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Auria’s planned Reston hub pairs 78 new jobs with mission-system testing
The aerospace and national-security company plans a $1.8 million East Coast headquarters investment in Fairfax County.
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A return to the Valley shaped Del Curry’s Winchester practice
Del Curry studied close to home before his professional education took him to Texas. He attended Shenandoah University and Laurel Ridge Community College, then earned his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees at Texas Chiropractic College. After graduating, he returned to the Shenandoah Valley to open his practice.
Nov 4, 2026
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Chris Miller’s route to ownership at Moss began on a gutter crew
Chris Miller joined Moss Home Improvement in 1986 as a gutter installer. More than two decades later, he bought the Danville-area business from its retiring founder, Marvin Moss.
Nov 4, 2026
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Blackwater Nursery connects a Franklin County garden center to a family growing tradition
Blackwater Nursery & Landscaping dates its Franklin County business to 1978, but the family’s nursery history reaches further back. In 1900, Emmett Washington Jones established Jones Nursery in Carroll County, beginning the growing tradition that Blackwater traces in its own account of the company.
Nov 4, 2026
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At River’s Bend Ranch, wedding weekends share the ground with a working farm
Susan McConnell Corbett’s parents bought the farm that became River’s Bend Ranch in the 1970s. Today she carries on the family’s work at a property where wedding guests, horseback riders and livestock occupy different parts of the same landscape.
Nov 4, 2026
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A church-basement beginning led C. F. Richards to Sterling Street
C. F. Richards Christian School began in the basement of Staunton’s Seventh-day Adventist church in 1956. Three years later, it moved to Sterling Street, where the school continues to welcome students today.
Nov 4, 2026
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Valley Comfort’s Harrisonburg work reaches from home furnaces to restaurant coolers
A crane lifting equipment to a roof and a before-and-after furnace replacement appear in the same project gallery at Valley Comfort Systems. Together, they show the two sides of the Harrisonburg contractor’s work: heating and cooling for homes, and systems that keep commercial buildings operating.
Nov 4, 2026
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A move to Central Virginia gave Six33 Mortgage’s broker a new local beginning
Joel Battige brought a long lending career to Central Virginia, but a move from Florida still meant building new professional relationships. That transition was among the subjects of his July appearance on the local podcast Talk Local To Me.
Nov 4, 2026
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Bill Meador built a Roanoke agency around the ability to compare
When Bill Meador opened his own insurance agency in 2012, he had already spent seven years in the industry. He chose an independent model, giving his Roanoke office the ability to seek policies from several insurers rather than representing only one.
Nov 4, 2026
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Behind South Hill rentals, Pointe Realty’s team organizes the daily work
A rental repair reaches more than one person before the work is finished. At Pointe Realty Group’s property-management division, Karen Kleinschmidt coordinates vendors and the work orders assigned to them. Her background in accounting and customer service fits a role that connects a property’s needs with the people doing the work.
Nov 4, 2026
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Farm experience and formal training meet at Community Animal Clinic
Kay Reasor’s work with animals extends beyond the exam room. The Community Animal Clinic veterinarian and her husband raise beef cattle and meat goats. Her professional training began at Virginia Tech and continued at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, where she graduated in 1991.
Nov 4, 2026
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A Martinsville dental practice connects generations of local care
Fred B. Caffey founded the practice now known as Martinsville Smiles in 1960. Mark Crabtree acquired it in 1985, the year he graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University’s dental school. The practice remains locally owned on Starling Avenue.
Nov 4, 2026
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From Smyth County classrooms to a Marion real estate office
Vickie Creasy left the Smyth County school system in 2007 and began her real estate career the following year. By June 2010 she had earned her broker’s license and continued Ideal Realty Advisors in Marion as an independent real estate company.
Nov 4, 2026
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A long working partnership at Natural Results in Front Royal
Rob’s path to a Front Royal treatment room began in Florida. He graduated from the Florida Academy of Massage in December 1997 and started practicing the following January. After moving to Virginia, he worked in massage therapy and group fitness at Valley Health.
Nov 4, 2026
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Leslie Sullins brings a varied nursing career to ZenSkin Bristol
Leslie Sullins worked in hospital medicine, internal and family medicine, and orthopedics before building her work in aesthetics. At ZenSkin Bristol, the nurse practitioner’s consultations begin with a different sort of conversation: what a client wants to change, and what kind of appearance they hope to retain.
Nov 4, 2026
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Fuqua School’s next chapter starts with its youngest learners
The Farmville independent school is introducing a spring 2027 preschool pilot alongside its established PK–12 program.
Nov 4, 2026
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Banking, manufacturing and research meet at a Williamsburg advisory practice
Bay Rivers Group’s team brings several professional paths to its work with households and their finances.
Nov 4, 2026
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For Blue Hill’s Mark Flanders, remodeling began at the drawing table
The second-generation builder started drawing plans for his father at 16; his Central Virginia team now handles renovations and custom homes.
Nov 4, 2026