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Current forecasts indicate clear weather for Wednesday night and Thursday morning, allowing this event to proceed as scheduled.

SFDC and Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce will co-host Economic Outlook 2013. This exciting event will be the first look at the post-sequestration economy and how it may affect your business.  Presentations by top experts  in the local economy, real estate, business development, and the building industry will discuss the outlook for business in 2013 and beyond.

Click Here to Register.

Speakers:

• Dr. Stephen Fuller – Center for Regional Analysis
  
• Dr. Gerald L. Gordon – Fairfax County Economic Development Authority
• Jon Wolford – Northern Virginia Association of Realtors
• Edward L. Long – Fairfax County Executive
• Rick Genaurio – Northern Virginia Building Industry Association

Thursday, March 7

8:00am to Noon

Belle Haven Country Club

6023 Fort Hunt Road, Alexandria, VA 22307

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Sponsors:

• Rachel Carter – Coldwell Banker
• Inkwell Duck
• Mid Atlantic Settlement Services
• Walsch Colucci Lubeley Emerich & Walsh PC
• Landmark Atlantic
• Servicemaster Clean
• Insight Property Group
• Burke & Herbert Bank
• Bowman Consulting
• Hometown Title and Escrow
• Covanta Energy

Article author Taylor Holland notes that Fairfax County officials are beginning to turn their attention away from Tysons corner, instead seeking other areas of the county that are ripe for redevelopment. “The county’s Board of Supervisors has vowed to rebuild elsewhere,” Holland writes. “That construction is headed toward Route 1.”

“The demand for transit-oriented properties is higher than ever,” [Supervisor Jeff] McKay said. “Developers are starting to realize that redevelopment around rail is possible in other parts of the county.”

Read the article here.

There will be a public hearing on a proposed agreement with the VDOT Commissioner of Highways that would allow the County to remove signs located in the public rights-of-way.  This public hearing is required before the program can be implemented.  The date for the public hearing is set for Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at 4 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA 22035.  If you would like to register to testify, sign up on-line  at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/bosclerk/speaker_bos.htm, or call 703-324-3151; TTY 703-324-3903. If you are speaking on your own behalf you are given three minutes to speak; if you are speaking for a group you have five minutes.

The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) conducts a monthly* workshop for individuals interested in starting a business in Fairfax County. Held in partnership with the Virginia Department of Business Assistance (DBA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the sessions provide overviews of:

• Business start-up basics (licenses and permits)
• DBA workforce service and training programs
• SBA financing and resources
• SDB, MDE and 8(a) certification

The workshops are generally held on the first Tuesday of each month, unless a holiday precedes the first Tuesday, in which case the date is shifted to the second Tuesday of the month. There is no charge, but pre-registration is required. Click on the link below to find out which sessions are open for registration.

The remaining 2012 workshops are scheduled for October 2 and November 6. In 2013, the workshops resume on the following dates: January 8, February 5, March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4, September 10, October 1 and November 5. Register here.

Registration and networking begin at 7:30 a.m., and the program runs from 8:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. at FCEDA headquarters, 8300 Boone Boulevard, Suite 450, Tysons Corner, Virginia 22182. For directions, click here.

Workshops will be canceled when Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) announces delays or cancels classes due to inclement weather. FCPS announces delays or cancellations on its Web site, www.fcps.edu, and on local television and radio stations. When workshops are canceled, they will be made up seven days later beginning at 8 a.m.

* No workshops are scheduled for the months of July, August and December.

• For more information, contact Karen Smaw at ksmaw@fceda.org.
• Register here for an upcoming “Entrepreneurship 101″ workshop