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October 2021

Bernie Niemeier. Photo by Caroline Martin
Sep 29, 2021

Magical thinking

Listening can be difficult; that’s often an early lesson learned and hopefully one paid better attention to as life goes on. I’ll admit that’s been the case for me. Listening is especially important in business. Customers, co-workers, suppliers and vendors all have points of view that are worthy of consideration. Listening[...]

“Probably the biggest thing on my plate is the redevelopment of the Military Circle corridor,” says Jared Chalk, Norfolk’s economic development director. Three high-profile development partnerships are vying to turn the 74-acre mall site into an arena-anchored mixed-use development. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Sep 29, 2021

A developing picture

As Norfolk prepares for some sizable development projects, city officials don’t plan to forget the strong business base that positioned the area for such investments. “We’re really focused on business expansion and our primary employers,” says Jared Chalk, Norfolk’s director of economic development. “That’s been ou[...]

A new parallel Long Bridge will separate passenger and freight traffic crossing the Potomac River. Photo by Stephen Gosling
Sep 29, 2021

Long Bridge expansion to speed up D.C.-Va. rail traffic

Plans for constructing a $1.9 billion, two-track railroad bridge connecting Virginia to Washington, D.C. — doubling the number of tracks going across the Potomac River from the U.S. capital to the commonwealth — are chugging right along. “We’re now moving forward to advance the engineering design and that should be compl[...]

Paul Olsen, executive director of programs and partnerships for Old Dominion University’s office of research, views offshore wind as a “megaproject” for the region. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Sep 29, 2021

Catching up

As he completed his senior project last spring at Old Dominion University’s Batten College of Engineering & Technology, Kristal Sunuwar researched the development of the global offshore wind industry. Learning how China, South Korea, Japan and European nations had developed their offshore wind programs, Sunuwar reached an [...]

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