March 2001 in Virginia Business:

Cover Story
The tobacco settlement
Virginia's $4.2 billion cut could be the biggest boon the tobacco belt has ever seen. Or it could be a boondoggle serving the rich and out of state

How other states are spending their tobacco money

Does tobacco have a future in making drugs?

News and Features
The Biggest Deals of 2000
An overview of Virginia's top stock offerings, venture funding, and mergers and aquisitions

Golf as masochism
A look at Virginia's toughest courses. (List of courses)

New golf center will develop young golfers

Special Report
Reinventing Richmond
Richmond bounces back
Despite big losses in banks and old-line firms, high tech and diversity bring the capital to life

Downtown's stealthy comeback
New blood is revitalizing downtown Richmond. Obstacles remain, but progress has been steady since the lost decade of the 1980s.

Charlotte: the city that Richmond loves to hate
Banking gains ans strong leadership made Charlotte one of the Sunblet's hottest cities. But does it have a soul other than the almighty dollar?

Fairfax comes to Richmond
Richmond's suburbs survived the 1990s in good shape. But sprawl could be getting out of control

Richmond tries to fix damage done decades ago
A new strategy shores up inner-city neighborhoods

Departments
Minding Your Business
• Never let them see you sweat
• Battlebots
• Shut up and drive
• A material, digital world
• Employment in service-producing industries

Editor's Corner

For the Record

Virginia Weekend

Virginia Ideas