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Sandra J. Pennecke is a reporter for Inside Business. She began writing for The Virginian-Pilot in 1999 as a correspondent and joined the staff in 2016.
Debra Farley advised more than 8,700 businesses and created $175 million in capital formation throughout her more than three-decade-long career at the Small Business Development Center of Hampton Roads.
Legislation to create federal funding to help with the nation's child care crisis was reintroduced to Congress in April. Child care industry professionals share their thoughts.
Nick Christian and Chris Leonard work out of different offices, but wound up on the same street and worked together to help rescue people from a house fire they spotted while on the job.
Wright was the visionary who started the nonprofit organization in 1982. Its mission is to support Black journalists in Hampton Roads and inspire Black students to pursue college and media-related careers.
Kianda Fiske, owner of the Mambo Room Cultural Dance & Event Center, said the spirit of the dance studio will continue on in temporary locations until a new commercial space is found.
Mary Kate Andris was named the new leader of Civic Leadership Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on connecting Hampton Roads executive leaders through civic engagement.
RISE, an organization focused on seeking solutions to the problems coastal communities face with sea level rise and recurrent flooding, selected five small businesses to receive up to $300,000 each to test their innovations in Hampton Roads and advance to market by the end of the year.
R.J. Zimmerman, Christina Kimbrough and Elena Thorstensen cofounded a Hampton Roads business in January focused on building a sober community and ending the stigma around addiction.