Posts filed under Fairfax County News
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Fairfax County is massive and it has a budget to match. The proposed Fiscal Year 2011 County budget, which begins on July 1, is nearly $3.3 billion. There are several states that don't have a bud...
on 01/05/10
Washington seems to be the place to be these days. Yesterday, another major U.S. Corporation announced it is moving to the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. area.
Northrop Grumman, the huge defense c...
on 01/04/10
Today's Washington Post carried a story covering the top Washington business stories for 2009. After noting that many businesses in the area struggle last year, they pointed to other stories that ...
on 01/03/10
As we said goodbye to 2009 last week, the Fairfax Times summed up the year for Fairfax County as one that "had plenty of ups and downs." For the down side, they highlight the budget woes (what mun...
on 12/21/09
Last week, I posted a blog indicating that the Fairfax Board of Supervisors was likely to pass the creation of a special tax district to fund three future Metro stops as part of the Metro extension...
on 12/17/09
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is likely to accept a petition from Western Fairfax landowners who want to tax themselves in order to pay for three future Metro stops, including Reston, Her...
on 12/10/09
For those living in and around Fairfax County, it should come as no surprise that we have made the list of one of the most traffic congested areas in the county. According to WTOP, Fairfax County ...
on 11/22/09
Not everyone is happy with the construction plans for the Tysons Corner area. Residents who live near Georgetown Pike in Great Falls are vowing to stop plans to widen Route 7, according to the Fai...
on 11/10/09
In addition to voting for a governor, a lieutenant governor, an a local delegate, Fairfax County voters also had a chance to weigh-in on a $232 million public school bond when they went to the poll...
on 10/29/09
The unemployment rate in Fairfax County rose slightly in September to 4.7% from the August rate of 4.5%, according to the Sun Gazette. Still, the unemployment rate in Fairfax County is below the...
on 10/09/09
According to the Fairfax County Department of Manangement and Budget, the unemployment rate in the County dropped from 5.2% in June to 4.8% in July. Reporting in the Department's August newsletter...
