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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced on Monday five new Virginia Enterprise Zone (VEZ) designations for Tazewell County, the cities of Lynchburg and Hampton, and two joint zones for city of Martinsville and Henry County, as well as Mecklenburg and Brunswick counties.
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As the political season heats up, it seems that the rhetoric regarding big bad greedy banks is at the forefront of discussions. As a community banker in Virginia for several decades, I have witnessed firsthand the importance of banking institutions to their communities and their local economies.
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Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones will speak at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy on Tuesday on the topic of “The New Virginia Economy.”
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ProgressVA sponsored the “Live the Wage Challenge” asking elected officials, community leaders, advocates, and everyday citizens to walk in the shoes of a minimum wage worker by living on a minimum wage budget for one week.
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Jenny Roe, newly appointed to lead research at the University of Virginia’s Center for Design and Health, has spent her career examining how the places we live affect the lives we lead.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Schaffner MTC Transformers, a developer and manufacturer of standard and custom components and high-performance transformers, will invest $3.1 million to expand its operation in the Town of Wytheville in Wythe County.
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It is tempting to dismiss “design thinking” as a buzzword that is tossed around business media and corporate boardrooms with little effect. Talking to the faculty members who have brought the concept to the University of Virginia, however, one quickly realizes the potential behind the publicity.
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A new monthly episode of Save Our Towns goes out to leaders in Virginia’s Appalachian region this week, this one also touching on West Virginia with a look at the border towns of Bluefield. You might be surprised at the different ways the two towns reacted to overtures from Walmart.
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Attorney General Mark Herring commemorated one year of marriage equality in Virginia on the day the Commonwealth began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples and started recognizing legally performed out-of-state marriages between same-sex partners.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that the Volvo Group will invest $38.1 million at the New River Valley assembly facility in Pulaski County, where all Volvo Trucks models for North America are assembled.
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