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…
Behind the BIZ: Hampton Roads Executive Airport
By Beth Hester What began more than 60 years ago as a sleepy airfield sporting grass runways and gravel roads, has since become a major…
Woman-owned in Onancock
Small businesses owned by women in Eastern Shore town a key part of the economic vitality communities like it need to thrive Pundits are fond…
Behind the BIZ: Ynot Italian
Popular eatery, with locations around Coastal Virginia, still growing strong after 28 years By Barrett Baker Tony DiSilvestro, the founder and CEO of Ynot Italian,…
Mühlbauer Remains at the Forefront of Smart Card and RFID Technology Manufacturing
By David David Paul Kleinman Photos courtesy of the City of Newport News Mühlbauer Inc., which has made Newport News its American home since 2009,…
A Revolution in Virginia Hops Farming
By Eric J. Wallace Photos by David Uhrin In 2014, 69-year-old Machipongo native Dixon Leatherbury was at a crossroads. He’d recently sold a chain of…
Dogtown and Dog Perk Create a Place for Dogs to Go
By Betsy DiJulio What does a petroleum engineer with a newly minted degree from Louisiana State University do when oil field prices plummet? He opens…
BCF Agency Celebrates Third-Generation of Ownership
By Grace Silipigni A 1986 headline reads, “Ad agency grows to be biggest at Beach.” The agency, Barker, Campbell & Farley, had just celebrated its…
Köehler Books Enables Authors as an Independent Boutique Publisher
By Ryan Miller Photos by David Uhrin Köehler Books’ North End studio space in Virginia Beach, at the home of President and Publisher John Köehler,…
JES is One of the Fastest Expanding Companies in the Nation
By Ryan Miller JES Founders and Co-Owners Jesse and Stella Waltz and CEO Matt Malone. Photo by David Uhrin. Reaching a milestone this year with…