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This resolution, a formal expression of sentiment from the Virginia House of Delegates, celebrates the life of Dorothy Leach Wood, a pioneering businesswoman and dedicated community leader in Virginia Beach who passed away on April 13, 2025. The resolution highlights her significant achievements, including establishing a successful commercial construction company in 1978, which broke barriers for women in a male-dominated industry, and her extensive involvement in various business and civic organizations that promoted economic growth and community well-being. These organizations included the Central Business District Association of Virginia Beach, the Virginia Board for Contractors, the Virginia Beach Planning Commission, the Virginia Beach Development Authority, the Southeastern Virginia Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, and the Commercial Real Estate Women Network, as well as the Coalition for Hearing Education and Research, Goodwill, the Civic Leadership Institute, the Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation, the Virginia Beach Forum, and the Rotary Club of Virginia Beach. Furthermore, the resolution acknowledges her instrumental role in founding Virginia Beach Meals on Wheels and co-chairing the fundraising committee for the Sadler Center for the Performing Arts, along with numerous accolades such as being named a First Citizen of Virginia Beach and induction into the Junior Achievement Hall of Fame. The resolution concludes by expressing the House of Delegates' profound sadness at her loss and directs the Clerk to prepare a copy for her family as a token of respect for her memory.

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HR45