Monday, May 13, 2013
Fairfax County Economic Development Authority officials say despite high number, sequestration will cause job growth to slow down.
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) helped bring more than 1,400 jobs from 27 different companies during the first quarter of 2013. Salient Federal Solutions, a company that provides information techonology support to government and commercial customers, created the most opportunity countywide, adding 530 jobs in Fairfax, FCEDA officials said Friday. “In today’s environment, any business growth is remarkable,” FCEDA President and CEO Jerry Gordon said in a statement. But the number of new jobs was still down from the first quarter of 2012, when the FCEDA worked with 46 different businesses to bring in nearly 2,000 jobs. Gordon told Patch the slowdown was caused by cold feet from business owners, who hesitated to grow…
Friday, February 15, 2013
Tysons-based Fairfax County Economic Development Authority opens eighth marketing location to encourage business growth.
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) has hired a Boston-area communications firm to help market Fairfax County to New England companies considering an expansion to the Metropolitan Washington area. Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications will represent the FCEDA in greater-Boston. FCEDA said it chose to open a marketing office in Boston because of its similarities with the D.C. metro area. “With its concentration of IT companies, strong venture capital community, life-science initiatives and renowned academic institutions, the Boston area shares many economic similarities with the Fairfax-Washington area, and we are opening a Boston office to show New England companies how they can benefit by expanding with a Fairfax …
Friday, July 22, 2011
'The details are that you end up in traffic congestion, but we have jobs,' says FCEDA Chief.
Severe traffic aside, Base Realignment and Closure is a net positive for the Northern Virginia economy, according to Dr. Gerald Gordon, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority. “Ghost towns don’t have traffic. Cities with a 15 percent unemployment rate don’t have heavy traffic during rush hour because nobody is going to work,” said Gordon, who spoke with Patch from his office in Tysons Corner. “Our traffic is all these people going to work. It’s hard to argue.” And Gordon had advice for commuters: "Start early. Adjust your hours. Go in early, go home early. Go in late, come home late. I think that’s the answer. Or go further out, get near a VRE [Virginia Railway Express] station, and take the train. Carpool…
John Michael
9:04 pm on Monday, September 5, 2011
Another legacy of Rumsfeld that will be felt and endured for decades... Walter Reed did not have to close, Fort Monmouth doesn't have to close ... Fort Monroe doesn't have to close and the Mark Center didn't have to be built ... Eisenhower Drive has a building of a million square feet that was just re-furbished and is near by to the Van Dorn (Blue Line) Metro. The joint-base renaming has also … more ›