The Prince William Board of County Supervisors recently announced Southland Concrete Corp. will invest $6 million and add 30 new jobs to Prince William County.
The Southland Concrete corporate headquarters and yard is newly located at 12775 Randolph Ridge Lane, near Manassas. Prince William County was selected above other regional jurisdictions due to the ease of access to transportation corridors and a readily available, highly-skilled workforce.
Insurance underwriter BerkleyNet will relocate its headquarters from Woodbridge to Innovation Park just outside Manassas.
The company broke ground on a new 72,500 square foot facility on Wednesday, May 25.
Jim Speros was an assistant coach for the championship 1982 Washington Redskins in the Superbowl.
More than 30 years later, he is expanding his restaurant business into Bristow. Speros owns Velocity Wings, and will open his third location in the Braemar Village Center in Bristow next to Safeway. The new restaurant will serve customers from Bristow, Gainesviille, and Manassas, according to a company press release.
Jirani Coffeehouse recently celebrated their Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting in Manassas.
Located at 9425 West Street in the Manassas Historic District, Jirani’s proprietors, Ken and Detra Moorman are excited for the local community to see the place that they envision as much more than just a space for coffee and conversation.
Manassas City officials propose spending up to $200,000 to place a co-working space inside the newly acquired downtown Fiducial building.
The co-working space would serve entrepreneurs and start-up businesses in the market to rent personal workspaces, offices, and conference room space to hold client meetings. The move comes after the Mason Enterprise Center, which catered to small start-up businesses on the Science Technology Campus of George Mason University in Prince William County, was shuttered a year ago.
Access Eye Center is Stafford County’s Business of the Year.
Ophthalmologist Arash Mansouri and his wife Michele took home the annual business appreciation award given by Stafford County’s Department of Economic Development.
Historic Manassas, Inc. (HMI) is in the process of re-branding itself and wants public input.
HMI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit contracted by the City of Manassas, but many people are unaware of what HMI does for the community.
ECU Communications, a full-service digital marketing and advertising firm, and Whitlock Wealth Management, a full-service Ameriprise financial planning firm, have jointly purchased the historic building located at 9073 Center Street in the heart of Downtown Manassas. ECU and Whitlock Wealth Management will share the second floor of the building, and rehabilitate the ground floor for future rental.
The unoccupied building sold for $1.3 million.
Reginald Thomas looks forward to his breakfast.
A bus driver for PRTC, the hot meal is a chance to take a welcome break and put fuel in his tank to keep going for the rest of the day. The price of his meal at a newly remodeled IKEA Restaurant at Potomac Mills mall in Woodbridge is easy to swallow, too.
Less than a year after she opened her wine and cheese shop, Darlene Sorge is calling it quits. (more…)
