GO Virginia has given its first green lights, and pledges of cash, to proposals designed to create high-paying jobs in the commonwealth.
Early winners include Old Dominion University, which will get $647,540 toward a digital shipbuilding workforce training program and $642,713 for its Hampton Roads Cybersecurity Education, Workforce, and Economic Development Alliance. In Northern Virginia, the Alexandria/Arlington Workforce Council will get $201,897 to train technology workers and Northern Virginia Community College will get $487,500 to do the same, plus $250,000 for the NOVA Fabrication Laboratory to train students in engineering.
GO Virginia, a relatively new board that teams business leaders and academics with lawmakers, approved five out of 12 proposals Tuesday at a meeting in Richmond. The rest of the proposals were deferred or sent back to the applicants to bolster their requests .
