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Groups partner to build world-class workforce
After forming the Southeastern Virginia Regional Workforce Collaborative last fall, the Hampton Roads Workforce Council and the Greater Peninsula Workforce Board funded a report this year on the region’s workforce demographics, the supply-demand gap in work skills and a workforce strategy to improve the talent pipeline.
Hershey boot camp gives new workers taste of success
Richard Woods was hired after completing the boot camp conceived by Debby Hopkins with the Shenandoah Valley Workforce Development Board.
Richmond to consider $1.5 billion Navy Hill project
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney unveiled plans for the city’s largest-ever economic development project
Wise RAM health clinic ends, but need persists
The Health Wagon, a nonprofit free clinic in Wise, will take over running the annual clinic, Tennessee-based Remote Area Medical, with a different name: Move Mountains Medical Mission.
Danville grapples with Ikea plant closure
Ikea is closing its Danville plant at the end of the year.
Norfolk Southern furloughs 130 Roanoke workers
The move provokes rebuke from state Del. Sam Rasoul.
LeClairRyan files for bankruptcy
Chapter 11 petition lists creditors, traces firm’s demise.
The Health Wagon receives $1M grant
Funding will provide Southwest Virginia free clinic with new diagnostic tools
Richmond officials showcase Blues Armory renovation plans
The restoration is part of the expansive $1.5 billion proposal to transform a 10-block area of Richmond into a new neighborhood, Navy Hill.
Altria in talks to merge with Philip Morris International
The tobacco companies would reunite as equals.
Virginia Tech Innovation Campus gets early start
Virginia Tech will launch its new Innovation Campus in Alexandria.
