Dorothy Askew and Arizone Brown smile wide when talking about Women in Defense Greater Hampton Roads. As vice president and president, respectively, their happy faces…
From Service to Startups
My father served in the United States Air Force for 27 years. He retired the summer I graduated from Hampton’s Kecoughtan High School after which…
K9s Who Serve
Dogs are faithful companions. They will often follow their human handlers and caretakers into unsure and dangerous territory, including military deployments and hazardous missions. The…
Outreach & Advocacy
The military community is fiercely loyal. Its commitment to serving our nation and one another transcends rank, state lines, national borders and branch affiliations. Providing…
Why NATO Matters
There have been a number of rather high-profile debates in some U.S. political quarters about the importance of NATO and it’s meaning and status in…
Chesapeake Regional is Driving Community Wellness
Marcelo Isaak is a middleman making Chesapeake healthier. A few years ago, Rotarians Stephen Beer and Kenny James approached Isaak, co-chair of the Rotary Club…
Advice for Desk Dwellers
Corey Scarozza often helps people with pain in their necks, backs, hands and arms. Yet he asks them to focus on a different body part…
Dough Boy’s: Resilience is Our Hallmark
The “secret sauce” behind Dough Boy’s Pizza’s success after 35 years and counting in VB CoVaBIZ: First, congratulations on your 35th anniversary. You opened your…
Coastal Virginia’s Aquacultural New Wave
Tom Perry steers a flat-bottom skiff through the gentle Fleets Bay chop and v-lines toward what, lit by the rising sun, appears to be a…
Every Business Needs a Disaster Preparedness Plan
I meet with small business owners every day and most of them share the same pain point: so much to do and so little time.…