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A popular senior citizens expo will return to our region with a new name.
The Prince William Chamber announced that the event formerly known as Transitions has been renamed the Aging Gracefully Expo. The event will return in person this year after having to be conducted virtually the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Wegmans grocery store will phase out all plastic bags by the end of the year.
The company hopes to shift all customers to reusable bags, in what it calls the “the best option to solve the environmental challenge of single-use grocery bags.”
The Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce awarded area businesses for their successes, entrepreneurial spirit, and community commitment at the 31st Annual Awards and Gala held Friday, April 8, at the Fredericksburg Expo Center.
MWHC created a Field Hospital unit in anticipation of the crisis. Their employees work tirelessly to improve the people’s health in the communities they serve, which was evident throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. MWHC treated more than 6,000 COVID patients and administered more than 100,000 COVID tests. Once the vaccine became available, MWHC, for some time, administered 2,000 vaccines per day, with more than 212,000 doses given. 794 MWHC staff supported the vaccine clinic, and 437 community volunteers supported their efforts.
A new Chick-fil-A could be coming to the Dumfries area.
The fast-food restaurant with a cult following wants to build a 5,000 square-foot store at Route 1 and Pine Bluff Drive. The restaurant known for its chicken sandwiches would replace an old Applebees restaurant at 3330 Pine Bluff Drive.
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The newest Sheetz gas station will open in Stafford County.
The new store will open on Thursday, April 7 at 8 a.m. Grand opening festivities will begin at 9 a.m. and last until 11 a.m. Ryan Sheetz, vice-president of company marketing, will cut a ribbon to open the store at 10:45 a.m.
Today, Stafford County officials are expected to provide the details of a regional partnership that would work to put large commercial building sites on the market.
During its Community and Economic Development Committee Meeting at noon, members will hear about a plan to create a Regional Industrial Facilities Authority (RIFA). According to county documents, the participating RIFA jurisdictions are Stafford and King George counties and Fredericksburg.
A new research lab opened in the Manassas area, the second in a week.
ITility is a veteran-owned small business providing information IT solutions, mission operation support, and technology development for government agencies and private industry.
The doors opened this week on the new Northern Virginia BioScience Center.
The $17.5 million base at Innovation Park Prince William provides new wet lab space for fledgling life-science companies. The area is designed to be the next step up for companies graduating from the Prince William County Science Accelerator at George Mason University’s Science and Technology Campus outside Manassas, serving as an incubator for scientists at start-up life-science companies.
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Rising gas prices are having a significant negative impact on the economic recoveries of nearly two-thirds of Virginia small businesses, according to a poll released by the small business organization Alignable.
“Nearly two out of three Virginian small business owners (65%) told us they’ve been very significantly affected by the elevated gas prices over the past couple of weeks,” Chuck Casto, the head of research and news at Alignable.com, told The Center Square.