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Business
Wegmans grocery stores in our region will award college scholarships to several employees. According to a company spokeswoman, the local recipients are some of the 1,900 employees to receive tuition assistance from the company this year.
From the Fredericksburg store:
The Prince William Chamber of Commerce says it will scour the U.S. to find its new CEO.
Debbie Jones, whose led regional business advocacy group since 2014, will retire at the end of the year.
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A new Planet Fitness location will open in Woodbridge.
The new gym will sit at 12619 Galveston Court, just off Hoadly Road. The gym will be in the same shopping center as a Harris Teeter grocery store.
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The company recently relocated to occupy over 2,000 square feet of the Northern Virginia Bioscience Center, where it will begin to develop new diagnostic technologies to M and quantify SARS-CoV-2, like the COVID-19 coronavirus, variants and other viral pathogens.
The expansion project will create up to 70 new jobs.
The Caruthers Companies and its attorneys will have a Zoom meeting to discuss its plans for redevelopment at Belmont Bay in Woodbridge.
The plan to transform the quiet harborside neighborhood at the Potomac and Occoquan rivers into a mixed-use district has met with outcry from residents. According to company spokesman Jay Sotos, the firm submitted revised plans to the Prince William County Government for the proposed redevelopment.
Business leaders gathered to cut the ribbon on the new Duly Noted store.
Located in Downtown Fredericksburg at 714 Caroline Street, the store offers greeting cards, holiday cards, stationery, invitations, office and party supplies, gifts, candy, etc.
Latinos pay more but get less. That’s the motto of the LIBRE Initiative which will host a grassroots event to bring awareness to what it calls harmful federal policies driving up costs of everyday goods as a part of “The True Cost of Washington” campaign.
The organization says inflation has caused the average household’s annual grocery costs to go up by about $430. To demonstrate the true cost of Washington’s policies, LIBRE will distribute gift cards for $28.67, the average cost of inflation for two days.
About 200 people came to the Aging Gracefully Expo on Thursday.
The water is ready, and the ribbon is cut.
The Prince William Chamber of Commerce helped open Goldfish Swim School in Lake Ridge at 12479 Dillingham Square. The chamber held a small ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 11.