Nearly $2.4 million in new funding has been awarded by GO Virginia to the Future Kings, Inc.’s STEM Academy’s Life Sciences Innovation & Future Talent - Virginia (LIFT-VA) program, to help strengthen Northern Virginia’s growing life sciences industry cluster and support the industry’s workforce development pipeline within the region. Future Kings, Inc. proposes to launch a new two‑year training program designed to prepare students in Prince William, Manassas City, Manassas

2026 marks a significant milestone for GO Virginia : the 10th anniversary of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Act and the development of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Fund (GO Virginia). GO Virginia advances Virginia’s economic competitiveness by administering grants for regional economic and workforce development projects throughout the Commonwealth. The mission of GO Virginia is to expand jobs that pay higher than the regional average wages and attract additional

On December 5th, 2025, the Virginia Chamber of Commerce presented the Blueprint Virginia 2035 to Governor Abigail Spanberger at the 2025 Virginia Economic Summit and Forum on International Trade in Richmond, VA. The Blueprint Virginia 2035 is a strategic plan aimed at strengthening the Commonwealth’s economy over the next decade and keep Virginia as a top state for business attraction and development. The main focus areas of the blueprint include business climate, educatio