Virginia Business - June 2006

COVER STORY / THE VIRGINIA 100
Entrepreneurs are swelling the ranks of the rich.

The Virginia 100

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PROFILES
- Rajendra and Neera Singh
- Randal J. Kirk
- Rodney P. Hunt
- Daniel A. Hoffler
- Roger Mody

The art of giving

UPSCALE PROPERTIES
- Living the high life:Empty nesters seek city-center environment in luxury condos.
- In the works:High-rise condominium projects around the state

REGIONAL REPORT: SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE
- A downtown for Smith Mountain Lake? Commercial development is trying to catch up with rising year-round population.
- LakeWatch Plantation trying to preserve green space
- Jeweler caters to well-heeled clientele

ENGINEERING/IT SCHOOLS
- Bridging the gap: Virginia engineering schools create innovative strategies to address national engineer shortage.
- Sweet Briar College offers students a chance to tackle real-world problems
- Engineering and IT schools directory

DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Corner
- Creating wealth in the 21st century

Looking Back
- Gosport shipyard launched Hampton Roads shipbuilding

Around the Old Dominion
- Royal Caribbean plan will boost Norfolk's cruise industry
- Virginia takes the lead in creating high-tech jobs
- Alcoa's Stuarts Draft plant goes on the block
- Armored-car retrofitter to relocate from Florida to Danville
- Roanoke Electric Steel is under new ownership
- ODU, Tidewater Community College plan programs for maritime industry

Followups
An update on companies and trends featured in recent issues:
- Improvements to the Port of Hampton Roads
- Herndon-Dulles outreach to Hispanic business community
- NLRB ruling against Smithfield Foods

Reporter's Notebook
Notes and thoughts from the travels of Virginia Business writers and editors

For the Record
Mergers & acqusitions	Cutbacks, closings	Stocks, financing
Deals	Products, services	Legal, regulatory
New plants	Divestitures	Noteworthy
People	Expansions
Contracts	Real estate