2009 Press Releases
August 3, 2009: County Seeks Business Leaders for Economic Development Commission
April 1, 2009: Governor Kaine Announces Raytheon To Consolidate Facilities in Loudoun County
January 5, 2009: Loudoun County Design Cabinet Announces Fifth Annual Design Competition
County Seeks Business Leaders for Economic Development Commission
August 3, 2009: The Loudoun County Economic Development Commission (EDC) is recruiting new members. The EDC seeks local business leaders who can contribute their time, energy, and ideas to promote business growth, strengthen the local economy, and preserve Loudoun’s high quality of life. The EDC has openings for terms beginning January 2010. Leaders from all sectors of the local business community are encouraged to apply.
Letters of interest and resumes are due in Department of Economic Development offices by 5:00 p.m., September 2, 2009 – electronic submissions are preferred. Interviews will take place in September. Send letters of interest, along with your resumes or biography, to:
EDC Nominating Committee, c/o Dorri Morin
Loudoun County Department of Economic Development
1 Harrison Street, S.E., Mail Stop # 63
Leesburg, VA 20175
e-mail: dorri.morin@loudoun.gov
Fax: 703-771-5363
Established in 1995 by the county’s Board of Supervisors, the EDC is a public/private partnership responsible for promoting Loudoun’s economic development. The Commission serves as a forum through which business and government leaders meet to exchange ideas and experiences about business growth in the county.
Organized with up to thirty-one voting members, the EDC features representatives from diverse industries such as: aerospace, agribusiness, banking & finance, higher education, professional services, federal contracting, information and communications technology, real estate development, retail, and small business. Additional commissioners include ex-officio members representing key community and economic development organizations. The Commission also has several classes of non-voting members including standing advisory members, specially appointed advisory members, and members emeritus.
The Commission’s responsibilities include:
- Providing program and policy recommendations to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors.
- Updating and implementing the community’s Economic Development Strategic Plan.
- Coordinating economic development and marketing activities among public/private groups in the county.
Learn more about the Economic Development Commission at: biz.loudoun.gov/edc.
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Contact: Dorri Morin, Department of Economic Development, 703-737-8385
Governor Kaine Announces Raytheon to Consolidate Facilities in Loudoun County
RICHMOND April 1, 2009 – Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Raytheon Company, a technology and innovation company specializing in defense, homeland security, cybersecurity and other government markets, is planning to consolidate some of its Northern Virginia facilities into approximately 600,000 square feet of building space in Loudoun County.
The project will include a capital investment of about $37.5 million and during the next 36 months Raytheon expects to create about 100 jobs for the company's Virginia operations. Virginia successfully competed with Maryland and Washington, D.C., for the project.
"Raytheon Company is an important employer in the Commonwealth," Governor Kaine said. "The location the company has selected in Loudoun County is an existing campus with room for expansion. As part of Raytheon's consolidation and expansion project, this facility best meets its needs for security, proximity to workforce, square footage and timeframe."
Raytheon employs more than 4,000 people in Virginia. The project is part of Raytheon Company's plans to improve facility efficiencies, and will involve relocating certain Raytheon employees from current, dispersed locations in Virginia to the Loudoun County site next year.
Raytheon will lease space in four office buildings at AOL's Pacific Corporate Park in Dulles, Virginia. The buildings are located at Route 28 and Waxpool Road. The Loudoun County facility will house portions of both Raytheon Technical Services Company and Raytheon's Intelligence and Information Systems business unit. AOL will continue to have a significant presence in Loudoun County at its Dulles campus.
With a history of innovation spanning 87 years, Raytheon Company provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems; as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts, Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide and reported 2008 sales of $23.2 billion.
"Our decision to consolidate our offices brings many of our Northern Virginia employees to a common location and provides an opportunity for greater Raytheon teamwork, collaboration and innovative thinking," said Tom Culligan, senior vice president of Raytheon Company. "As one of the fastest-growing counties in the country, we are confident that the move to Loudoun County will support our efforts to attract and retain a highly skilled workforce in the Commonwealth."
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership worked with Loudoun County to secure the project for Virginia. Governor Kaine approved a $500,000 grant from the Governor's Opportunity Fund to assist Loudoun County with improving and upgrading the Route 28 technology corridor project. The Virginia Department of Business Assistance will provide training assistance through the Virginia Jobs Investment Program.
On behalf of the Board of Supervisors, I'd like to welcome Raytheon to Loudoun County," said Chairman Scott York, Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. "Raytheon's long history of important contributions to our national security and its reputation for generously supporting local communities makes Raytheon the perfect fit for our growing federal government contractor cluster. We are very excited that Raytheon recognized the advantages of doing business in Loudoun and has selected our community as a hub for two of its major business units. We're very confident Raytheon's employees, who will now be working here, will find Loudoun County a great place to live and work."
Contact: Gordon Hickey, Governor's Office, 800-225-4260; Keith Little, Raytheon Company, 703-608-4230; Christie Miller, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, 800-545-5805; Loudoun County Department of Economic Development, 703-777-0426
Loudoun County Design Cabinet Announces Fifth Annual Design Competition
January 5, 2009: The Loudoun County Design Cabinet has announced the call for nominations for their 5th Annual Signatures of Loudoun Design Excellence Program. The awards recognize the buildings, interiors, places and details that make Loudoun County unlike any other.
The program strives to identify a variety of outstanding projects and designs countywide. Entries are reviewed by the Design Cabinet, a volunteer group of architects, planners, and engineers associated with the Loudoun County Department of Economic Development. A students’ choice award is also selected by a panel of Loudoun County high school students.
Winners are named in six different categories, which recognize physical projects of all size, scope, and cost. Previous winners have included small architectural details and community landmarks, private homes, town and county-owned properties, and large-scale commercial properties such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farm Research Campus. The 2008 awards are currently on display at the Dulles Town Center, on the second floor outside Nordstrom’s department store.
The Design Cabinet will be accepting nominations through 5pm on February 6, 2009. Entry forms, rules, photos of previous winners, and the award criteria may be downloaded from the DED website at http://biz.loudoun.gov/designcabinet. Winners will be announced in the spring of 2009.
For more information on how to nominate for the Signatures of Loudoun Design Awards, please call 703-777-0426 or email Susan VanEpps at susan.vanepps@loudoun.gov.