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Hampton Roads Alliance
Hampton Roads Alliance23 hours ago
Amazon has announced plans to build a 650,000-square-foot fulfillment center and a 219,000-square-foot delivery station in Virginia Beach Beach, which are collectively expected to produce more than 1,000 jobs.

Doug Smith, Hampton Roads Alliance President and CEO, says the Virginia Beach Amazon jobs help “cement the region’s dominance in fulfillment and technological innovation within the distribution space.”

Suffolk is already home to Virginia’s second largest building, which belongs to Amazon — a 3.8 million-square-foot robotics fulfillment center.

Hampton Roads Alliance
Hampton Roads Alliance2 days ago
“This is now getting very real.”
Stephen Edwards, Virginia Port Authority CEO and executive director, has remarked about the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project.

Six monopiles, enormous metal structures used as wind turbine bases, are ready to be loaded onto a boat and travel to the wind farm site for installation!
Hampton Roads Alliance
Hampton Roads Alliance1 week ago
The Alliance will be representing Hampton Roads at AUVSI Xponential 2024, the unmanned systems industry's largest global conference and exhibition! The Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation is organizing the Virginia Pavilion - VEDP, Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, the Loudoun County Economic Development Authority, the New River Valley Economic Development Alliance, and the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority will also be there to market our state to members of the unmanned systems industry as the ideal place to locate their manufacturing and business operations.
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Xodus Group Study

The Hampton Roads Alliance partnered with Xodus Group and BW Research to conduct a major offshore wind supply chain study for the Hampton Roads area in Virginia. The project pinpointed Hampton Road’s supply chain assets and uncovered any gaps, helping the Alliance in its efforts to support the U.S. offshore wind industry in Hampton Roads and identify key opportunities for economic expansion.

Xodus Group is a leading global energy consultancy. BW Research is a full-service applied research firm focused on economic & workforce research, customer & community research, as well as strategic planning and evaluation services.


Site Selection Magazine

In May 2021, Site Selection Magazine wrote an investment profile on Hampton Roads as the prime location for the supply chain of the Mid-Atlantic offshore wind industry.

Site Selection magazine is an internationally circulated business publication covering corporate real estate and economic development.


Mangum Economics Study

Mangum Economics is a Virginia based firm that produces objective economic, quantitative, and qualitative analyses to help organizations make strategic decisions. The Hampton Roads Alliance commissioned Mangum Economics to complete a series of reports identifying the strengths and challenges facing the offshore wind industry in Hampton Roads.

Potential Impact of the Development of the Offshore Wind Energy Industry on Hampton Roads and Virginia

Mangum's assessment of the economic and financial contribution that Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project will make to Hampton Roads, and to Virginia as a whole.

Future Workforce Needs of the Offshore Wind Industry in Hampton Roads

Building on the Potential Impact report, Mangum provides an estimate of the near-term and long-term workforce needs of the offshore wind industry in Hampton Roads. 

Opportunities for Developing the Offshore Wind Industry in Hampton Roads

Mangum's report on strategies and opportunities for the development of the offshore wind energy industry in the Hampton Roads area.


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