Ward North American, one of the nation’s premier providers of moving and storage services, announced today that it will expand its business into the Washington, DC region by opening up its seventh national location in Dulles, Va. The moving company signed a 10.5-year, 64,539-square-foot lease at 23000 Ladbrook Drive in Dulles, VA, according to its real estate advisor, Studley. The $8 million investment is expected to bring an estimated 50 jobs into Loudoun County.“Ward North American is a welcome addition to Loudoun County’s growing business community,” said Board of Supervisors …

The Loudoun Academy of the Arts Foundation will open its new arts center at 12 Cardinal Park Drive SE in Leesburg on March 1, 2010. The new center, called ArtSquare, will combine Gallery 222, King Street Studios and the Loudoun Academy of the Arts’ fine art classes into a significantly expanded location to better serve the area’s arts community. The new center boasts two fine art galleries, 14 artist studios and large classroom areas for adults and children.ArtSquare’s monthly gallery openings will continue to showcase original fine art by the …

The initial phase of “spec” office suites has been completed and is ready for immediate occupancy at the Village at Leesburg. The new office space consists of four units comprising nearly 11,000 square feet of Class A space. “Spec” is a commercial real estate term which refers to the fact that the space has been constructed without a confirmed tenant, on speculation.Sperry Van Ness/Vaaler Real Estate has been selected as the exclusive commercial real estate brokerage firm to market and lease the space. The office space is contained within 1602 …

During the 2009/2010 season WLBL will partner with Fun Country Kettle Corn for our annual fundraiser. Everyone loves kettle corn and Fun County has ensured that each container sold will be deliciously fresh, sweet and salty. Fun Country is also a local business which was an important factor to WLBL in picking a fundraising partner.
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What could be one of the biggest land use decisions of this Board of Supervisors’ term drew only a few speakers during its first public review at the Planning Commission public hearing last night.Seven of the 10 speakers present at the hearing spoke in favor of plans for the more than 330-acre Kincora development, which would be located near the intersection of Rt. 7 and Rt. 28, many of them citing specific aspects of the project as reasons for support.
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The State Corporation Commission will convene a second public hearing on the controversial Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline in Lovettsville. The hearing will start at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Lovettsville Community Center, 57 E. Broad Way.
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Fundraising is a perennial challenge for school groups and not-for-profit organizations. To be effective a fundraising campaign requires a product that everyone wants and a system for selling it that is simple and that doesn’t require a big upfront investment. Out of this need, Fun Country Kettle Corn has developed a product and sales system that is easy to use and is risk free. Owner Dick Duvall has created a simple fundraising program that allows participants to sell a single product, 1 1/2 gallon containers of freshly popped kettle corn. …

Loudoun County supervisors on Tuesday approved Lerner Enterprises and The Tower Cos.’ plans to add office and hotel space to their Dulles 28 Centre project.
The massive mixed-use project sits on 300 acres at the intersection of Waxpool Road and Pacific Boulevard and currently hosts a 130,000-square-foot Wegmans, a 130,000-square-foot Target and a 151-room Marriott Residence Inn.
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Loudoun County Board of Supervisors plan to ask the Virginia General Assembly for the authority to levy cigarette, meals, admissions and increased transient occupancy taxes.The board already supports cigarette taxes, but has not historically supported meals taxes.
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Science Applications International Corp. soon will bring nearly 1,200 new jobs to the area when it relocates its headquarters from San Diego to Tysons Corner.
SAIC likely will relocate about 100 top-level employees from California, according to company officials. The other 1,100 employees will be hired locally.
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