patching...
Breaking: Dawkins' Death Ruled a Homicide »
Welcome back, Patch Blogger!

U.S. Chamber Of Commerce

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Taking Care of Business: Virginia No. 3 in Best Places to Start Up

Small business owners are worried about long term growth, but Virginia is a great place to start one, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Virginia has been ranked the third-best state for starting a business, according to a new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Commonwealth came in behind only Maryland and Colorado among all states in supporting innovation and entreprenuership, as ranked by the chamber's Enterprising States report. Virginia has the highest concentration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) jobs in the nation, according to the report, and ranks second in STEM jobs growth. It also has the largest share of high-tech businesses, which helped it to the Top 3. Arlington especially has a strong entrepreneur community and the County is committed to supporting start-ups and small businesses.  See:  During the 2012 General Assembly …

Friday, November 16, 2012

Kaine, Allen Advisors: SuperPAC Ads Were 'Total Crap'

Campaign advisors talk candidly at VPAP forum at George Mason's Arlington campus.

Remember all those horrible television ads in the Tim Kaine-George Allen race for the U.S. Senate? It turns out not everyone with those campaigns liked them, either. Mo Elleithee, a senior strategist for the Kaine campaign, and Boyd Marcus, a senior political advisor for Allen's Senate bid, agreed Thursday that many of those ads were "total crap." Elleithee said the negative ads paid for by outside groups actually helped Kaine. The two spoke candidly for more than an hour at a Virginia Public Access Project forum at George Mason University's Arlington campus. George Mason political scientist Mark Rozell moderated. The pair — Elleithee is a longtime Democrat, and served as senior spokesman for Hillary Clinton's presidential bid in 2008; …

yjnedc

10:07 am on Friday, November 30, 2012

Robbery did not appear to be one of them, http://www.louisvuittonbeltsdt.net however — Mr. Vahidipour had $171 in his pockets when the http://www.coachbagsoutleton.org police found his body.Shopkeepers in Brooklyn have been http://www.coachoutletstorefb.com on edge since the summer, when two men were killed at their http://www.coachoutletdt.net stores in two months. Mohamed Gebeli, 65, died in …   more ›

Got a Hot Tip?