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Business Diversity Abounds In Virginia

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A solid education system, infrastructure investments, a strong workforce, and resilient business climate are just some of the many reasons why more and more companies choose to call Virginia home.

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Virginia Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For a list of Virginia economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide. Economic Development Access Program: Administered by the Virginia Department of Transportation, it assists localities in providing adequate road access to new and expanding basic employers.

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The Drone Age

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The two remaining sites were in the middle of heavily traveled air corridors in the East: New York’s Mohawk Valley and Virginia Tech (in a joint effort with Rutgers University in New Jersey). Memo to trick-or-treaters on the spooky country roads in the scenic valleys of NY: that’s not a headless horseman that just zoomed past you.

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Sequestration Nation

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The run-up to Washington’s latest manufactured budget crisis closely follows the script for a generic Road Runner cartoon. Coyote arranges for an Acme safe to be hurled off a cliff over Road Runner’s favorite route through the cartoon desert. goes down to investigate. He looks up and gets clobbered by the tardy safe.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The 2008 announcement by then-owner Cerberus Capital Management that it would upgrade Jefferson North and expand its capacity by another 285,000 square feet almost immediately hit a huge bump in the road to recovery. The Port of Virginia in Norfolk is the first port on the U.S. automaker from going the way of the dinosaurs. billion).

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Rounding out the top five in Best Business Climate are Virginia, which is luring major government contractors to relocate their headquarters to the state (Northrop made the move, and VA is courting Lockheed); Florida, where Gov. Virginia maintained its leadership in our Economic Growth Potential category with a second-place finish.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

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Dakota Clifford , Virginia Department of Transportation. Ashburn, Virginia. Billion Long Island Rail Road Expansion Project before finally landing with Hatch LTK in Boston. With her diverse background of skills, Isabel is able to approach the needs of transportation authorities from an integrated system level perspective.