The office vacancy rate in Northern Virginia is 20%. You founded a company that helps people work remotely. Do you think that number will go up or down over the next year?
I say it will go up. I don’t see it going down. I think people are going to maintain their offices, and more employees are going to be working remotely.
Prince William County Department of Development Services issued changes to its building requirements for new data centers.
Data center design plans will be required to include all areas of new structures to meet the VUSBC minimum requirements for occupancy. Areas in the building not designated for immediate use shall require design plans for either Storage (S-1) Use Group or Business (B) Use Group, to meet the VUSBC minimum requirements.
High school students from across the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region are invited to participate in Dialogue for Democracy at George Mason University!
Hosted by the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, this event offers high school students an opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations about democracy, civic engagement, and the importance of understanding different perspectives.
SES, a global satellite connectivity and content provider, will consolidate offices in a new facility in Gainesville and establish its U.S. technology and operations hub.
The Prince William County Department of Economic Development competed with Maryland and Washington, D.C. for the project, which will create more than 200 new jobs and includes a $17 million investment from SES to expand its operations.
Prince William County Department of Development Services announced a series of enhancements to ePortal, a system business owners use to obtain permits. The changes will begin Monday, April 26.
Over the last six months, Building Development Division staff have dedicated time and resources to develop new digital assets and online services for customers, delivering on the Power of ePortal, which improves communications across organizational boundaries, reduces administrative burdens, leading to quicker decision-making and increased productivity, according to a press release.
Gwendolyn O. Hano passes on April 8, 2021 at Winchester Medical Center. Gwendolyn was preceded in death by her mother Elsie Elois Moore, Father Alton Iwanoff Hano, Step Father Ray Angus Moore, and brothers Lestor Leroy Hano (Beaver) and Preston Iwanoff Hano. She is survived by daughters Elois Hano and Janie (Tyrone) Sims; fiance, John […]
Novant Health UVA Health System, an integrated network of physician clinics, outpatient services, and medical centers in northern and central Virginia, is expanding visitation guidelines at its hospitals.
Effective Thursday, April 8, visiting hours for approved visitors are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily at Novant Health UVA Health System Culpeper Medical Center, Novant Health UVA Health System Haymarket Medical Center, and Novant Health UVA Health System Prince William Medical Center in Manassas.
A new cemetery to be built on Garrisonville Road won't have turn lanes into the property.
Original plans for the All Muslim Association of America cemetery slated to go in just west of Joshua Road included installing turn lanes onto Garrisonville Road's property.
Turn lanes are usually required by county ordinance whenever land is being developed on a high-traffic street. But the Stafford County Board of Supervisors recently voted to grant a waiver to the Muslim association that would relieve them of paying for the addition of those turn lanes.
According to information from Stafford County, the decision to grant relief was made based on research that showed that such turn lanes may be unnecessary due to the lack of traffic the cemetery may get.
Stafford reviewed data provided by the Institute of Transportation Engineers via their Trip Generation Manual. According to that data, while a typical cemetery generates 181 vehicles per day, this may not be the case for the new cemetery.
Observations made at the Muslim association's existing cemetery on Brooke Road in Stafford County, about 15 miles from where the new cemetery will go, found about 20 vehicles per day visit that cemetery.
Due to that information, the board voted 5-0 to not require the turn lanes.
The cemetery development has been a constant source of controversy for the county since 2015 when the association bought the land. Since then, the association had to deal with changes in ordinances that stymied the cemetery development and led to lawsuits filed by the association and the U.S. Department of Justice against Stafford County.
That lawsuit between Stafford County and the Muslim Association of America is ongoing.
