For many moviegoers, it seemed like July 15 could not come fast enough.
That was the date that movie theater chains nationwide announced when they would reopen their doors since closing due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the opening date has been pushed back to July 30 due to recent spikes in people testing positive for the virus.
Stafford County’s Economic Development Authority is urging the Board of Supervisors to send a message to merchants: “We’re open for business.”
EDA members at a joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors at Stafford Hospital on July 7 urged supervisors to consider rezone more land, leading to the development of more homes.
On July 30, 2020, Stafford community business leaders are invited to join the county’s interactive town hall.
This meeting will discuss the New Entrepreneur Development Initiative launching in Stafford County and the Greater Fredericksburg Region. The Initiative is designed to encourage business expansion and formation, particularly around technology use.
The Prince William Chamber of Commerce started in the summer of 2010 to a world that saw President Barack Obama in office, craft breweries on the rise, and the price of gas at about $2.73 a gallon (it averages $1.96 in Virginia today).
During the past 10 years, the chamber has experienced ebbs and flows with growth, continuing to be an asset for businesses in the area adapting to population growth, express lanes on the area highways, and the transition of the county’s smaller community hospitals into larger regional medical centers.
In mid-March, Javier Mareno, owner of J&M Tile, Granite, & Marble, of Woodbridge, applied for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) with the hope of receiving financial support from the Federal Government for his small, job-creating business, which had to temporarily close in March due to the coronavirus.
More than two months later, Mareno’s request was denied due to credit problems.
Talks of developing a new town center at the George Mason University Science and Technology Campus are getting underway again.
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on July 14 will hold a public hearing on the sale of 24 acres of county-owned land that sits across from the Hylton Performing Arts Center, at 11100 University Boulevard just outside Manassas.
Small business owners in Prince William County will have a second chance at a grant to help them recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
The Board of County Supervisors authorized the second round of grants for small businesses, this time with different eligibility requirements. Last month, the county allocated $5 million from its federal CARES Act grant signed by President Donald Trump to use as small business relief.
Businesses are being rallied to become ‘#PrinceWilliamStrong.’
It’s a program conceived by The Prince William County Office of Tourism in tandem with the county’s Department of Economic Development that launched today.
Stafford will be not only the first in Northern Virginia but all of Virginia, to host a sporting event on June 13 and 14.
Stafford County is excited to welcome the Kayak Bass Fishing Trail Series Tournament, Kayak Bassin, a nationally televised fishing show hosted by retired U.S. Navy officer, Chad Hoover, according to Courtney Swenson, a marketing specialist for Stafford County.
Politicians and the Virginia Chamber of Commerce are pushing back on an order from Governor Ralph Northam’s latest executive order requiring everyone to wear masks.
Jurisdictions in Northern Virginia, including Prince William County, are set to join the rest of the state at midnight in the first phase of reopening following the coronavirus pandemic. Anyone over the age of 10 must wear a mask in a public space to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the governor decreed.
