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Virginia Beach is the perfect match
for talented citizens and quality employers
In a recent letter to the editor of
the local newspaper, a resident called Virginia Beach
"the city of perfect geography…within an
hour of Williamsburg and the North Carolina Outer Banks,
just three to the D.C. monuments, Wintergreen skiing
or Shenandoah hiking."
He also described pristine scenes of "blue
herons rising from Back Bay; ospreys nesting in First
Landing
State Park; lines of pelicans floating over the Boardwalk
at dusk, and cool winter sunsets painting the sand,
sea and sky pink."
Virginia Beach is a place where you never stop discovering what life has to
offer. And the luckiest ones are the more than 435,000 residents of Virginia's
most populous city. Across Virginia Beach, business is booming, with high-quality
residential areas sprouting to accommodate people who understand that although
the city is framed by the Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, a sprawling farming
community and wildlife refuges, its heartbeat is in a growing legion of technologically
oriented companies that are at the forefront of American industry.
Strong employers like Direct Holdings Lillian Vernon Corp. and Time-Life, Stihl
Inc., GEICO, Amerigroup Corp., Science Applications International Corp. and
Lifenet are expanding their presence, adding thousands of well-paying new jobs
and millions in additional capital investment. In the past two years alone,
corporations announced nearly $400 million in business expansions and relocations
in Virginia Beach.
Why? Because they came, they looked, they compared and they chose Virginia
Beach, not just because there is sunning, swimming, surfing, sailing relaxing
and championship golf just moments from the office. Not just because the public
school system is one of the nation's best, with specialized high school academies
in math, science, law, the arts, health sciences and technology, the latter
housed in the Advanced Technology Center (the heart of what makes Virginia
Beach a Perfect MATCH for talented citizens and quality employers). And lastly,
not just because Virginia Beach rests in a region, rich in educational, cultural,
recreational and entertainment amenities.
No, they were also drawn to the skilled, motivated, productive and available
work force, which includes many workers who are military trained and disciplined.
That's why more and more firms in such fields as high performance manufacturing,
defense and homeland security, computer hardware and software development and
Internet technology are eyeing Virginia Beach for new locations.
Virginia Beach additionally is investing
wisely in both its human and physical infrastructure.
In the heart of the city's Central Business
District, the
Town Center of Virginia Beach has become the talk of the New Urbanism
movement. On 17 carefully laid out blocks, a 21-story Class-A office
tower is now
flanked by financial institutions, high-end retail stores and a
thriving entertainment
and restaurant district, featuring Ruth’s Chris Steak House, P.F. Chang’s
China Bistro, Bravo! Cucina Italiana, The Cheesecake Factory and
The Funny Bone Comedy Club. Opening soon will be cosmopolitan luxury
apartments,
and on the way is a stunning performing arts center and an upscale
Westin Hotel
and condominium complex, rising 37 stories into the sky.
Closer to the shore, Virginia Beach is this summer debuting phase one of a
$200 million convention center with facilities for major conferences and trade
shows that are second to none. To house Virginia Beach's more than 3 million
annual visitors, new hotels are rising along the city's famed oceanfront.
The Department of Economic Development is ready to help make Virginia Beach
a Perfect Match for You. Call Don Maxwell or Robert Ruhl at 1-800-989-4567
or go online at www.yesvirginiabeach.com to learn why Virginia Beach is a match
for your company and lifestyle.
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