Local Business and Economic Development
The TGI Fridays restaurant outside Lynchburg in Forest is “permanently closed” with no advance notice. A sign is posted at the restaurant entrance saying that is the case, and a person answering the phone said the same thing but would not offer any further comment. The posted sign reads: “Effective March 9, 2020, this TGI Fridays location is permanently closed. We appreciated your loyalty and hope to see you at one of our other locations soon.” Further information is not yet available.
Virginia Tech Today hosts Eddie Amos and Kim Blair
Its a start-up in Roanoke that bills itself as “a banking solution for bankers.” Kim Snyder is the President and CEO of KlariVis, which she founded in early 2019. Snyder says financial institutions – especially smaller banks that rely on outside vendors – often have difficulty retrieving, analyzing – and leveraging – that data:
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With airport traffic up 16 percent over the past two years this seemed like a good time for Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport to start updating its 20 year master plan – and the public has the first of three opportunities to weigh in tonight as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports:
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The Roanoke Valley Broadband Authority has installed about 100 miles of high-speed fiber underground, with a focus on connections to business and local government customers. Now it wants to target valley residents, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports:
find the survey at rvba.online/FTTH or https://rvba.servicezones.net/home
Virginia Tech Today hosts Eddie Amos and Kim Blair
The Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council is now in its 21st year. Its mission has been and continues to be nurturing high-tech startups, helping them grow into larger businesses. John Phillips became the RBTC’s president last year:
