Prince William
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The Town of Occoquan is decked out for Christmas.
Shops in town have window displays set for Santa and his elves, and for shoppers looking to find something special in one of the many unique shops in the tiny town.
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When it comes to holiday shopping, you can choose between two completely different experiences next week.
On Black Friday, you can rise before the sun and get ready to fight frenzied crowds. You can endure long lines as you frantically attempt to snag limited-time, mega deals on big-ticket items.
A Christmas parade returns to Lake Ridge this year with a new route, and a new holiday festival.
“Santa’s Lake Ridge Parade” will travel down Harbor Drive at 11 a.m. on December 12. The parade will end at Tackett’s Mill shopping center on Tacketts Mill Drive in Lake Ridge.
The Chipotle of pizza restaurants opens at noon on Friday.
MOD Pizza will open in the Promenade at Virginia Gateway in Gainesville. It’ the first location the Seattle-based chain has opened in Virginia.
Prince William transportation officials will spend $700,000 to improve the pedestrian crossing at a busy Woodbridge intersection.
New sidewalk ramps will be installed at the busy intersection of Smoketown Road, Opitz Boulevard, and Gideon Drive. The ramps will make it easier for pedestrians to cross the six-lane street to provide better access to Potomac Mills mall, said Rick Canizales, with the Prince William County Department of Transportation.
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Interested in hosting international high school students? Want to share a piece of American culture with your student and learn from your student’s culture?
Since 1951, Youth for Understanding (YFU) has been hosting students in the U.S. and sending students abroad for cross cultural exchange. YFU hosts thousands of international students from around 70 countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia every year.
Increasing the threshold of the infamous BPOL tax in Prince William County is just the start of the conversation.
The BPOL tax (business and professional licensing tax) is collected on the amount of gross receipts from licensed local businesses that generate at least $250,000 in gross sales. Tax rates vary between 5 cents and 33 cents per every $100. The tax collects $26.5 million in annual revenue for the county.
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A wave of business owners under the age of 35 has been bringing both new energy and great new destinations to the City of Manasass.
This activity comes at a time when the rate of entrepreneurship among young Americans has been falling across the U.S. While the Kauffman Foundation recorded the lowest rate of entrepreneurship in 17 years among people between the ages of 20 to 34, the City has been attracting this demographic.