October 2015

Cover Story

Juggling it all

Employees today want a work-life balance

Interview

Moving forward

Executive leads efforts in health care, education and economic development

Published September 29, 2015 by Robert Powell, III

Interview with Chris Lumsden
President, Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital, South Boston
Chair, Virginia Economic Development Partnership Board of Directors

Opinion

A Clinton scenario could have ripple effects in Virginia

Published September 29, 2015 by Robert Powell, III

InsideView

Followups – October 2015

Published September 29, 2015 by Virginia Business

Followups – October 2015

Employee reviews – passé and in the way of better results

Published September 29, 2015 by Bernie Niemeier

Our view

From This Issue

Closing the GAP

CIT programs help early-stage companies get off the ground

Published September 29, 2015 by Richard Foster

Programs at the Center for Innovative Technology help early-stage companies, like Leesburg-based Disrupt6, get off the ground.

Building a 21st-century city

Projects now underway will change Norfolk in 2017

Published September 29, 2015 by Joan Tupponce

Projects now underway will change Norfolk in 2017.

Funds initiative

Program provides help to companies that want to invest in the city

Published September 29, 2015 by Joan Tupponce

NorfolkFirst provides help to companies that want to invest in the city.

Empowering a region

UMW tracks area’s growth as it makes key investments

Published September 29, 2015 by Robert Burke

University of Mary Washington tracks area’s growth as it makes key investments

A star patient

Medical facilities help drive growth in state’s major commercial real estate markets

Published September 29, 2015 by M.J. McAteer

Medical facilities help drive growth in state’s major commercial real estate markets.

Icelandic company ships U.S. goods overseas

Published September 29, 2015 by Joan Tupponce

Eimskip, an Icelandic shipping company, is celebrating its 30th year in Virginia as well as its 100th anniversary of sailing to the U.S.

Martinsville plant helps employees earn GEDs

Published September 29, 2015 by Joan Tupponce

Monogram Snacks Martinsville is participating in the Business IQ program to help the company workers without high-school diplomas work toward earning high-school equivalency certificates.

Zoobean makes its case at White House Demo Day

Published September 29, 2015 by Joan Tupponce

Jordan Lloyd Bookey and Felix Lloyd, founders of Arlington-based Zoobean, were invited to the first White House Demo Day, at which entrepreneurs from across the country had the chance to showcase their innovations.