September 2019

Cover Story

Casting a wider net

An expanding Port of Virginia considers new revenue opportunities

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Interview

Breaking ground

The first African American woman in Virginia to become a CPA looks back

Published September 3, 2019 by Kate Andrews / Veronica Garabelli

September interview with Dr. Ruth Coles Harris, distinguished professor emeritus, Virginia Union University, Richmond

Opinion

Fifty-six minutes in America

Mass shootings take economic, human toll

Published September 3, 2019 by Richard Foster

InsideView from the Editor

From This Issue

Hitting a wall

Published September 3, 2019 by Stephenie Overman

Immigration changes create obstacles for hiring legal foreign workers

Work stoppage

Published September 3, 2019 by Greg Weatherford

Virginia’s Medicaid work requirement awaits federal approval

Front doors to the future

ONE VCU plan presents joint vision for fast-growing university, health system

Published September 3, 2019 by Gary Robertson

COLLEGE PROFILE
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

Signs of change

Published September 3, 2019 by Joan Tupponce

The Richmond region attracts business and national attention

Groups partner to build world-class workforce

Published September 3, 2019 by Elizabeth Cooper

After forming the Southeastern Virginia Regional Workforce Collaborative last fall, the Hampton Roads Workforce Council and the Greater Peninsula Workforce Board funded a report this year on the region’s workforce demographics, the supply-demand gap in work skills and a workforce strategy to improve the talent pipeline.

Hershey boot camp gives new workers taste of success

Published September 3, 2019 by Joan Tupponce

Richard Woods was hired after completing the boot camp conceived by Debby Hopkins with the Shenandoah Valley Workforce Development Board.

Richmond to consider $1.5 billion Navy Hill project

Published September 3, 2019 by Kate Andrews / Kathleen Shaw

Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney unveiled plans for the city’s largest-ever economic development project

Wise RAM health clinic ends, but need persists

Published September 3, 2019 by Kate Andrews

The Health Wagon, a nonprofit free clinic in Wise, will take over running the annual clinic, Tennessee-based Remote Area Medical, with a different name: Move Mountains Medical Mission.