http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/30 Category: Business en-us Copyright 2009 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:36:11 -0500 The city's plan to spruce up 19th Street between the Convention Center and the Oceanfront is getting a boost from the federal stimulus package. Virginia Beach will use $5 million in bonds, allocated to the city by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to buy land for sidewalks. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/stimulus-gives-boost-beach-plan-corridor Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:53:36 -0500 The son of a Portsmouth shipyard worker, Richard N. Knapp didn't find the waterfront all that enticing. After earning an engineering degree from Virginia Tech, he entered the Air Force, serving four years, including one in Vietnam. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/qa-richard-n-knapp-norfolk-international-terminals Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:35:31 -0500 Hebron Cornerstone Church International has leased a 34,400-square-foot building in Virginia Beach to hold church services, operate a child day-care center and use as a training facility, S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. announced. The property at 5565 Virginia Beach Blvd. most recently housed a Goodwill Industries thrift store. It had been built for a Mars Music store. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/church-leases-goodwill-building-hold-services Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:30:41 -0500 After the wood chippers go still and the boilers cool, the International Paper mill outside of Franklin will join a growing list of closed local factories. Nearly 4 million square feet of factory space across the region is dormant or scheduled to close, not including International Paper's plant, which will add hundreds of thousands of square feet to the market when it closes next spring. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/shuttered-factories-pose-big-challenges-communities Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:23:54 -0500 For now, International Paper Co. is one of the largest taxpayers in Isle of Wight County, and the children of some of its employees attend the relatively small school system in Franklin. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/franklin-paper-mill-closure-shrink-tax-coffers Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:09:36 -0500 The No. 6 machine at International Paper's mill outside Franklin ran for the final time Saturday, but its workers will remain in other capacities at the plant through the end of the year, a company spokesman said Friday. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/international-paper-mill-va-ends-copy-paper-production Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:36:46 -0500 By Jaedda Armstrong and Philip Walzer NORFOLK Perfectly Frank, a hot dog and hamburger joint near Old Dominion University, was packed. Every table and nearly every seat at the counter was taken. Plus three tables outside. Same for Boar's Nest Bar & Deli down the street. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/odu-fans-bring-nearby-shops-business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:59 -0500 Dominion Virginia Power has agreed to drop a group of requested rate increases and refund customers more than $129 million under an arrangement with the Virginia attorney general's office. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/dominion-virginia-power-agrees-lower-rates-give-refunds Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:13:21 -0500 TowneBank reported Thursday that its net income rose 11 percent to $7.1 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30, up from $6.4 million in July-to-September last year. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/townebanks-profit-rises-11-deposits-continue-grow Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:58:35 -0500 TowneBank reported Thursday that its net income rose 11 percent to $7.1 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30, up from $6.4 million in July-to-September last year. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/townebanks-earnings-rise-were-diluted-stock-offering Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:21:34 -0500