Virginia Earns #1 Business Climate Spot From Site Selection Magazine

New River Valley, VA – Virginia Business has announced that the state has earned the top spot in Site Selection magazine for best business climate. Virginia has catapulted nine places from its number ten ranking last year and has unseated Georgia, which has had an eight-year streak at the top. The head of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, CEO and President […] Read more

Radford’s Highly Anticipated Highlander Hotel Set to Open Soon

Radford, VA – Virginia Business recently published an article detailing the progress of the Highlander Hotel in the City of Radford. The project, announced in 2019, is a collaboration between Radford University, the Radford University Foundation, and the City of Radford. According to the article, the 40 million dollar boutique hotel and conference center is expected to open its doors to […] Read more

Radford Eyes 80-Acre Parcel for Potential Redevelopment

Radford, VA – WDBJ News recently highlighted the City of Radford and its decision to approve a future purchase option of an 80-acre site affiliated with the old Foundry on the southwest side of town. The six-month option agreement with owner Virginia Castings LLC, gives the city the latitude to conduct environmental testing and remediation […] Read more

Amenities and Recreation Pave the Way For a Renaissance in Pulaski

Pulaski County, VA – Pulaski is again making headlines in Cardinal News’s new piece titled “Pulaski Reinventing Itself.” Darlene Burcham is Pulaski’s town manager and is quoted in the article saying, “I think after COVID, we and other communities were pleasantly surprised that people started looking at us,” she said. “Some of the developers that […] Read more

BAE Systems Extends Contract for Radford Army Ammunition Plant Through 2026

  Radford, VA – Virginia Business recently published an article detailing that the Radford Army Ammunition Plant has secured an extended contract for operations through 2026. The contract is managed by BAE Systems, which is one of the largest Department of Defense contractors in the world. In the article, Brian Gathright, vice president and general […] Read more

The Future of Trucking Arrives in Pulaski

Pulaski County, VA – Cardinal News recently featured an article titled “In Pulaski, Driving Toward the Future,” highlighting a local electric vehicle manufacturer in the NRV. Trova Commercial Vehicles is making history with a process that enables the transformation of existing diesel trucks to electric. In the article, Patrick Collignon, Trova Founder and CEO, explains […] Read more

CNET.com Features Torc Robotics Leading the Autonomous Trucking Wave of the Future

Montgomery County, VA – TORC, a leader in the unmanned systems industry, continues to roll out groundbreaking technology that puts the growing company and Virginia’s New River Valley on the map. Cnet.com recently featured an article detailing the most exciting companies currently occupying the autonomous truck space. The article, speaks to Torc’s goal of perfecting “level […] Read more

VT Ranks Highly in U.S. News & World Report Top Colleges Rankings

Montgomery County, Va– Virginia Tech has issued a press release detailing an impressive array of top-30 engineering, learning communities, and computer science rankings in the U.S. News & World Report 2022-23 Best Colleges rankings. The rankings utilized 17 different standards of academic quality in its rankings. These include graduation and retention rates, affordability, degree value after graduation, faculty resources, financial resources, […] Read more

Great Ways to Turn Fall into Fun in the NRV

New River Valley, VA – September is a beautiful month in the New River Valley. Daytime temperatures remain summer-like, while crisp evening air subtly transforms the rich green hillsides, mountainsides, and roadsides into vibrant shades of yellow, orange, and red. Autumn is the perfect time of year to gather with friends and family and explore […] Read more

Blacksburg Announces Affordable Housing Fund

Montgomery County, VA – The Town of Blacksburg recently announced that it has established an Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) that aims to serve the moderate to lower-income segment of the population. The fund will utilize money from the American Rescue Plan Act, which was established to aid communities grappling with the economic impacts of COVID-19. The announcement clearly […] Read more