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Roanoke plant still empty after FreightCar America exit
More than two years after FreightCar America left town, eliminating about 200 assembly jobs, the buildings once occupied by the railcar manufacturer in downtown Roanoke remain empty. Chicago-based FreightCar America opened its Roanoke plant in 2005, leasing space at the East End Shops, a locomotive workshop and maintenance compl[...]
Valley Health tells workers to get vaccinated
Nicole Clark wants the nurses she supervises to do everything they can to keep themselves, their patients and co-workers safe from COVID-19. That means wearing personal protective equipment, social distancing, frequent hand washing — and getting vaccinated against the disease. Valley Health, a nonprofit health system that incl[...]
Pittsylvania, Danville governments see labor gap, too
Businesses aren’t the only organizations finding it difficult to hire employees. Amid dropping state unemployment rates and a nationwide labor shortage, Danville and Pittsylvania County have been seeking new ways to interest people in working for local government. Pittsylvania’s Board of Supervisors approved $1,000 employee [...]
Theater project aims to put Wytheville in limelight
Soon after Todd Wolford became executive director of community revitalization nonprofit Downtown Wytheville Inc. in 2015, he began seeking pictures of the Soda Shop, the Main Street hotspot his grandfather owned in the late ’50s and ’60s. After locating a couple photos of his grandfather’s packed establishment, Wolford had[...]
Boosters seek federal protection for Chesapeake Bay recreation
For decades, conservationists have lobbied for the Chesapeake Bay to become a national park. During the past year, a new twist on that old idea has gained momentum: establishing the Chesapeake Bay as a national recreation area, stretching from Hampton’s Fort Monroe north to Annapolis, Maryland. National recreation areas extend[...]
GreenCity arena hopes to draw sports, music acts
When developers unsuccessfully pitched Navy Hill, a $1.5 billion mixed-use project and arena that sought to reinvent Richmond’s downtown, they posed a question: If a major draw like Beyoncé came to town, where would she perform? Now those same developers are aiming to host artists like Justin Timberlake, Green Day and John Le[...]
Tech Innovation Campus sets groundbreaking for Sept. 14
Virginia Tech is set to break ground Sept. 14 on the first building for its $1 billion Innovation Campus in Alexandria. National Geographic Society Chairman Jean Case, wife of American Online co-founder Steve Case, will be the keynote speaker at the groundbreaking ceremony. A graduate school for computer science and computer eng[...]
Inova Loudoun Hospital names permanent chief
Inova Health System announced that Susan Carroll will be its permanent president of Inova Loudoun Hospital, effective Monday. Carroll has been serving in the interim role since July, while also serving as the president of Inova Fair Oaks Hospital. Carroll will work to establish areas of clinical growth and participate in the rec[...]
Alexandria apartment building sells for $6.25M
A 32-unit apartment building in Alexandria sold for $6.25 million, Marcus & Millichap announced Thursday. Located at 2314 through 2330 Glendale Terrace, the three-story Glendale Terrace Apartments building was initially built in 1963. The property is 26,880 square feet. Huntington Station LLC sold the property to Sheire Tonk[...]
BAE Systems appoints Gina Haspel, Air Force Gen. Stephen W. Wilson to board
Former CIA director Gina Haspel and retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Stephen W. Wilson have been appointed to Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc.’s board of directors, the company announced Friday. Their terms will run through April 2024. “We are extremely fortunate to have Stephen and Gina join our board,” Mich[...]
M.C. Dean wins $158M contract from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Tysons-based electrical engineering firm M.C. Dean Inc. won a $158.77 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to upgrade a controls system at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado, the Department of Defense announced Friday. Under the fixed-price contract, M.C. Dean will upgrade and refurbish the power-generation plant and supervisory control and data […]
Peraton company wins $2B Defense Health Agency contract
Chantilly-based federal IT contractor Perspecta Enterprise Solutions LLC won a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with a ceiling of $2 billion from the Defense Health Agency on Friday. Perspecta, which Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton Inc. acquired in May, will coordinate, integrate and manage the Defense Health Agency’s IT update and standardization for the Military Health […][...]
