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Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Eli Lilly and Company Investment of $5 Billion in Virginia

Eli Lilly and Company, a global leader in pharmaceutical innovation is moving forward with plans for a $5 billion state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that will generate 650 high-wage jobs and 1,800 construction jobs at the West Creek Business Park in Goochland County. Lilly’s announcement reflects a significant expansion beyond original plans for a $2.148 billion investment, creating 468 jobs. The project positions Virginia as a cornerstone of America’s domestic pharmaceutical supply chain, producing both critical drug components and finished medicines.

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Get2KnowNoke: How the Roanoke Regional Partnership changed the narrative to attract young talent to Virginia's Blue Ridge

For years, the Roanoke Region faced a familiar challenge: young professionals saw it as a place to leave, not a destination to build a career. This spurred the creation of Roanoke Regional Partnership’s talent attraction brand, Get2KnowNoke – an innovative talent initiative that's helping rewrite Roanoke's story and achieve remarkable results. 

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Second Chance Hiring: A Business Proposition for Virginia Employers

By approaching second chance hiring as a strategic business decision rather than a social initiative, Virginia employers can address workforce shortages while building stronger communities — a true win-win proposition for the Commonwealth. 

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Delta Star Inc. Expands Lynchburg Manufacturing Facility

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Delta Star Inc., a manufacturer of power transformers and mobile substations for the electrical grid, will invest $35 million to expand their Lynchburg operations.

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Luna Labs to Expand Research and Development Operations in Charlottesville

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Luna Labs USA, LLC, a product development company accelerating breakthrough solutions to multiple industries, will invest $200,000 to expand its operations in the City of Charlottesville.

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Brad Medairy

April 1, 2025

Investments, Tech Partnerships, and the Future of Cyber

A Conversation With Brad Medairy, Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

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Downtown Roanoke

Integer to Expand Medical Device Manufacturing Operations in Salem

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Integer, a global medical contract developer and manufacturing organization, plans to make a significant investment over the next five years to expand its operations in the City of Salem.

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September 19, 2025

Get2KnowNoke: How the Roanoke Regional Partnership changed the narrative to attract young talent to Virginia's Blue Ridge

For years, the Roanoke Region faced a familiar challenge: young professionals saw it as a place to leave, not a destination to build a career. This spurred the creation of Roanoke Regional Partnership’s talent attraction brand, Get2KnowNoke – an innovative talent initiative that's helping rewrite Roanoke's story and achieve remarkable results. 

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Virginia is America’s top state for talent. Here’s how we stay there.

Virginia has been named America’s Top State for Business by CNBC a record six times, driven by one key factor: talent. Former Virginia Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Cathie Vick and Virginia Business Higher Education Council President Kirk Cox highlight how internships and work-based learning are critical to connecting students with employers, and helping businesses of all sizes find the talent they need. 

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The Latest From Virginia

See what’s got people clicking this month, from why Virginia is considered "The Silicon Valley of the East" to how the Commonwealth is building the talent pipeline to keep innovation strong.

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Amazon HQ2 Rendering, Arlington County

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Why Everyone’s Betting on Virginia: The New U.S. Capital of Innovation

Virginia’s quality of life, countryside, coast, transport networks, and smaller, distributed centers make it a potential new model for a state. One in which we burn less fuel, strain infrastructures less, and put less demand on a single megacity. Neighborhoods thrive. Talent and opportunity is free to spread outward.

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Technomics to Further Expand Operations in Arlington County

Technomics, Inc., a firm specializing in data- and analytics-driven decision support services, will invest $5,375,750 to expand its operations in Arlington County. 

 

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Brad Medairy

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“There’s a tremendous number of startups and new and interesting tech coming directly out of Virginia.

It’s important for Booz Allen to be an integral part of that broader tech ecosystem — to know the capabilities and be able to help assemble and bring those capabilities into our client’s mission.

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Candice Ling

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“The question is how to best mobilize and use AI to support proactive protection.

We’ll see greater reliance on AI to augment what I would call cyber defensive capabilities, how to repel threats before they happen, using AI to be proactive.

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