VCU College of Engineering, partners develop plan to strengthen emerging business cluster
Published Saturday, Apr. 24, 2021, 8:34 pm
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A coalition of regional economic development, private business and higher education leaders is mobilizing to build a global cluster of advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing, research and development in Richmond and Petersburg.
Under a planning grant from Growth and Opportunity for Virginia, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering and its team this week announced a strategy for the region to nurture and grow an interrelated network that would drive new businesses and job growth and ultimately improve access to safe, effective a
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The planned Amazon robotics fulfillment center in Henrico County is expected to add more than 1,000 new jobs to the company s Virginia workforce. (Paul Hennessy/Shutterstock)
HENRICO COUNTY, VA Amazon plans to build a new robotics fulfillment center on a 119-acre site at the Richmond Raceway in Henrico County, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. The facility, the first of its kind in central Virginia, is expected to open in 2022.
The company will build a multi-story, 650,000-square-foot facility with robotics technology at the site, adding more than 1,000 new jobs to Amazon s existing workforce of 27,000 full- and part-time employees in the state.
Biotech firm Grenova to invest $10M, add 250 jobs at new Diamond-area HQ
April 21, 2021
Taking part in the groundbreaking were, from left: Secretary of Commerce and Trade Brian Ball, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, Gov. Ralph Northam, Grenova CEO Ali Safavi, Del. Jeff Bourne and Richmond Economic Development Director Leonard Sledge. (
Jonathan Spiers photos)
A homegrown health tech firm’s move across the river is coming with a $10 million investment expected to create hundreds of jobs over the next three years.
City and state officials gathered Tuesday for a ceremonial groundbreaking of the future home of Grenova, a biotech firm that’s moving from Southside’s Clopton Siteworks to the former Sampson Coatings facility at 1900 Ellen Road, about a block off Arthur Ashe Boulevard across from The Diamond.