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Health Care: New facilities for Virginia’s health systems
For Virginia‘s health care landscape, the last 12 months were a time of growth. Some health systems opened new facilities, while others got started on projects designed to serve the patients of tomorrow. Other big news from last year: the summer opening of the Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion[...]
Roanoke/New River Year-in-Review: 2024 was about laying groundwork
Not every year can be 2023. That’s the verdict from economic development watchers in a wide stretch of Virginia, ranging from Lynchburg west through Roanoke and Salem to the New River Valley. In 2023, this region experienced a burst of business announcements with a total investment of at least $387 million and expectations[...]
Financial Services: Federal policy, tariffs create economic uncertainty
Economists around the state are still speaking positively about Virginia‘s economy — but there’s an elephant in the room. The University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service expects the state’s gross domestic product will increase 2.4% this year, up from 1.9% anticipated for the nation [...]
StartVA: Va. tech startups lead in fundraising
Before his company opened its Series B funding round last year, Elad Schaffer, co-founder and CEO of Faye, heard from a large venture capital fund. Could he meet with them the next day in San Francisco? It was a 14-hour flight for Schaffer, who lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, but splits his time between there […]
