$5,000 Investor Capital Awarded to Six Students in 5th Annual YEA! Business Plan Competition Lansdowne, VA – The Loudoun Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) held its 5th Annual Investor Panel on March 23, 2021, where 21 local student entrepreneurs pitched their business plans to a panel of investors and local business leaders live on a virtual presentation platform. Presented […]
For more on the monumental $3.7B rail agreement, we’ve asked the President of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance, Jason Stanford, to give us an update on its impact and what it will mean for our region. Yesterday Virginia, CSX, Amtrak and VRE signed a historic agreement that will make Virginia’s Transforming Rail in Virginia project […]
Thank you to Tina Johnson for answering a few of our questions! Check out the CEO Consulting Group and JP Events & Consulting websites Where were born and raised and, if it was someplace else, when and why did you come to Loudoun? I was born in Lynchburg Virginia. At the age of 5, I […]
Thank you to Alice Frazier, President & CEO of BCT The Community’s Bank for answering some of our questions! Where were born and raised and, if it was someplace else, when and why did you come to Loudoun? I was born in Norfolk, Virginia where I lived until I was 12 years old. My parents […]
The following statement is issued by Stacey Metcalfe, Chair, and Tony Howard, President & CEO, of the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce, regarding acts of violence, hate and bigotry towards Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI): “On behalf of the 1,100 members of the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce, our Board of Directors, and staff, […]
Thank you to Dr. Anusha Khan, of Mosaic Theory MD, for answering a few of our questions! Where were born and raised and, if it was someplace else, when and why did you come to Loudoun? I was born and raised in Herndon, VA. My entire adult life other than my medical training has been […]
Post written by Grafton deButts, Vice President of Membership & Government Affairs The Dulles Greenway in many ways is responsible for shaping Loudoun into the community we have today. Development follows permanent infrastructure. So when a four-lane highway opens up through the middle of a primarily undeveloped section of Loudoun bordering Fairfax County and Dulles […]
Post written by Grafton DeButts, Vice President of Government Affairs This past week the Loudoun Board of Supervisors approved a new development that will bring 75 more affordable residences into Loudoun County. Thank you to Supervisors Turner, Briskman, Kershner, Buffington, and Glass for your prioritization of Loudoun’s housing needs through this approval. The Chamber used this […]
Thank you to Fran Craig, Founder of Unanet for answering a few of our questions! Where were born and raised and, if it was someplace else, when and why did you come to Loudoun? Born in Astoria, Queens, NYC, I grew up in Waterville, a small upstate village near Utica. This spot fostered independence where […]
Post written by Grafton deButts, Vice President of Membership & Government Affairs Loudoun is experiencing a housing affordability crisis, a problem that will require significant public and private sector resources to address. Yet, while Loudoun County has rightfully made this issue an increasingly higher priority in recent years, the proposed FY22 budget offers no dedicated […]