GO Virginia

08/12/2026

Congratulations to John A. King of Charlottesville, President, Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative, on his reappointment to the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board!

Abigail D. Spanberger, Commonwealth, Governor of Virginia, governor, virginia, VA

07/21/2026

The Alliance for Building Better Medicine - launched with early support from GO Virginia - has secured nearly $16 million in federal funding to strengthen domestic medicine manufacturing, grow high-quality jobs, and advance life sciences across the Commonwealth.

07/07/2026

The $4 million GO Virginia grant awarded to the National Innovation Quarter last month will include an $800,000 innovation lab located in Alexandria's Potomac Yard neighborhood, the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership confirmed Monday.

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The $800,000 facility — a partnership between Virginia Tech, Inova, the City of Alexandria and others — will give the bi-jurisdictional innovation district a dedicated space for prototyping and commercializing emerging technologies.

07/06/2026

: Arlington received $4.2M in GO Virginia grants for National IQ and a statewide office demand study.

Arlington received $4.2M in GO Virginia grants for National IQ and a statewide office demand study.

06/30/2026

This is great news for innovation: Alexandria-Arlington innovation district lands $3.9M state grant — the largest in this GO Virginia round.

https://www.alexandriabrief.com/alexandria-arlington-innovation-district-lands-3-9m-state-grant-the-largest-in-this-go-virginia-round/

06/29/2026

: Governor of Virginia Spanberger Announces $5.6 Million in GO Virginia Funding to Support Innovation & Economic Growth Across the Commonwealth

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Abigail D. Spanberger, Commonwealth, Governor of Virginia, governor, virginia, VA

06/24/2026

A recent GO Virginia Council self-assessment found strong alignment with the program’s mission of fostering regional collaboration and economic growth, while identifying opportunities to strengthen council onboarding, member engagement, and project pipeline development. Continuous improvement helps ensure GO Virginia remains positioned to drive innovation and high-paying jobs across the Commonwealth.
https://citizenportal.ai/articles/7993312/virginia/executive/executive-agencies/department-of-housing-and-community-development/go-virginia-council-self-assessment-finds-strong-mission-alignment-gaps-in-onboarding-and-pipeline-development

06/23/2026

GO Virginia shows that collaboration drives growth. A recent report from Region 9 highlighted $13.2 million invested in 35 projects supporting innovation, workforce development, and high-paying jobs in Central Virginia.

GO Virginia for Region 9 held their annual meeting to review the past year and prepare for the next.

06/10/2026

With the support of GO Virginia funding, George Mason University engineering students built a robot to assist with accessibility planning.

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Many accessibility surveys depend on manual measurements, handwritten notes, and extensive walkthroughs with compliance checklists. A team of George Mason University engineering students wondered if a robot could do it faster. Nine months later, they created one.

05/21/2026

Recently, Rappahannock community college, Turn Dynamics, and Lancaster County received a GO Virginia grant that will help build Virginia’s advanced manufacturing talent pipeline and connect more Virginians to high-demand careers through a machining training program.

Rappahannock Community College (RCC), in partnership with Turn Dynamics and Lancaster County, has been awarded a GO Virginia grant to develop a computer numerical control (CNC) machining training program to address critical workforce shortages in advanced manufacturing across the region. The initiat...