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Session 1: Starting & Growing a Business
Jan. 10, 2014
8:30am - 10am
SpringHill Suites
6065 Richmond Hwy
Alexandria, VA 22303
SFDC Open House and Mary Thonen Awards
Jan. 22, 2014
4pm-7pm
SFDC Office
6677 Richmond Hwy
Alexandria, VA 22306
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Greetings!
Happy New Year from SFDC! We hope you enjoyed the Holidays and are all rested up for a brand new year. January is a busy month for SFDC - with the Business Roundtable Speaker Series kicking off on the 10th and our annual "office party" and Mary Thonen Awards presentation happening on the 22nd! There will be lots of food and networking at both events, so come on by and connect with your community.
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SFDC's Business Roundtable Speaker Series
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Session 1: Starting & Growing a Business
Professional networking, informative panelists, business development Q&A, free breakfast, and fresh coffee? Count me in! What better way to kick off the new year than to connect with other professionals and learn new ways to make your business grow and thrive.
Starting & Growing a Business
8:30am - 10:00am
SpringHill Suites, 6065 Richmond Highway
Alexandria, VA 22303
The Business Roundtable Speaker Series is an ongoing series taking place on the second Friday of each month. Subsequent session topics will include government contracting, microlending, business financing, veteran-owned businesses, and business opportunities in southeast Fairfax. Donations are gratefully accepted. This series is made possible through the collaboration of the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority.
For speaker bios and event details, check out What's Happening on our website.
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SFDC's Annual Near Year's Open House!
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Aka "Office Party" with Mary Thonen Award Winners
SFDC is hosting an office bash with food, friends, adult beverages, giveaway prizes, AND will reveal the winners of the 2013 Mary Thonen highway beautification awards. These awards are given every year to businesses with outstanding landscaping and aesthetics, adding to the overall beautification of the Richmond Highway corridor. Seventeen businesses were selected by the SFDC MCAPT Committee. Below are the businesses receiving awards, with the corresponding award levels to be revealed at the event!
Beacon of Groveton
Boston Market
Cherry Arms Apartments
Cityside Huntington Metro
Cooper Center
Groveton Baptist Church
Huntington Gateway Luxury Apartments
Jiffy Lube
Montebello
Mount Vernon Plaza
Mount Vernon Square Apartments
Mount Zephr Community
Red Roof Inn
Sunoco
Taco Bell
The Village at Gum Springs
Travelers Motel
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Hidden Business Series
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ServiceMaster Restore of Alexandria, VA
One of the largest businesses off Richmond Highway is surprisingly difficult to spot. Voted "Best Large Business" of 2009 by the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce, the 30,000 SF Service Master Restore of Alexandria doesn't get much foot traffic with a Fordson Road address.
For many businesses, visibility and signage are everything when it comes to marketing, but not so for ServiceMaster.
Let's think for a moment. If your home or commercial property is damaged by a flood, fire, smoke, mold, biohazards or even extreme hoarding, what is the first thing you do?
"Typically, a person who experiences a residential or commercial catastrophe calls his or her insurance company or property manager right off the bat" says Service Master Account Manager Jennifer Hammer. "A substantial component of our marketing strategy is to network with insurance companies and property management groups to connect with people in need of emergency response services ASAP." Most people are not aware of catastrophe cleaning services until a catastrophe happens. But when it does, the ServiceMaster team is ready to go 24/7/365.
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Jennifer Hammer, ServiceMaster Account Manager
Photo by Lindsey Doane
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For 28 years, the ServiceMaster Alexandria franchise has built a solid reputation in providing emergency response cleaning services to businesses and homes in the DC Metro region, and is currently the largest ServiceMaster franchise in the area. They have also partnered with Max Paxton from A&E's show "Hoarders" to provide restoration services for cases involving extreme hoarding. During SFDC's tour of the facility, we learned that the severity of a hoarding disorder ranges from 1-5 (slight - extreme) with the majority of Americans falling in the 1-2 category. Now we know who to call when our hoarding tendencies get out of hand!
ServiceMaster Restore of Alexandria can be reached anytime at (703) 212-7000 or check out the ServiceMaster of Alexandria app for iPhone or Android.
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"Jeff Todd Way" Connects Rt. 1 to Telegraph Road
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New road opens spring 2014
On December 18, 2013, elected officials, reporters, Chamber members, citizens groups and community members gathered at the intersection of Richmond Highway and Old Mill Road to dedicate a new road in honor of Jeff Todd, longtime community and business leader.
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Todd served on the board of several non-profit organizations including the Mount Vernon-Lee Education Partnership, Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services, and United Community Ministries. He improved the lives and education of students by donating thousands of dollars to local schools, and was recognized by the Board of Supervisors for his amazing generosity.
"Jeff was an example, as a father, as a philanthropist, as a community leader, as chairman of the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Mount Vernon Visioning Task Force, to be emulated by all residents of Mount Vernon. He was an extraordinary man who loved his community and was deeply loved and admired by his family and friends," said Supervisor Gerry Hyland.
Jeff Todd Way will provide easy and direct access to Telegraph Road (the Kingstowne area) from Richmond Highway. Currently, the main routes to Telegraph Road are at the top of Richmond Highway via the Beltway or North Kings Highway, or near Fort Belvoir via the Fairfax County Parkway. Jeff Todd Way will be a more convenient "midway" connector road that will alleviate traffic and help people get where they need to go faster and more efficiently. The road is set to open this spring.
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