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Mecklenburg co-op aids regional broadband expansion
High-speed fiber-optic internet service still eludes about 50% of Virginians, but the state’s Southside region is making progress.
The place for placemaking
Local leaders realized that they needed to get serious about diversifying their economy, and the result has been an ambitious, two-pronged plan to refashion Fairfax into a center of the knowledge economy.
Innovation engine
Emergent Ventures is a step toward making “moonshots a reality,” Tyler Cowen, faculty director of the Mercatus Center, said when the program was announced in July 2018.
Brilliant diversity
The oldest members of Generation Z will turn 22 this year, putting them firmly in the traditional college-age bracket.
New kids on the block(chain)
This volatile new financial sector has been a roller coaster journey of high hopes, altered plans and sobering realizations.
‘Screen-side manner’
Initially focused on rural areas, U.Va.’s telehealth program has expanded to wherever there is a shortage of specialists.
Betting on success
Robert Gray, chief of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, talks heritage, federal recognition and casino plans.
The rise of the millennials
Millennials include everyone born between 1981 and 1996, which, at 73 million, surpassed the aging baby boomers this year as our largest living generation.
Drone delivery takes off
Wing, a division of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., launches a pilot program in Christiansburg.
Northern Neck set for its first multiscreen movie theater in 2020
Compass Entertainment Complex will be built on seven acres of a 22-acre wooded lot between the towns of Kilmarnock and Irvington.
Alexandria searches for solution to Potomac Yard Metro station access
Although the state announced an additional $50 million in funding for improved access, a solution has yet to be found.
