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Chesapeake studying Greenbrier’s future
What’s the path ahead for Chesapeake’s Greenbrier community, a 12-square-mile area known as the city’s economic powerhouse? Consultants have been meeting with city departments, the business community and the public since January to craft a plan guiding Greenbrier’s future development. They also posted a survey on Chesape[...]
Sentara Halifax plans new, smaller hospital
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston is investing $70 million to construct a new acute care hospital to replace its aging predecessor, with completion set for late 2025 or early 2026. The new hospital will be about a third the size of the existing 300,000-square-foot facility, which is licensed for 192 beds. Sentara[...]
MBU program makes college more affordable
Entering her senior year at Waynesboro High School last fall, Emma Clark did not know whether higher education was in her future. The youngest of eight children, she was mindful that her father’s mechanic business had to provide for all her siblings. “I don’t have the access to money like other people would,” she says. [[...]
Parking repeal gives developers space
Opening a small business is never easy, but for many Richmond entrepreneurs, the city’s previous minimum parking requirements added extra hassle. Two years ago, when restaurant Africanne on Main relocated from its longtime downtown location to a spot near Virginia Commonwealth University’s Monroe Park Campus, city parking re[...]
Bristol makes tourism marketing switch
After 38 years, Bristol, Virginia, has switched destination marketing organizations. On June 13, City Council passed a resolution designating Bristol Regional Tourism Marketing Corp., better known as Explore Bristol, as its new DMO, the agency responsible for promoting the area to tourists. The former DMO, Discover Bristol, oper[...]
Developer rejuvenates Colonial Beach
Richmond developer Duke Dodson fondly remembers spending summer days as a child at Colonial Beach, a Northern Neck beach town bordering Maryland on the Potomac River. So, when the town listed 12 parcels of land for sale in 2020, he jumped at the opportunity. “My grandparents went to Colonial Beach back in the day to […]
StartVirginia: August 2023 Heard Around Virginia
Two Virginia business owners were among 20 women entrepreneurs chosen in June out of 6,500 applicants to participate in a 10-week accelerator sponsored by Allergan Aesthetics, the maker of Botox. Monika Jefferson, CEO and founder of the Hampton Roads-based Association of Military Spouse Entrepreneurs, which provides networking and resources to military spouse business owners, and […]
Global coworking franchise coming to Chesapeake
Venture X, a global coworking office space franchise, is entering the Hampton Roads market, with its first location coming to Summit Pointe in Chesapeake, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Tuesday. HMP Properties LLC, a Venture X franchisee, has leased 18,543 square feet of space in the 555 Belaire office tower, whic[...]
$77.8M apartments break ground outside C-ville
Charlottesville-based GW Real Estate Partners, a vertically integrated multifamily construction and development firm, and Austin, Texas-based Virtus Real Estate Capital, have broken ground on a new, $77.8 million apartment community at the entrance to North Pointe, a 224-acre mixed-use community near Rivanna Station in Albemarle[...]
Richmond casino returning to Nov. ballots
It wasn’t exactly a surprise, but the Virginia Lottery and the Richmond Circuit Court have approved Richmond’s do-over casino referendum to appear on ballots this fall. “I am excited to see the Virginia Lottery and the Richmond Circuit Court approve the referendum for a Richmond destination resort and entertainment[...]
Plans revealed for second Buc-ee’s Va. location
Buc-ee’s appears to be planning its second Virginia location, this time along Interstate 81 in Rockingham County near Mt. Crawford. According to a post on the county’s Facebook page, Buc-ee’s, the Texas-sized travel center chain, has applied for a special use permit for review and approval of a proposed sign pl[...]
Atlantic Union to acquire American National Bank
Updated 4:15 p.m. July 25 Richmond-based Atlantic Union Bank’s parent company announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire American National Bankshares Inc., which is headquartered in Danville and is the holding company of American National Bank and Trust Co. The combined bank will have total assets o[...]
