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Colonial Williamsburg appoints new CEO
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has appointed Cliff Fleet, the former head of Philip Morris USA, as the organization’s ninth president and CEO. Fleet will start his new role on Jan. 1. Fleet, who served as president and CEO of the Henrico County-based cigarette manufacturer from 2013 to 2017, will succeed Mitchell R[...]
Suffolk EDA awards $15K grant to local cafe
The Suffolk Economic Development Authority has awarded a $15,000 state grant to Wall Street Cafe, which plans to open a new venture in the city. The two-story Wall Street Cafe building on Suffolk’s Washington Street will house a coffee shop on the first floor and a real estate and finance professional office on the second […]
Breeden Construction tapped to build apartment complexes
Virginia Beach-based Breeden Construction LLC has been named general contractor for apartment complexes in Richmond, Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia valued at a total of approximately $105 million, Breeden announced this week. Construction began in fall 2019 on the Hampton Roads and Richmond properties and the Northern Virginia property will begin in early 2020. The […]
Go Virginia awards $5.8 in regional grants
Nine regional projects will receive a combined $5.8 million in Growth and Opportunity for Virginia (GO Virginia) funding, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. The grants, which were approved by the Go Virginia Board and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, will support regional economic development and workforce development initiatives and encourage collaboration among local […][...]
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation executive director announces retirement
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Executive Director Philip G. Emerson will retire at the end of December after serving in a leadership role there for 33 years, the foundation announced Monday. Emerson was named executive director in May 1991, making him the third executive director in the agency’s 62-year history. The Jamestown-Y[...]
Port of Virginia begins $350M dredging project
The dredging project to make Virginia the East Coast’s deepest port has begun nearly two-and-a-half years earlier than expected, The Port of Virginia announced Monday. Dredging work started Dec. 2 to deepen the western side of Thimble Shoal Channel to 56 feet for commercial channels. After the dredging, the Norfolk Harbor will be able to […]
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[...]
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[...]
Portsmouth public housing community gets a face-lift
The Lincoln Park public housing community in Portsmouth is being redeveloped as Lexington Place in a massive redevelopment launched Tuesday. The first phase of construction of the new public housing complex, expected to cost $16 million, will include 72 townhouse-style apartments, and once the entire project is completed, Lexington Place will have 144 residential units […]
Virginia Beach building sells for $1.84M
Tenants include Conte’s Bike Shops and Hospital Warehouse.
Norfolk-based nonprofit receives $2.5M grant from Amazon CEO’s charity
ForKids is one of 32 organizations to benefit this year from Bezos Day 1 Families Fund
Got an idea for improving community health? It could be worth $10,000.
UnitedHealthcare of the Mid-Atlantic Inc.'s competition is open to Hampton Roads small businesses.
