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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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In Complete (Climate) Control

Food and beverage, pharmaceutical companies rely on cold chain infrastructure to succeed in Virginia

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Port of Virginia

Inside Virginia’s Warehousing Ecosystem

Careful planning at The Port of Virginia and other key properties has the Commonwealth poised for development

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‘Reimagining the Art of the Possible’

Exploring the possibilities of intermodal transport in Virginia

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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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Stephen Edwards

The Virginia Model

A Conversation With Stephen Edwards, CEO and Executive Director, The Port of Virginia

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April 18, 2023

Plenty Puts Down Roots in Virginia with World’s Largest Vertical Farm Campus

After looking at five other states and considering a number of locations, Plenty selected Chesterfield County, Virginia, to establish the world’s largest indoor vertical farming campus—a $300 million investment that will create more than 300 full-time jobs. The Plenty Richmond Farm Campus marks the company’s expansion beyond the U.S. West Coast and aims to bring fresh, healthy produce to the East Coast year-round.

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January 19, 2022

Virginia and Sabra Partner on World’s Largest Hummus Facility

In 2018, Sabra broke ground on its third expansion, adding 40,000 square feet to the Chesterfield County plant for new cold storage space and more than doubling its finished goods storage capacity. The expansion also provided space for future packaging customization capabilities.

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June 14, 2018

Meta Friends Virginia

Virginia offers Meta the full package: infrastructure with room to grow, access to renewable energy, and a talented pool of employees to keep the Henrico Data Center online for years to come.

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May 24, 2018

CoStar Group Explores New Research Home

The largest real estate data firm in the U.S. wanted a home that will attract new college graduates – the majority of its workforce – and be affordable enough to retain talent.

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Virginia in the News

Virginia is for innovators

Building on an enviable talent base, the commonwealth has developed a complete innovation ecosystem—from breakthrough research labs to the headquarters of global disruptors—that is impacting lives across the globe.

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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

Podcast

“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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