Accolades
bizjournals
Business Development Outlook
Business Facilities Magazine
Commonwealth of Virginia
Communication Workers of America
Dog Fancy Magazine
Education Week
The Ewing Marion Kauffman/IT and Innovation Foundations
Expansion Management
Logistics Today
Forbes
Inc.com
Intel
International Economic Development Council
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Market Watch
Money Magazine
MovieMaker
Newsweek
Partners for Livable Communities
Policom Corporation
RelocateAmerica
R.L. Polk & Company
Site Selection Magazine
The Cameron Foundation
U.S. News & World Report
Virginia National Defense Industrial Authority (VNDIA)
Bizjournals
- America's 14th best metro area for small business (Jan-'06).
Business Development Outlook
- One of the nation's top 25 metro areas for biotechnology (Nov/Dec-'04).
Business Facilities Magazine
- Named Rolls-Royce as the Top Deal for 2008 ('08).
- 3rd hottest metro area for corporate headquarters ('07).
Governor's Award for Educational Excellence:
Board of Education Excellence Award:
- Chesterfield County Schools - Bettie Weaver Elementary, Bon Air Elementary, Elizabeth Scott Elementary, Evergreen Elementary, Midlothian High, Midlothian Middle, Robious Elementary, Swift Creek Elementary, Swift Creek Middle, W.W. Gordon Elementary, Winterpock Elementary, Woolridge Elementary.
- Dinwiddie County Schools - Midway Elementary.
Board of Education Excellence Award:
- Chesterfield County Schools - Alberta Smith Elementary, Beulah Elementary, C.C. Wells Elementary, Clover Hill Elementary, Ecoff Elementary, Enon Elementary, Grange Hall Elementary, Greenfield Elementary, Harrowgate Elementary, J.B. Watkins Elementary, O.B. Gates Elementary, Providence Elementary, Reams Road Elementary, Spring Run Elementary, Thelma Crenshaw Elementary.
- City of Colonial Heights Schools - Lakeview Elementary, Tussing Elementary.
- Dinwiddie County Schools - Southside Elementary.
- Prince George County Schools - L.L. Beazley Elementary, North Elementary, South Elementary.
Communication Workers of America
- Ranked 11th fastest state to download files off the internet ('07).
Dog Fancy Magazine
- Ranked as one of the top ten friendly places in the US for dogs (June-'05).
Education Week
- Ranked number one state where a child has the best chance for success in life ('07).
The Ewing Marion Kauffman/IT and Innovation Foundations
- Top highest percentage of information-technology jobs in non-IT industries in the U.S ('07).
Expansion Management
- Richmond / Petersburg metro area was ranked 4th in economic development Hot Spots among twenty mid-sized metro areas (Winter-'08).
- Ranked #17 in the top 20 Real Estate Markets for Expanding Companies (Dec-'07).
- 5-Star Logistics Metros (Oct-'07).
- Ranked #17 in the top 20 Real Estate Markets for Expanding Companies (Oct-'07).
- Ranked 4th in the nation in overall quality of life of metros that serve as home to military installations - communities with military populations between 10,000 and 19,999 (Aug-'06).
- Ranked 2nd in the nation for public education in metros that serve as home to military installations - communities with military populations between 10,000 and 19,999 (Aug-'06).
- A five-star business opportunity metro (Jul/Aug-'06 & Jul-'05).
- A four-star quality of life community (May/Jun-'06 & May-'04).
- Ranked #15 in the list of America's 50 Hottest Cities for business expansions and relocations (Jan/Feb-'06).
- Ranked #33 of top 40 U.S. real estate markets (Aug-'05).
- Ranked 11th of the nation's top 50 metro areas for business expansions and relocations (Jul-'04).
- Ranked 3rd for business expansions and relocations for metro areas with a population between one and two million (Jul-'04).
- Top 5 U.S. metro area for European manufacturing investment (Jun-'04).
- A top ten metro area for public schools of MSAs with more than 100,000 students (Apr-'04).
Logistics Today
- Ranked #40 for a five-star metro area for logistics operations (Sept-'05).
- Ranked #33 for a five-star metro area for logistics operations (Sept-'04).
Forbes
- Named the best state for business for a fourth consecutive year. ('06, '07, '08 and '09).
- Richmond / Petersburg metro area was ranked fourth in the top Ten Cities for Job Growth in 2009 (Jan-'09).
- Richmond / Petersburg metro area was ranked seventh in the top 10 annual list of the Best Places for Business and Careers (March-'08).
- One of the nation's 50 best places for business and careers - ranked 41st among the nation's 200 large metro areas (May-'06).
- Richmond / Petersburg metro area named one of the nation's 20 best places for business and careers - ranked 14th among the nation's 200 large metro areas (May-'05).
Inc.com
- The nation's 14th best large city for doing business (May-'06).
- The nation's 23rd best large city for doing business (May-'05).
Intel
- Ranked 39th of the nation's most unwired cities for wireless Internet accessibility (Jun-'05).
International Economic Development Council
- Awarded the 2008 Outstanding General Purpose Brochure in populations exceeding 200,000 (please visit our publications page to view this document).
- Awarded the 2006 Outstanding General Purpose Website in populations exceeding 200,000.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
- Ranked 26th in the nation's 50 "smart places to live" (Jun-'06).
Market Watch
- Richmond/Petersburg metro area placed third in MarketWatch's Top 10 Centers for Business (Sept-'06).
Money Magazine
- One of the top seven destinations for a summer vacation that won't break the bank ('07).
MovieMaker
- One of ten best cities in the country for independent film makers ('03).
Newsweek
- Newsweek's annual survey ranked four of the region's schools within the top 5% of the country's public high schools. All four schools are located in Chesterfield County (May- '08).
Partners for Livable Communities
- One of America's 30 most livable communities (Apr-'04).
Policom Corporation
- Ranked 19th of the nation's 361 metropolitan statistical areas for long-term economic growth ('04).
RelocateAmerica
- Richmond / Petersburg metro area ranked in American's Top 100 Best Places to Live ('08).
R.L. Polk & Company
- Ranked 5th in the U.S. for sales of gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles ('07).
Site Selection Magazine
- Site Selection Names Virginia in the Top Ten States by Number of Projects for 2009.
- VA in Top 10 states for a logistics location (Sept-'09).
- Rolls-Royce was chosen as one of the premier deals for 2007, both domestic and abroad (May-'08).
- One of the nation's top 20 economic development organizations (May-'06).
The Cameron Foundation
- Honorable Mention - Excellence in Organizational Management Award (Sept-'09).
U.S. News & World Report
- U.S. News & World Report, in its first-ever ranking of 81 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), named Virginia State University the top public HBCU in the country among masters-level institutions; fifth best public HBCU overall; and 15th best HBCU, public or private, in America (Sept-'09).
Virginia National Defense Industrial Authority (VNDIA)
- Virginia leads in DoD payroll, #2 in DoD contracts (Aug-'09)
- For the year 2006, Virginia ranked number one as the top state for full-time employment by the Department of Defense in terms of civilian employment (May-'08).
- According to VNDIA, Virginia maintains the highest Department of Defense payroll in the nation (Spring-'08).