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Selective Customer Base Key to Success for Manassas IT Firm

By Potomac Local News
Growing the company out of a small basement to a large office, today John Jewell and Kristen Maxey work to deliver big IT services and small business solutions for JTC, Inc. in Manassas. [Kelly Harman / Potomac Local News]
Growing the company out of a small basement to a large office, today John Jewell and Kristen Maxey work to deliver big IT services and small business solutions for JTC, Inc. in Manassas. [Kelly Harman / Potomac Local News]

MANASSAS, Va. — Would you go to school for 15 years after high school just to be prepared to start your own business? That’s what John Jewell did prior to starting his IT services company, Jewell Technical Consulting (JTC).

Jewell always knew he was going to own his own IT company someday. He even had the company slogan, “Big Business Solutions for the Small Business Budget,” selected years before he was ready to incorporate. But Jewell also knew he needed to learn more about IT, business development, and sales.

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Michigan Firm Chosen for Prince William Logo ‘Highly Capable’

By Uriah Kiser

It was designed by Michigan-based firm David Castlegrant and Associates, LLC. Prince William County’s office of Economic Development ordered the logo created after a 2010 study was approved by the Board of Supervisors on how to better brand the county to businesses.

Brent Heavner, who is in the process of leaving the Economic Development office for a new job at the county’s communications office in Woodbridge, worked for Castlegrant on a project basis from August 2007 to September 2009.

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Future of Potomac Shores Rail Station Uncertain

By Uriah Kiser

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The developers of a the 2,000-acre Potomac Shores project remain at an impasse with railway and state officials – there is still no plan to build a commuter rail station on the property.

The mixed-used neighborhood’s town center, which will be located on the Potomac River and feature a mix of condominiums, apartments, retail shops, office space, and a hotel, hinges on a future Virginia Railway Express Station. The hope is commuters traveling to and from Washington, D.C. would use the station. It would be built on the existing rail line that traverses the property, between VRE stations at Quantico and Rippon in Woodbridge.

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Hiteshue Heading Chamber’s Advocacy Office in Woodbridge

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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Prince William Chamber of Commerce has placed its Government Advocacy office in Woodbridge.

Chamber officials said the office will be located in an I-95 Business Park at 14000 Crown Court near an old one at the now closed Mason Enterprise Center. It’s one of three centers owned an operated by the Chamber to include their headquarters in Manassas and a satellite office in Gainesville.

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Prince William’s SySTEMic Solutions Expanding to Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun

By Potomac Local News
Dr. Roger Ramsammy (right), provost of Northern Virginia Community College’s Manassas Campus, participates in a robotics demonstration by members of NOVA’s student robotics team. The team gave interactive demonstrations during a SySTEMic Solutions regional launch on May 22, 2013, at Micron Technology Inc. in Manassas. [Submitted photo]

MANASSAS, Va. — What started out as a robotics program in Prince William County has now spread to Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun counties.

SySTEMic Solutions, a public-private partnership that aims to interest elementary, middle, and high school students in fields like science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, celebrated its expansion in Manassas on Wednesday. Officials gathered at Micron Technology Inc. to announce the regional expansion of the program.

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Lake Ridge Shopping Center Under Renovation Getting New Name

By Potomac Local News
Photo: Keri Scully Goodfriend

LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Trees are coming down and a renovation of a Lake Ridge shopping center is getting underway.

Owners of the Festival at Old Bridge Shopping Center on Old Bridge Road cut down trees to make way for new ones. It’s part of an overall renovation of the property that includes tennants Gold’s Gym, Village Skis and Bikes, Brittany’s Sports Bar, and Food Lion grocery store.

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Auto Repair Shop Stays in Business by Educating Employees on Cost of Doing Business 

By Potomac Local News
Service Managers Michael Lowe and Jason Philippy with Sudley Car Care owner Craig Ginther, [Photo: Kelly Harman / For Potomac Local News]

Let’s face it – going to an auto repair shop is a lot like going to the dentist.  You know you have to go once in a while, but there is always somewhere else you would rather be spending your time, and your money.

For auto repair shop owners, starting one can be difficult – many close within the first three to five years in business.  And, auto repair shops are one of the more regulated businesses in the U.S. today.

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