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- An uncertain future - The Roanoke City Market Building will soon close for renovations. What can we expect when it reopens?...
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- Program trains workers, job seekers for greener future - Federal stimulus money is funding job training programs across the Blue Ridge region....
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- Program hopes to generate spark of interest in science among girls - ...
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- End credits roll for video store - ...
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- Organization fosters greener transit - Jeremy Holmes, program director of RIDE Solutions, on greener commuting options for the Blue Ridge region....
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- Business of Baseball - Is minor league ball recession proof?...
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- One question ... with Deb Castelli, owner of Deb's Lemonade - What's the secret to running a successful lemonade stand?...
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- Musician's passions: keys and trees - Chuck Leavell, Rolling Stones keyboardist and environmentalist, visited Virginia Tech to talk about tree farming and eco-preneurship....
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- Jeweler marks 8 decades - ...
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- More opinions on Roanoke regional growth - We asked Blue Ridge Business Journal readers to weigh in on how — and whether — the Roanoke region should grow. Here’s what some of you had to say....
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- Is the Roanoke Valley region growing as it should? - Community leaders weigh in...
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- Q & A with Wayne Flippen, director of the Roanoke Regional Small Business Development Center. - Flippen discusses the challenges of helping small businesses when financing is tight....
- Small business development groups
shift focus from startup to survival. - Helping central and western Virginia business owners reorganize their plans...
- Virginia's population is on the rise - ...
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- Editor's Note - Our distribution network is growing again....
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- Editor's note: connecting with the Blue Ridge Business Journal - We're making it easier than ever to connect with the Blue Ridge Business Journal -- in print, online and now on the air....
- Editor's note: New year, new business journal - ...
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- Editor's note: New Business Journal team, new Web site - ...
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- Va. Tech professors connect with Iraqi universities - ...
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- Ferrum College Executives in Residence program kicks off with former General Motors exec - ...
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- New rail service adds to Lynchburg travel options - ...
- The Shopping Mall
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or Alive? - As the recession continues to shake up consumer spending, these onceshining
symbols of American capitalism fight for diminishing dollars...
- Building the American Dream - Ghana immigrant and Lynchburg entrepreneur/master craftsman
Thomas Johnson arrived in the U.S. with $20 in his pocket and a skill...
- The Green Mainstream - Even in the historic home of railroads, tobacco and industrial
manufacturing, the mainstream consumer of Southwest and
Central Virginia is embracing green, organic and fair trade...
- Eco-tips - Regional Companies are pushing paperless...
- Eco-Tips - A healthy, hygienic work environment...
- Danville: A phoenix on the rise - Don't dismiss Danville. The city is taking a proactive, cooperative approach to recharge its sputtering economy....
- Trigger Happiness - T.R.U. Ball, a family-owned business in Madison Heights, takes aim at a lucrative sporting niche...
- Reaching out to seniors - They're smart, they're savvy and they've got money to spend. But how to reach them?...
- Stuck in the middle - The dilemna of the 'sandwich generation'...
- Poetic Vandalism - designer and Lynchburg city planner Becca McCharen...
- Book Review - The Green Business Guide...
- Fly fishing is catching on - This ancient art and science is slowly but surely moving towards the mainstream...
- Eco-Tips - Part of the problem or part of the solution?...
- Book Review - Start Where You Are
By Chris Gardner... - Sweet Spots in the recession - Despite—or perhaps because of—sour times, small, niche confectionary businesses are savoring success...
- Double Impact - American auto culture is changing. As car sales slow to a sputter, over 55,000 employees tied to the
industry throughout the Commonwealth worry over job security. The shift has revealed a surprising bright spot for business, however, as garages and
after-market parts manufacturers are cashing in...
- Book Review - Blue Collar & Proud of It by Joe
Lamacchia with Bridget Samburg...
- Book Review - Your Call Is (not that) Important to Us...
- Roanoke company peddles green
nostalgia with its Silver Tears Campers - His campers evoke the feel of the 1930s and '40s, says John Davis, but with the amenities of today's camper...
- Pothole politics in South-Central Virginia - Despite an influx of stimulus spending, many sorely-needed public works projects are willfully ignored...
- H.L. Lawson - Even as many of its clients and competitors are dying out, a can-do, customer-responsive mantra keeps this Roanoke-based powerhouse flourishing...
- Camrett Logistics - Just 12 years ago Camrett began on the cutting edge of the industry, where it remains today; the company slashes costs and saves time for its clients by taking in commodities and preparing them for distribution...
- The timely message of the Pink Cadillac - As businesses struggle to stay afloat in dire times, each solvent client becomes more and more precious.
The Mary Kay message may provide clues to massaging these key relationships and developing a strong market presence...
- Where's the Beef? - Grocers are seizing economic opportunities served up by the recession: while ‘impulse buys’ and luxury brands may be hurting, store brands are hot commodities. The lesson here: in times of want, it’s more important than ever to be proactive in delivering what the consumer hungers for...
- A tale of two careers - With layoffs and cutbacks widespread, many professionals are forced to consider a career-change. Meet two folks who
braved strange waters; why they did it and how it’s affected their lives...
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