Region 2 News
- New Amazon hub adds 150+ jobs, boosts Amherst tax base and promises faster deliveries (WSET)
- Entrepreneur Resource Center Opens at VTCRC, Creating a New Front Door for Founders (VT CRC)
- Gov. Spanberger announces $15.3 million in GO Virginia funding to grow Virginia’s economy (WSLS)
- Tech Briefs: Grant money flows to 3D manufacturing in Southwest, Southside (Cardinal News)
- New lab removes barrier between research and patient care (Virginia Tech News)
- Grant to boost advanced manufacturing in Virginia (AdvancedManufacturing.org)
- $4.2 million grant strengthens region’s advanced manufacturing future (Virginia Tech News)
- Randolph College receives GO Virginia grant to expand mechanical engineering program (Lynchburg News and Advance)
- Cardinal Commerce Notes: Credit union steps into NRV, Bobe to begin new role in Danville, Randolph College mechanical engineering to get a boost, loan to help restart Henry County sawmill (Cardinal News)
- Randolph receives Go Virginia grant to expand mechanical engineering program (Randolph College News)
Torc Supports GO Virginia–Funded Effort to Align Autonomous Vehicle Workforce Training Across the Commonwealth (Business Wire)
- $6.2 million in growth & opportunity VA grants awarded for 10 projects
(WDBJ7)
- Project Rise takes advantage of grant money to help young entrepreneurs grow (WSLS)
- Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces $6.2 Million in Growth and Opportunity Virginia Grants
(Virginia.gov)
- GO Virginia awards technology, life sciences grants (Cardinal News)
- $2.8M Growth & Opportunity Grants (New River Valley News)
- Youngkin awards GO Virginia grants for tech and manufacturing (WFXR)
- $6.8M in Grants Fuel Virginia’s Growth, Says Youngkin (The Roanoke Star)
- Youngkin announces more than $6 million in grants to expand Virginia (WRIC)
- GO Virginia grant boosts biotech in Roanoke, New River Valley
(Virginia Business)
- Report highlights GO Virginia initiative's impact in Amherst County (Lynchburg News and Advance)
- Group works to highlight high-tech manufacturing in New River Valley, Danville regions (Cardinal News)
- NRV Poised to Benefit from Project VITAL (Onward New River Valley)
- Virginia Tech leads $4.9M biotech initiative to accelerate medical breakthroughs (13 News Now)
- Statewide initiative aims to position Virginia as a leading hub for biotechnology innovation (Virginia Tech News)
- Project Vital bringing millions in funding to Roanoke-Blacksburg’s life sciences
(Cardinal News)
- 'Curious Conversations' podcast: James Harder talks about emerging tech and entrepreneurship (Virginia Tech News)
- Randolph holds ribbon cutting for new robotics lab (Randolph College News)
- Randolph receives Go Virginia funding for new major
(Randolph College News)
- Tech entrepreneurship takes root (Virginia Tech News)
- Project providing clean manufacturing space comes to Roanoke (Cardinal News)
- Get2KnowNoke Launches Transformational Tool for Talent Attraction and Community Connectivity (The Roanoke Star)
- A program developed in SWVa will serve as a statewide model to address a shortage of health care workers (Cardinal News)
- Radford University gets grant to collaborate on IT and cybersecurity (The Roanoke Times)
- Radford University receives grant over $200k to strengthen IT & Cybersecurity workforce development (WFXR)
- Radford University secures GO Virginia grant to strengthen IT and Cybersecurity workforce development
(Radford University News)
- Abingdon workforce hub gets $1.5 million gift; more … (Cardinal News)
- GO Virginia economic development program is improving regional collaboration, state study finds (Cardinal News)
- Two out-of-town businesses are part of the Roanoke-based regional accelerator’s fall 2023 class
(Cardinal News)
- Two regional projects get green light (The Roanoke Times)
- GO Virginia announces 2 awards in Southwest Virginia; more … (Cardinal News)
- Bedford firing up tech training (Virginia Business)
- This steel mill closed in 2020. It’s being turned into a technical training center. (Cardinal News)
- 'A spring in the desert': Bedford Town EDA has big plans for workforce training center
(The News & Advance)
- Falling Branch Corporate Park Phase II receives GO Virginia funding (WDBJ7)
- Falling Branch Corporate Park to undergo Phase II of development in Montgomery County (WSET)
- GO Virginia grants benefit economic growth projects throughout the region (WDBJ7)
- Gov. Youngkin announces over $8.1 million in GO Virginia grants (WSLS)
- Two Lynchburg-area business orgs receive grant to build Center for Entrepreneurship (The News & Advance)
- Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance plans to open Center for Entrepreneurship (WSET)
- Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance awarded funds to develop center for entrepreneurship (WSET)
- GO Virginia awards $880,000 to Bedford, Lynchburg projects (Cardinal News)
- Local projects receive state funding to further grow economy (WDBJ7)
- If the Blacksburg-Roanoke-Lynchburg area wants a regional tech hub, here’s a chance to help write the rules (Cardinal News)
- House budget proposal would create program to pay tech workers $10,000 to move to New River-Roanoke-Lynchburg area (Cardinal News)
- Bank of Botetourt Names Austin its 7th President and Appoints to Board of Directors; Names CEO Hayth as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors (Cision PR Newswire)
- More lab space is being built in Blacksburg and Roanoke (Cardinal News)
- Lynchburg program recruits women for machining careers (Cardinal News)
- Lynchburg students explore careers before graduation with new internship program (The News & Advance)
- City of Lynchburg, Campbell County, and LYH Regional team up for exciting new project (WSET)
- Botetourt Technical Education Center gets GO VA Grant, will add 10 new welding booths (WSET)
- Botetourt High School Welding Program Gets A Boost (WFIR)
- Botetourt Technical Education Center receives grant funding to expand welding program (WDBJ7)
- GO Virginia approves $190K for airport project (The News & Advance)
- GO Virginia grant to bolster next-generation transportation, manufacturing workforce (VT News)
- Blockchain Certificate Program creates a space for new ideas and applications (VT News)
December 9, 2025: GO Virginia Region 2 Press Release
December 4, 2025: GO Virginia Implementation Budget Template
December 4, 2025: GO Virginia Planning Budget Template
November 12, 2025: GO Virginia Region 2 Press Release
November 10, 2025: GO Virginia Region 2 Press Release
October 29, 2025: State of the Region Event; Positioning Virginia for the Future
October 29, 2025: State of the Region Event; Growth and Diversification Plan Presentation Slides
September 10, 2025: GO Virginia Region 2 Press Release
August 8, 2025: GO Virginia Region 2 Press Release
June 10, 2025: GO Virginia Region 2 Press Release
February 5, 2025: GO Virginia Region 2 Press Release
November 26, 2024 - GO Virginia Region 2 November Newsletter
September 12, 2024 - GO Virginia Region 2 Executive Committee Memo
September 9, 2024 - GO Virginia Region 2 September Newsletter
July 15, 2024 - GO Virginia Region 2 July Newsletter
June 10, 2024 - GO Virginia Region 2 Executive Committee Memo
April 17, 2024 - GO Virginia Region 2 April Newsletter
February 19, 2024 - GO Virginia Region 2 February Newsletter
Region 2 Contacts
Jemma Sabokrouh
Program Manager
jemma@vt.edu
Emmalee Wagner
Program Coordinator
emmaleewagner@vt.edu
Barb Reibsamen
Program Coordinator
barbielee@vt.edu
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