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Hampton Roads Alliance15 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 Alliance1 day 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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Olivia O'Bry

Director of Operations

Olivia O’Bry joined the Hampton Roads Alliance in January 2023 as Director of Operations. In this role, Olivia is responsible for assisting President & CEO Douglas L. Smith and overseeing the day-to-day office management for both the Alliance and Offshore Wind Landing. She is an integral part of the team who provides administrative and financial oversight for the entire organization.

Olivia comes to the Alliance with more than two decades of experience working in economic development, municipal government, and military affairs. A military spouse and native of San Diego, California, for the past 22 years she has served in a variety of roles at The City of Virginia Beach, Department of Economic Development most recently as Executive Assistant. 

In 2015, the Virginia Beach Rotary Club named Olivia “City Employee of the Year” for her incredible work ethic and ability to serve the community. Olivia serves as the Co-Vice President of the Friends of the Entrepreneur and Business Academy (FoEBA) at Kempsville High School in Virginia Beach. The mission of the FoEBA is to enhance the EBA curriculum by providing student mentorship and financial support that foster the entrepreneurial spirit. Olivia, her husband, and two daughters reside in Virginia Beach.

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