Out and About: June 2026

1. King Charles III and Queen Camilla gathered with Gov. Abigail Spanberger and her family on April 30 at the Front Royal Town Square for an early block party celebration of America’s 250th birthday during the British monarch’s four-day state visit to the United States. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor of Virginia)

2. Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Alexander delivered his State of the City address April 15 at Hilton Norfolk The Main. (Photo by Josh Janney | Virginia Business)

3. Vanguard Renewables Executive Vice President of Operations Michael Routledge led an April 28 tour of the company’s recently commissioned anaerobic digestion facility at Amelia Court House alongside Virginia Chief Energy Officer Josephus Allmond and state Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Katie Frazier. (Photo courtesy Vanguard Renewables)

4. L to R: Richmond Mayor Danny Avula, Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao, Dr. Greg Hundley, Dr. Hem Bhardwaj, VCU Health Chief Operating Officer Michael Elliott and VCU Health CEO Marlon Levy participated in an April 29 groundbreaking ceremony for a new $90 million medical facility in Richmond’s Diamond District. (Photo courtesy Jonathan Mehring with VCU Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

5. L to R: Dr. Madhu Misra, chair of the University of Virginia’s Department of Pediatrics, and UVA Health Children’s pediatrician Dr. John Clore celebrated the April 17 opening of a new UVA Health Children’s pediatric outpatient location in Albemarle County. (Photo courtesy UVA Health)