A small park marks the location of the Lumpkin’s Slave Jail near downtown Monday, July 27, 2020, in Richmond. Virginia is for business lovers. CNBC has named the commonwealth its top state for business climate for the third time in …
Virginia finished first in education, third in infrastructure, fifth in business friendliness, eighth in access to capital, ninth in workforce, 11th in economy, 15th in technology, 19th in quality of life, 19th in cost of living and 24th in terms of the cost of doing business. “Virginia works really hard to listen to companies, and companies are telling us that they need these ready sites,” Virginia Economic Development Partnership Vice President of Real Estate Solutions Michael Dreiling told CNBC.