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Even during a business battering pandemic, Queen of Virginia Skill & Entertainment, powered by Pace-O-Matic, is generating a significant amount of revenue for the Commonwealth of Virginia and its cities and counties.

The company has over 5,700 skill games in restaurants, bars and convenience stores across the Old Dominion. As the result of a new state law, skill game manufacturers and distributors, starting July 1, are required to pay the Commonwealth $1,200 per month for each one. 84% of the taxes go into a new COVID-19 Relief Fund, which the General Assembly will disburse to organizations working to help Virginians struggling with the novel coronavirus. (more…)

NORFOLK, VA (July 8, 2020) – Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads (Habitat SHR) is proud to announce its first Women Build Week, August 3-7 from 8am-5pm daily at 1128 Seaboard Avenue in Chesapeake. The project recruits and empowers women of all ages, backgrounds and industries to come together to build a home for a qualified, low-income family and make a powerful and visible impact in our local community through affordable housing.

Women Build Week 2020 is a chance to gain skills on a build site and, in addition, introduce women to the construction trades as a career path. The volunteer women groups who participate will assist Habitat SHR in the framing of the house. (more…)

TowneBank and Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD) have finalized the purchase of the Norfolk Southern Tower at 3 Commercial Place in downtown Norfolk as well as the adjoining Commercial Place parking garage at 520 East Main Street owned by the City of Norfolk. Closing on both the office tower acquisition and the garage occurred simultaneously on June 23. While TowneBank and CHKD now jointly own the tower and the garage and will share the space equally, Norfolk Southern will continue to occupy several of the floors until the end of 2021.

“TowneBank and CHKD are both respected corporate citizens and assets to our community,” says Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Cooper Alexander.  “Their significant investment reinforces Norfolk’s downtown as the urban employment hub of the region.” Alexander is pleased that nearly 900 people will eventually work in the tower, several hundred more than are presently there from Norfolk Southern. (more…)

March 24, 2020 (Norfolk, Va.) – Most Hampton Roads residents will return to their normal lives and careers when the COVID-19 pandemic passes.

But not the thousands of high school seniors in the area who will be in college next fall, some far from home. The months between now and then are critical, particularly regarding where they are accepted, choose to attend, and how they will pay for their higher education. (more…)

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Virginia’s 95 counties have a new target to raise revenue: the restaurants, attractions and hotels that entertain and host locals and visitors alike. That has prompted the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging and Travel Association (VRLTA) that represents those venues, to oppose two bills now under consideration in the General Assembly that would give counties the authority to raise potentially job-killing taxes to finance non-tourism related functions. (more…)

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TowneBank is inviting civic and business leaders in the Triad to an official grand opening of its first office in the region. A brief ceremony and reception will take place on January 9 at 5:30 p.m. at the branch located at 802 Green Valley Road in Greensboro. News media is invited to attend. At the event, Towne will announce recipients of monetary grants to two local non-profits.

“We chose the Triad because we believe it is a growing area with active businesses and engaged residents who are looking for a local bank that serves others and enriches lives,” says G. Robert Aston, Jr., Executive Chairman and CEO of the 20-year old financial institution. Towne now has 42 offices from Hampton Roads to Richmond, Virginia and from Charlotte to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. “We have assembled a great team in the Triad,” says Aston, “and expect to expand our presence into High Point and Winston Salem over the next several years. I know that the community appreciates seeing a new company come to the market that is upbeat about its economic potential and eager to make a positive impact in the community.” (more…)

Norfolk, VA – Richmond Ballet, The State Ballet of Virginia, and its beloved holiday tradition, The Nutcracker, returns to Chrysler Hall December 6-8 with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra playing for all four performances.

The Nutcracker will feature not only the company’s full roster of professional dancers and trainees, but also more than 100 accomplished local dance students from across Hampton Roads and North Carolina. These students rehearse weekly for three months for the unique opportunity to perform in a professional ballet production. (more…)

October 16, 2019 (Norfolk, Va.) – ACCESS College Foundation will hold its 2019 Annual Luncheon at Noon on October 22, 2019 at Norfolk Waterside Marriott. Since 1988, ACCESS has assisted nearly 70,000 local public high school students with enrolling in a certification or degree program.

Each fall ACCESS stages this event to thank its family of supporters throughout Hampton Roads, Northampton County and Western Tidewater, as well as report annual accomplishments to stakeholders and the community. Over 350 members of the business community will be in attendance this year. (more…)

Norfolk, VA — Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads and local Bank of America employees will come together in Chesapeake (1902 Stonehurst Street) as part of Bank of America’s sixth Global Build. From October 5-12, a record number of nearly 2,800 bank volunteers worldwide are working alongside homeowners to help build, rehabilitate or repair homes, helping to address affordable housing needs in 107 communities across nine countries, the largest Global Build to date.

“Affordable housing is fundamental for individuals and families to achieve economic mobility,” said Charlie Henderson, Hampton Roads Senior Vice President and Market President for Bank of America. “Renewing our partnership with Habitat for Humanity and engaging our employee volunteers is one way we can help empower our community as part of our approach to responsible growth.”

Bank of America in Hampton Roads and Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads have partnered since 2004. In that time, the Bank of America Foundation has provided significant funding for five homes in Virginia Beach and nine homes in Suffolk.

The build events in Chesapeake are part of the week-long effort that takes place throughout Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, South Africa and the U.S.

Habitat and Bank of America have partnered nationally for more than 30 years, helping homeowners build or improve the places they call home. Each year, #BofAVolunteers give more than 40,000 hours to Habitat in their communities through board service, home build initiatives and financial literacy training for future Habitat homeowners.