Virginia Business - April 2003

COVER STORY
Showdown in Loudoun
Smart growthers battle developers as one of the country's fastest-growing counties tries to decide "how fast" and "how much."

Corporate expansions
Lilly, Target lead expansions list for 2002.

REGIONAL REPORT
Rebuilding Danville
Job retraining and research capacity keep this mill town ahead.

How a revived raceway boosts the Danville area

Spotlight on growth and development in Danville

Q&A with Averett University president Dr. Richard Pfau


VIRGINIA IDEAS
What Martinsville can learn from Danville

BUSINESS LAW
Health is law's hot new field
Managed care and complex new laws are fertile grounds for lawyers.

VACATIONS
Norfolk: cruise ship destination
As more lines visit, business picks up at downtown stores and restaurants.

Was that a shiny pigtoe?
Rare species and plants are part of eco-tourism's draw.

SPECIAL PUBLISHER'S FEATURE
Taking the company picnic to new heights

COMMERICAL REAL ESTATE
When creativity works
The most significant real estate projects of 2002.

DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Corner

Minding Your Business
- Smile, you're on covert camera
- What you should know about military leave
- It's OK to cut the rug at this business
- Virginia's labor force projections (chart)

Around the Old Dominion
- Virginia's energy crunch
- Media mogul gives away millions
- Click away for economic development
- LAS: Herndon's name-searching firm
- People: Jim Hall, David M. Willey

For the Record

Virginia Lifestyles
'The purest of human pleasures'

Virginia Weekend
Green Acres is the place to be