Virginia Beach is gaining quite a reputation as a great city for business. And it's easy to see why. Because in addition to the incredible lifestyle you'd expect from one of America's favorite vacation destinations, Virginia Beach also boasts a skilled, educated workforce, strategic location, low tax rates, and a dynamic, diverse economy.

All of which explains why STIHL Inc., Amerigroup, and Lifenet located their U.S. headquarters in Virginia Beach. And why your business should, too.

Virginia Beach’s proximity to the world’s largest naval base – not to mention the Pentagon – makes it an obvious candidate for companies associated with the Department of Defense or Homeland Security contract firms.

Yet its low tax rates and water-oriented lifestyle are also attractive to employees of engineering and management firms, business or professional service companies, corporate regional offices, information management centers, computer and data-processing services – or just about any company that wants to attract people who enjoy living as much as they enjoy working.

Affordable office park space and existing buildings are available to house sub-sets of those industries, including:

• Training and development
• High-performance manufacturing
• Marine services and water transportation
• Telecommunications
• Radio and television
• Special communication services
• Computer hardware and software development