Out and About: February 2026

1. Indya Scott, community manager for The Breeden Co., accepts the gold award for best operations at the Reflections of Virginia Beach property during the 19th annual Multi-Housing News Excellence Awards, held Dec. 4, 2025, in New York City. (Photo courtesy The Breeden Co.)

2. Atlantic Union Bank executives rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 9, 2025, to celebrate the Virginia regional bank’s merger last year with Sandy Spring Bank. The bank’s 2025 Investor Day was held the following day in New York City. L to R: Matt Linderman; Shawn O’Brien; David Ring; Jay O’Brien; President Maria Tedesco; CEO John Asbury; CFO Rob Gormon; Ronda McDowell; Clare Miller; Evan Martin; Tara Dziedzic, head of U.S. listings for the NYSE; and Atlantic Union’s Rachael Lape, Brad Haun and Duane Smith. (Photo courtesy Atlantic Union Bank)

3. L to R: Former Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors Chair Jim Ingle and Dominion Energy’s Jake Littlepage, Christina Hanlon, Jonathan Warren and Emil Avram, plus Mwamburi Mkaya and Scott Calhoun from Power Up Connect, attended a December 2025 ribbon-cutting at Dominion Energy’s Chesterfield training facility celebrating a first-of-its-kind mobile battery energy storage system. (Photo courtesy Dominion Energy)

4. L to R: Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors Chair Mark S. Miller; then-Gov. Glenn Youngkin; Leonard Gooz, global brand leader of Hilton Hotels & Resorts; and Shamin Hotels CEO Neil Amin gathered for a Dec. 10, 2025, groundbreaking for the Hilton Richmond The Mondelle, an 11-story, 270-room, $160 million hotel and conference center being developed by Shamin. (Photo courtesy Chesterfield County Constituent and Media Services)

5. L to R: Roanoke Regional Airport Commission Executive Director Mike Stewart and commission members Dale Guidry, Amanda Marko, Bill Gust, Gary Powers, Dr. Randy Clements, N.L. Bishop and Robert Fralin gathered Dec. 18, 2025, to announce American Airlines’ new nonstop service from Roanoke to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. (Photo courtesy Roanoke Regional Airport Commission)