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Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Eli Lilly and Company Investment of $5 Billion in Virginia

Eli Lilly and Company, a global leader in pharmaceutical innovation is moving forward with plans for a $5 billion state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that will generate 650 high-wage jobs and 1,800 construction jobs at the West Creek Business Park in Goochland County. Lilly’s announcement reflects a significant expansion beyond original plans for a $2.148 billion investment, creating 468 jobs. The project positions Virginia as a cornerstone of America’s domestic pharmaceutical supply chain, producing both critical drug components and finished medicines.

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In Complete (Climate) Control

Food and beverage, pharmaceutical companies rely on cold chain infrastructure to succeed in Virginia

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Port of Virginia

Inside Virginia’s Warehousing Ecosystem

Careful planning at The Port of Virginia and other key properties has the Commonwealth poised for development

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‘Reimagining the Art of the Possible’

Exploring the possibilities of intermodal transport in Virginia

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Brad Medairy

April 1, 2025

Investments, Tech Partnerships, and the Future of Cyber

A Conversation With Brad Medairy, Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

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Stephen Edwards

The Virginia Model

A Conversation With Stephen Edwards, CEO and Executive Director, The Port of Virginia

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October 15, 2025

The State of American Warehousing

Joe Dunlap, founder of BlueJ Advisors, a supply chain consulting firm for owners, operators, and investors, spoke with VEDP's Vice President of Logistics Eric Jehu about the warehousing ecosystem in Virginia and nationally, how to better incorporate supply chain issues into site selection, and the concept of warehousing as infrastructure.

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October 15, 2025

The Virginia Model

The Port of Virginia CEO Stephen Edwards connects with VEDP's Vice President of Logistics Eric Jehu to discuss the Port's recent improvements and its economic contribution to the Commonwealth.

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October 15, 2025

The Next Cargo Gateway?

Strategic cargo play could make Washington Dulles International Airport Virginia’s next step to logistics dominance.

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October 15, 2025

A Soft Landing for Military Veterans

Virginia has the second-largest population of veterans in the country, with nearly one out of every 10 residents a former service member. The state’s community colleges and veteran job training programs are working in concert with industry to offer veterans numerous options for retraining, within months or even weeks, to well-paying civilian trades and careers in the infrastructure and logistics industries and beyond. 

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Virginia in the News

Virginia is America’s top state for talent. Here’s how we stay there.

Virginia has been named America’s Top State for Business by CNBC a record six times, driven by one key factor: talent. Former Virginia Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Cathie Vick and Virginia Business Higher Education Council President Kirk Cox highlight how internships and work-based learning are critical to connecting students with employers, and helping businesses of all sizes find the talent they need. 

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The Latest From Virginia

See what’s got people clicking this month, from why Virginia is considered "The Silicon Valley of the East" to how the Commonwealth is building the talent pipeline to keep innovation strong.

Amazon HQ2 Rendering, Arlington County

Amazon HQ2 Rendering, Arlington County

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Why Everyone’s Betting on Virginia: The New U.S. Capital of Innovation

Virginia’s quality of life, countryside, coast, transport networks, and smaller, distributed centers make it a potential new model for a state. One in which we burn less fuel, strain infrastructures less, and put less demand on a single megacity. Neighborhoods thrive. Talent and opportunity is free to spread outward.

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Press Release

Technomics to Further Expand Operations in Arlington County

Technomics, Inc., a firm specializing in data- and analytics-driven decision support services, will invest $5,375,750 to expand its operations in Arlington County. 

 

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Brad Medairy

Podcast

“There’s a tremendous number of startups and new and interesting tech coming directly out of Virginia.

It’s important for Booz Allen to be an integral part of that broader tech ecosystem — to know the capabilities and be able to help assemble and bring those capabilities into our client’s mission.

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Candice Ling

Podcast

“The question is how to best mobilize and use AI to support proactive protection.

We’ll see greater reliance on AI to augment what I would call cyber defensive capabilities, how to repel threats before they happen, using AI to be proactive.

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