2026 CoVa BIZ Best Places to Work

2026 CoVa BIZ Best Places to Work

Fill out the form below to enter your work place in the 2026 Best Places to Work contest. CoVa BIZ Magazine will be accepting nominations from May 18 until June 19, 2026.

Selected honorees will be featured in the October/November 2026 issue of CoVa BIZ Magazine.

CONTEST RULES
Nominated businesses must be located and operate primarily in the Coastal Virginia/Hampton Roads region. (Richmond is not part of Coastal Virginia/Hampton Roads.)

The survey must be completed by a current full-time employee of the business being nominated. Nominators and/or their supervisors may be contacted for further comment.

Managers, supervisors, marketing directors and others in leadership positions are permitted to encourage employees to nominate their business, but they may not offer employees monetary rewards, benefits or other incentives to do so. Nominations found to have violated this rule will be disqualified.

Artificial (A.I.) programs such as ChatGPT may not be used to generate responses used to complete this form. Nominations found to have violated this rule will be disqualified.

Nominator Name Nominator Name First Last
Nominator Job Title
Nominator Phone Nominator Phone - ### - ### ####
Nominator Email
Place of Business
How long have you worked there?
Supervisor/ Business Owner's Name Supervisor/ Business Owner's Name First Last
Supervisor / Business Owner's Email
At my place of work, employees are provided with (Select all that apply)

At my place of work, employees are provided with (Select all that apply) Appropriate Compensation Advancement Opportunities Strong Benefits Package Professional Development Healthy/Safe Work Environment Adequate Work/Life Balance
Please elaborate on some of the benefits provided to employees of this business
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Employees at my place of work frequently express – Select All that Apply

Employees at my place of work frequently express – Select All that Apply Excitement to be part of the team here Appreciation for the benefits of working here Respect for and camaraderie with fellow employees Satisfaction with the opportunities afforded them Knowledge their accomplishments are recognized
Feel free to elaborate on any of the above topics
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Please share what you appreciate about the work culture
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Please share what you appreciate about the ways employees are viewed and valued
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Please share why you chose to nominate your place of work, and why you would encourage others to work there
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Any closing comments
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By checking this box, I am certifying that the answers provided here reflect my genuine individual opinions based on my experiences as an employee, interactions with fellow employees and/or general knowledge of the place of business being nominated.

By checking this box, I am certifying that the answers provided here reflect my genuine individual opinions based on my experiences as an employee, interactions with fellow employees and/or general knowledge of the place of business being nominated. I agree