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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A $10,000 grant from a community-development group based in Southwest Virginia will enable the Staunton Creative Community Fund to relaunch small-business development training. “It’s an opportunity, from our perspective. We really believe in the concept of microenterprise development and are impressed with what you’re doing here,” People Inc. President…
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] Three years and more than $3 million of architectural and environmental work in the bag, the developer of the Mill at South River project is waiting to see which of several irons in the fire will heat up first. It could very well be an effort to land a…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] A new report from the United States Chamber of Commerce, “Enterprising States: Creating Jobs, Economic Development, and Prosperity in Challenging Times,” places Virginia in the top ten in numerous categories related to states job creation and economic development policies and environments. AFPBusiness.com has the story.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Democratic Party of Virginia is calling on Gov. Bob McDonnell to support President Obama’s call to delay any new offshore drilling projects until a full understanding of the causes of the recent disaster off the Gulf Coast can be determined.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Wildlife Center of Virginia announced on Tuesday that Buddy, the bald eagle from Norfolk admitted to the Waynesboro-based Center as a patient in May 2008, will become a permanent resident at the Center.
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Column by Haresh Daswani Submit guest columns: [email protected] The general public’s opinion that the USA is the worst offender in carbon emissions might actually be misguiding. Nationmaster’s list of carbon dioxide emissions per capita presents otherwise.
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Column by David Hills and Michael Lent Submit guest columns: [email protected] Millions of America’s small business owners suffer from bad practices on Wall Street – something often given short shrift in debate about creation of a consumer financial protection agency.
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Column by Laurie Mazur Submit guest columns: [email protected] Forty years ago, 20 million Americans took to the streets to celebrate the first Earth Day. Their agenda was wide-ranging: pollution, smog, endangered species. But one issue—population growth—was seen as the mother of all environmental problems. As Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb, famously remarked:…
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Earth Talk Submit questions: [email protected] Dear EarthTalk: What is “smart growth” and how does it benefit the environment? And what are the downsides, if any? – Frank Quinn, Missoula, Mont.
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Column by Linda Tarr-Whelan Submit guest columns: [email protected] I began my career as nurse in 1960, only to be fired on my first day because I didn’t stand up for a doctor. It didn’t matter that I was inserting an IV line for a patient. In those days, showing deference to men – and…
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