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Tara Bozick is the business editor for The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press and the editor of Inside Business, The Hampton Roads Business Journal. The Gloucester native joined the Daily Press in 2012 after reporting for the Danville Register & Bee and the Victoria Advocate in Victoria, Texas.
Virginia’s minimum wage increased for the first time in about 12 years from the federally mandated minimum of $7.25 to $9.50 an hour Saturday, and employers are bracing for another increase to $11 an hour Jan. 1.
Integrity Bank for Business opened its first banking office at its headquarters at 2901 S. Lynnhaven Road in Virginia Beach. It’s the latest bank to open with headquarters in the region in at least 16 years.
Amid a hot Hampton Roads seller’s market where buyers are finding limited home options, site developer Exeter Development Co. would like to revise and update plans to make the project work for today’s marketplace, said Christine Early, a land development project manager.
Dan Banister owns two Nissan dealerships in Chesapeake and Norfolk. Earlier in April, he expanded outside the region with a third dealership near Washington, D.C., under the Ford banner.
Ynot would like to expand to the Peninsula and other Virginia markets like Richmond and Charlottesville, founder and CEO Tony DiSilvestro said, along with key markets in North Carolina, Maryland and Florida.
Protesters started their march from a vigil around a tree at 20th Street and Pacific Avenue created for Donovon Lynch, who was shot and killed by police on March 26. Saturday would have been Lynch’s 26th birthday.
No firefighters or residents were injured and as of Saturday afternoon, all the occupants of the individually owned units were accounted for, Hampton Fire Battalion Chief Anthony Chittum said.