Jesse Jensen of Dumfries didn’t think he’d end up a veteran and business owner, not with the way he started out in life.
Growing up in Michigan in a home rampant with domestic violence, Jensen saw his father, who had a drinking problem, arrested several times.
The fourth part of the FreshySites Ethos is Grow From Within. We’re always open to welcoming new members to the FS team if we’re hiring. But once you’re on team Freshy, a lot is expected of you – because our clients expect a lot from our company.
The Freshy team is highly motivated, reliable, extremely organized, creative, collaborative and so much more.
China, the biggest buyer of recyclable materials, notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) that it would be imposing a ban on the import of a broad range of recyclable materials including plastic, waste paper, and textiles from 2018. As the primary exporter of recyclable materials to China, the United States will be hit hardest by the ban.
“Wishful” and “dirty” recycling reduces the value of the commodity household recycling becomes once it is collected. Many people throw more than they should into their recycling containers because they think “the hauler will sort it at the facility,” and so they don’t feel the need to be extra cautious about how they sort.
BRISTOW — Washington, D.C. real estate firm JCR Companies now owns a shopping center on the outskirts of Manassas, home to a Chick-fil-A and one of the largest Target stores around.
The JCR Companies has acquired the Center at Innovation in Manassas, VA for $31 million. The 101,990 SF shopping center, shadow-anchored by a Super Target, is over 90 percent leased to a mix of national, regional, and local tenants including TJ Maxx, PetSmart, Chick-Fil-A, Tropical Smoothie Café, GameStop, Verizon Wireless, and Red Robin. Holliday Fenoglio Fowler represented the seller, EDENS.
WOODBRIDGE — Things got a little more exciting in Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Region recently when the District of Columbia, Montgomery County, Md. and Northern Virginia were named as finalists in the Amazon’s search for an east coast hub.
Dubbed “Amazon HQ2,” cities from all over the U.S. this past fall entered the contest, hoping the largest online retailer would choose their city, town, or county as the retailer’s second headquarters. The new offices would bring some 50,000 jobs to wherever the company decides to locate its HQ2. The second headquarters is billed as a complete equal to the company’s sprawling headquarters in Seattle.
The Prince William Chamber of Commerce announced its list of nominees for its annual Business Awards.
The awards ceremony will be held at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, from 6 to 9.m.
WOODBRIDGE — Like little control freaks, people flock to Duck Donuts because they like to demand what toppings come on their doughnuts. The shop, with locations in Bristow, Stafford, and Woodbridge, offers toppings Oreo Cookies, vanilla drizzle, to bacon bits.
“We had a lot of demand for doughnut holes while people would see them being made for catering packages, wanting to know if they could buy them in smaller batches in the store. So now we’re offering them in a small, medium, and large size for customers during the week,” said Duck Donuts owner Larry Scherer.
After the pharmacy on the corner of Hoadly Road and Apollo Drive closed, the building has sat empty.
The failed Walgreens chain pharmacy location here was nestled about four miles from another Walgreens, still open at the corner of Hoadly and Purcell roads.
SFMC Community Association Management has a new home in Innovation at Prince William.
The firm which contracts with property owners associations around the region relocated its headquarters to 9464 Innovation Drive in Prince William County.
