Imagine being able to bike, run, or even walk from Ashland or Petersburg in the Richmond region all the way to Colonial Williamsburg and then onto Fort Monroe on the Peninsula or across the James River to the Virginia Beach oceanfront.

That vision is closer than ever.

The Richmond-Petersburg region is rapidly emerging as a national hub for advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing — reshaping how essential medicines are made and secured in the U.S. This growing sector is critical to strengthening the country’s supply chain, enhancing national security, and ensuring equitable access to life-saving medications.

A unique mix of mission-driven companies, public institutions, and nonprofits — including Phlow Corp., Civica, the Alliance for Building Better Medicine, and the federally designated Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Tech Hub — is leading this transformation.

Virginia Beach-based DroneUp is confronting America’s growing airspace crisis with next-generation traffic management technology.

Low-altitude airspace is on the edge of collapse. Over one million drones now operate in the U.S. and most fly without real-time oversight or deconfliction. Near-misses are climbing. Emergency missions have been disrupted. Unauthorized flights near critical infrastructure are surging. This isn’t a future risk — it’s a current failure. DroneUp has already deployed a real solution.

Tidal Flight is revolutionizing coastal transportation with its innovative Polaris Amphibian aircraft — a modern, composite, hybrid-electric seaplane that reduces fuel burn by 85% and operating costs by 40%.

Gain insights into the future of sustainable coastal transportation and the exciting path Hampton-based Tidal Flight is charting in advanced aviation.

Join a free webinar on Wednesday March 5 at noon to about the world’s first grid-scale fusion power plant that will be coming to Chesterfield County. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is at the forefront of revolutionizing clean energy through its planned commercial fusion power plant, called ARC. The plant is designed to generate 400 megawatts of zero-carbon electricity, or enough to power 150,000 homes.

Join a free webinar on Wednesday February 5 at noon to explore how the Richmond region is positioning itself as a national leader in IT and technology. This webinar will spotlight two organizations – AI Ready RVA and RVATech (the Richmond Technology Council) – that are at the forefront of this transformation and shaping the Richmond region’s future as a thriving IT and technology hub.

Join a free webinar on Wednesday January 8 at noon to learn about how Norfolk-based SVT Robotics is revolutionizing industrial robotics and automation with its innovative software platform that simplifies and accelerates the deployment of robotic and autonomous systems in warehousing, manufacturing, automotive, healthcare, and even defense.