Jason Friedman, a Virginia Beach native and five other team members, started AdvisorFinder, an online marketplace for finding a financial adviser.

The Hampton Roads-based certified development company hit the $1 billion mark in total project financing and has assisted small businesses in creating or retaining 9,399 jobs.

Norfolk Botanical Garden President and CEO Michael Desplaines will step down in late June after nine years at the helm.

Karen Dutro, executive director, NetworkPeninsula, has wanted to create a shared office and meeting space for other local nonprofits since she founded the nonprofit in 2007.

Philip “Cutch” Armstrong, Bill Campbell and John Scheib were each awarded the National Outstanding Eagle Scout Award.

The South Carolina-based breakfast, brunch and lunch restaurant already has one location in Norfolk. Franchisees Toney and Brigitte Bartley Sawyer signed a deal to open 10 more in Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Newport News.

Suffolk Mayor Michael “Mike” D. Duman made the announcement during the State of the City on May 16 about the planned renovation of the historic hotel in downtown Suffolk.

Less than a month after a story was written about the graffiti, including obscenities, swastikas and other racist markings littering the building’s east-facing wall, it was history.

Port & Starboard worked with the Alliance to create a collaborative digital platform for regional economic development organizations in Hampton Roads.