GUEST COLUMN By Billy Foster As a community bank, we’re well aware of the conversations people are having about the recent turbulence in the U.S.…
Progress & Preservation: Wetlands Studies and Solutions, Inc
Small Business Spotlight | Wetlands Studies and Solutions, Inc. What may appear to the untrained eye as commonplace swamps are actually important wetlands that serve…
She’s Got the Power: Selma Spratley
One summer while a student at Hampton University, Selma Spratley got a part-time job that changed her life. A psychology major, she was considering graduate…
A Personal Touch in a Digital Age
Small Business Spotlight | Jacobson Fine Papers & Gifts In an era of email and texting, there’s one thing that technology will never replace –…
What’s the Status of Coastal Virginia’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem?
The dialog was flowing at this summer’s HR Chamber-Strome Business Series panel discussion, “Developing an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Hampton Roads.” But the time we had…
Under the Hood
American Pride Automotive (APA) might just be the most appropriately named business on the west side of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel. The operations of…
Nasoni Fountain Faucets Are Making a Splash
Inspired by the traditional “nasoni” street water fountains found in Rome, Nasoni Company founder, President and CEO Steve Waddell is engineering a range of aesthetically…
Created in CoVa: Rodgers’ Puddings
When Reggie Rodgers was growing up on a small farm in Holly Springs, Mississippi, his mother’s banana pudding was a popular staple, gracing the tables…
Created in CoVa: Clean Cut Woodworks & Jars of Dust
Clean Cut Woodworks Custom Heirloom Quality Furniture Imagine. Design. Realize. In Ben Bartholomew’s Chesapeake woodworking shop, even the workbenches and tool chests are custom-built things…
Coastal Virginia Business Milestones
If starting a business were easy, everyone would do it, as they say. But starting a business doesn’t hold a candle to sustaining one over…