RICHMOND - Governor Jim Gilmore today announced the award of a $3.2 million research grant that will allow the Institute for Computational Genomics, Inc. (INCOGEN), the College of William and Mary and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech (VBI) to create a cooperative bioinformatics program. INCOGEN will invest $2.4 million to relocate from South Carolina to the Busch Corporate Center in James City County. 

The resources, regulatory environment, and collaboration that feed Virginia's surging craft beverage industry.

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Rendering of The LEGO Group's Chesterfield County manufacturing facility

Piecing Together a Sustainable Future

Walk-in step van manufacturer sources and screens employees with assistance from the new Virginia Talent Accelerator Program.

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Carry-On Trailer, Westmoreland County

Virginia is a national leader in the cybersecurity and technology industries, offering tech firms access to the highest concentration of tech talent and the third-largest tech industry workforce in the country.

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Sabra, Chesterfield County

The innovative Virginia Cyber Range is giving students in Virginia - and beyond - a chance to hone their cybersecurity skills.

RICHMOND - In just two years, eight companies that participated in the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s (VEDP) two-year Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program increased annual international sales by 30 percent. Launched in January 2002, the program assists exporters in the Commonwealth that have firmly established domestic operations and are committed to international exporting as an expansion strategy. The graduating class began the program with a combined $22,450,921 in annual international sales.

Accelerators and investors help startups refine ideas and prove promising concepts.