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September 2023 Out and About
1. Virginia Western Community College Associate Professor Jenifer Kurtz helped situate bee colonies into a new home on campus this spring. In July, VWCC announced it had become an affiliate of conservation program Bee Campus USA. Photo by Amy White. 2. L to R: Frankie Holland, Bob Wilkin, Frank Garrett, Benita Jordan, Ginny Coleman, Ralph […]
2023 Virginia 500: RETAIL | WHOLESALE | FOOD | BEVERAGE
Robert A. “Bob” Archer, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, BLUE RIDGE BEVERAGE, SALEM Elizabeth “Liza” Myers Borches PRESIDENT AND CEO, CARTER MYERS AUTOMOTIVE, CHARLOTTESVILLE Reid A. Brown PRESIDENT, BROWN DISTRIBUTING, RICHMOND William G. “Bill” Crutchfield Jr. FOUNDER AND CEO, CRUTCHFIELD CORP., CHARLOTTESVILLE Rick Dreiling CEO, DOLLAR TREE, CHESAPEAKE Dennis Ellmer CEO, PRIORITY AUTO GROUP, CHESAPEAKE Arthur “Bo” […][...]
2023 Virginia 500: Telecommunications
Vince Apruzzese Jr. PRESIDENT, AT&T VIRGINIA, RICHMOND Matthew J. Desch CEO, IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS, McLEAN Christopher E. French CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS (SHENTEL), EDINBURG Maggie Hallbach SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, VERIZON PUBLIC SECTOR; PRESIDENT, VERIZON FRONTLINE, OAKTON Michael Keegan CEO, TRANSACTION NETWORK SERVICES (TNS), RESTON [...]
Low inventory, high interest rates strap Va. housing market
Homebuyers in Virginia are continuing to feel the strain of low inventory and high interest rates. The number of active listings on the market is shrinking, and fewer new listings are coming on the market. Despite a brief uptick in inventory at the beginning the year, about 67% of the state’s counties and cities had [&hell[...]
Parsons acquires Md. federal contractor for $200M
Centreville-based Fortune 1000 defense contractor Parsons has acquired Maryland-based contractor Sealing Technologies in a deal valued at $200 million. Parsons announced the deal Wednesday. The acquisition expands Parsons’ customer bases across the Department of Defense’s intelligence community and enhances its capab[...]
Dominion, Dulles solar project to power 37,000 Va. homes
A massive solar project that will soon begin to take shape at Washington Dulles International Airport will not only have the ability to power 37,000 Virginia homes, but will also send a message to travelers about the power of clean energy, officials said Tuesday during a ceremonial groundbreaking for the 835-acre Dulles Solar a[...]
ManTech to acquire Definitive Logic
ManTech International Corp. on Tuesday signed an agreement to acquire Arlington County-based Definitive Logic in a deal that will add 330 employees to the Herndon-based federal contractor’s workforce. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Definitive Logic provides digital transformation consulting services and te[...]
CNSI-Kepro rebrands as Acentra Health
The health services tech company that formed from last year’s merger of McLean-based health care IT provider CNSI and Nashville, Tennessee-based health care management tech company Kepro is now branding itself as Acentra Health. The company announced the rebranding Tuesday. “Our new company name and brand represent a new[...]
Navy awards $1.1B more for sub construction
General Dynamics Corp.’s Groton, Connecticut-based Electric Boat Corp. has received nearly $1.1 billion more from the Navy to continue building Virginia-class submarines, and its teammate, Newport News Shipbuilding, has received a $305 million chunk of that award to procure long-lead time material and components for the [...]
German electronics manufacturer to add 100 Va. jobs
Germany-based Zollner Elektronik AG will invest $18 million to expand in Virginia, including boosts to its electronics manufacturing operations in Danville as well at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Leesburg, adding 100 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. The expansions include $14 million to expand manufacturing operations in the Danville-Pittsylvania County Regional Industrial Facility Authority-owned […][...]
Layne, Perry named to TowneBank corporate board
Suffolk-based TowneBank has named Aubrey L. Layne Jr., executive vice president of governance and external affairs for Sentara Healthcare, and Suburban Capital founder and CEO Christopher Perry to its corporate board of directors, the bank announced Tuesday. Layne, who chairs the Virginia Port Authority’s board of commissioner[...]
Cvent to be acquired in $4.6B deal
Tysons-based meetings and events software company Cvent Holding Corp. has agreed to be acquired by New York-based private equity firm Blackstone in a deal valued at about $4.6 billion, the company announced Tuesday. Under the agreement, Cvent stockholders will receive $8.50 per share in cash, representing a premium of 52% to the[...]
