Cathy Jett

Nov 29, 2024 | virginiabusiness.com | Cathy Jett

George Mason University and several Shenandoah Valley school districts are partnering to launch a regional lab school in August 2025 that will focus on data literacy to provide students with training in this high-demand field. The Shenandoah Valley Rural Regional College Partnership Laboratory School for Data Science, Computing and Applications will be located at the Dowell J. Howard Center, which provides vocational and alternative education in Frederick County.

Sep 29, 2024 | virginiabusiness.com | Cathy Jett

$9 million state grant is helping Staunton reach the finish line on Staunton Crossing, its long-awaited industrial site. The state Virginia Business Ready Sites Program (VBRSP) development grant awarded Aug. 8 will help pay for a 1 million-gallon water tower and water supply lines, which will help complete water and sewer access to the 300-acre site. “It was the last big thing that we needed,” says Amanda DiMeo, Staunton’s economic development director.

Aug 29, 2024 | virginiabusiness.com | Cathy Jett

Culpeper tech zone attracts data centersPublishedAugust 29, 2024byCathy JettCulpeper County created a 690-acre technology zone to consolidate and encourage data center development. Photo courtesy Culpeper County Economic DevelopmentA Dallas-based developer seeking to build its fourth data center campus in Virginia had a problem. Finding sites large enough was getting difficult in Northern Virginia, where DataBank has two locations in Ashburn’s Data Center Alley and one in McLean.

Jun 27, 2024 | virginiabusiness.com | Cathy Jett |Katherine Schulte

Richmond switches up stadium funding planPublishedJune 27, 2024byCathy Jett/Katherine SchulteThe Richmond Flying Squirrels have set a 2026 deadline for the city to open a new stadium as part of the Diamond District project. Photo courtesy Richmond Flying SquirrelsRichmond City Council this spring pitched a bit of a curveball on financing of the city’s new baseball stadium.

Apr 29, 2024 | virginiabusiness.com | Cathy Jett

The Lake takes shape in ChesterfieldPublishedApril 29, 2024byCathy JettThe first retail and restaurant buildings at The Lake development in Chesterfield County should be complete this fall. Rendering courtesy Flatwater VenturesThe first wave of commercial tenants is coming to The Lake, a long-planned, 105-acre mixed-use development that’s slated to bring a surf park to western Chesterfield County. The Lake’s centerpiece will be a 13-acre artificial lake with a tow cable.