Inc. and Smithfield Foods Inc., both based in Virginia, completed their first renewable natural gas (RNG) project in southwestern Utah, Smithfield announced Wednesday. In 2018, the Richmond-headquartered utility and Smithfield-based food company partnered in the $500 million Align Renewable Natural Gas joint vent[...]
Williamsburg engineering company acquired by Kansas firm
Williamsburg-based TAM Consultants Inc. has been acquired by Kansas engineering firm Terracon Consultants Inc. Founded in 2002, TAM is a 15-person professional services firm that provides building consulting and facilities engineering services for public- and private-sector clients throughout the mid-Atlantic region. TAM has offices in Richmond, Williamsburg and Newport News. TAM’s employees are now part […][...]
