Out and About: August 2025

1. Smoov Moving founder Orlando “Took” Barbour; Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce Community Engagement Director Ann Marie Hohenberger; and Quinton Harrell, a leader of the chamber’s Minority Business Alliance, were among those celebrating the July 1 opening of the moving company’s Albemarle County office. (Photo courtesy Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce)

2. CYMNow Flowers owner Huan Vo speaks with Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger and Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones and lieutenant governor candidate state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi at the Falls Church shop June 27. (Photo courtesy Spanberger for Governor)

3. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, GOP gubernatorial candidate Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Delta Star President and CEO Jason Greene attended the opening of Delta Star’s new Delta Iron Works in Lynchburg. (Photo courtesy Delta Star)

4. L to R: Virginia Community College System Chancellor Dr. David Doré, Dr. Robert H. “Bobby” Sandel, who retired in June after 24 years as president of Virginia Western Community College, and Deborah Petrine, chair of the Virginia Western Educational Foundation board, attended a June 14 retirement gala for Sandel. (Photo courtesy Virginia Western Community College. Photo by Natalee Waters)