Passenger Rail Expanding to New River Valley
Passenger rail will be expanding to the New River Valley by 2025. This will be the first time since 1979 that the NRV will have passenger rail service.
May 7, 2021
Passenger rail will be expanding to the New River Valley by 2025. This will be the first time since 1979 that the NRV will have passenger rail service.
The Virginia Economic Review recently highlighted the NRV tech industry in an article titled, “Virginia’s Smaller Metros Prove Fertile Ground for Tech Headquarters.”
Montgomery County and Gigabeam recently received a VATI grant to expand broadband in the eastern parts of the county.
According to Virginia Business magazine, Blacksburg-based Qualtrax is one of the best places to work in Virginia.
Here is a list of just a few of the accolades and awards won in 2020 by the counties, city, towns, and universities in the NRV.
Recap this unique year with a list of the Top Ten Posts of 2020 on Virginia’s New River Valley website.
In September 2020, Onward NRV conducted a survey of manufacturing companies in the region that shows the sector outlook is positive.
In September 2020, Onward NRV conducted a survey of tech companies in the NRV which shows a strong sector outlook despite COVID-19.
Virginia Tech ranked #25 on the list of Top Undergraduate Schools for Entrepreneurship by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
Exelaration was ranked the #3 Tech & Engineering Internship for 2021 by Vault, and in in the top 10 in seven other categories.
