Virginia Business Headlines for December
- Robust economy has driven yearlong hotel boom
- Amazon purchases 87-acre property in Suffolk for more than $4.5 million
- Genworth extends Chinese acquisition to March
- Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband service comes to Hampton Roads
- Richmond-based GPM acquires Dallas fuel distributor
- Sale of Ballast Point brand excludes Daleville operation
- General Dynamics awarded $118M Army contract
- Genworth completes $1.8B sale of Canadian unit
- Indoor farm to create 92 jobs in Danville-Pittsylvania County
- Wegmans distribution center to bring 700 jobs to Hanover
- Canadian company to acquire County Waste of Virginia
- Atlantic Union Bank donates building to Bowling Green
- Hershey Chocolate against proposed cement plant in Stuarts Draft; permit to go before zoning
- Carvana opening $25M center in Chesterfield
- Washington-area job growth stands out in IT survey
- 38,000-square-foot coworking space planned for Henrico
- Longtime operator inks deal to remain at county airport
- Herndon software company acquired by Florida tech distributor
- McLean cloud network provider pays $55M for Dutch company
- Despite setbacks, Mountain Valley Pipeline inches forward
Virginia Economy, Government & Education Headlines for December
- Richmond City Council to pay Chicago-based consultant $215,000 for Navy Hill proposal review
- Virginia renews 15 Enterprise Zones
- Virginia’s unemployment rate stays at 2.6% in November
- State, CSX announce $3.7B in passenger rail improvements
- Portsmouth medical marijuana dispensary won’t open to patients until late June
- Northam proposes $1.2B investment in K-12 education
- Northam pitches $145M free community college program
- Richmond City Council selects consultant to review $1.5B Navy Hill plan
- Go Virginia awards $5.8 in regional grants
- Virginia improves health ranking in national report
- Ahead of possible voter referendum in 2020, Danville seeks proposals for casino project
- Virginia looks to UVA and VCU for help as prison health care costs soar
- Port of Virginia begins $350M dredging project
News Headline Sources: Chesterfield Observer, Richmond BizSense, Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Roanoke Times, Virginia Business, Virginia Mercury, The Virginian-Pilot