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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

New Entrepreneur in Residence Program Designed to Help Arlington Startups

Entrepreneurs will mentor startups in exchange for office space at Arlington Economic Development.

Arlington Economic Development on Tuesday announced a new Entrepreneur in Residence program to help advise, inform and grow the county's burgeoning startup community. Each Entrepreneur in Residence will serve for six months to one year, counseling and advising other area startups in exchange for office space at Arlington Economic Development. The first Entrepreneurs in Residence will be Will Fuentes and Cary Scott, co-founders of the Arlington-based tech startup Lemur Retail. The pair will hold regular office hours to meet with budding entrepreneurs and fast-growth startups in an effort to share ideas and best practices, according to a news release. They will also host quarterly workshops. “We’ve learned. We’ve made the mistakes, and we’re…

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Mentors Step in to Make a Difference in the AIDS Community

The PALS Mentoring Program seeks to mentor and engage young people infected or affected by HIV or AIDS.

"(It) is not so much about making a huge difference in the world so much as it is providing a listening ear to a child and making a difference in their life."  Volunteers in the PALS Mentoring Program created under the Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry take their position very seriously. They are working with youth to make a difference. The Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry (NOVAM) was created to help meet the needs of people affected or infected with HIV or AIDS. The organization has focused on two types of community outreach from their office based in Falls Church, Va.  First, NOVAM works with local schools to educate young people on methods of prevention. Through peer to peer education, NOVAM hopes to reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS …

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