April 2019

Mar 29, 2019

Consultants give Blacksburg a downtown game plan

Development Strategies helped Blacksburg Mayor Leslie Hager-Smith realize that “Blacksburg doesn’t really have an authentic downtown.”

Mar 29, 2019

New hotels coming to Winchester-Frederick County

Three new hotels are under construction along Interstate 81.

Mar 29, 2019

‘It’s bigger than Amazon’

A $3 billion expansion in Manassas will add 1,100 jobs

Mar 26, 2019

A labor question

Virginia’s right-to-work law may become an election issue

Mar 26, 2019

Ikea to open its second Virginia store in Norfolk

Ikea will open its 331,000-square-foot Norfolk store on April 10.

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April 2019

Consultants give Blacksburg a downtown game plan

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‘It’s bigger than Amazon’

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