Monday, May 13, 2013
Fairfax County Economic Development Authority officials say despite high number, sequestration causing job growth to slow down.
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) helped bring more than 1,400 jobs from 27 different companies during the first quarter of 2013. Salient Federal Solutions, a company that provides information techonology support to government and commercial customers, created the most opportunity countywide, adding 530 jobs in Fairfax, FCEDA officials said Friday. “In today’s environment, any business growth is remarkable,” FCEDA President and CEO Jerry Gordon said in a statement. But the number of new jobs was still down from the first quarter of 2012, when the FCEDA worked with 46 different businesses to bring in nearly 2,000 jobs. Gordon told Patch the slowdown was caused by cold feet from business owners, who hesitated to grow…
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Retention and vacancy rates were also noted in a presentation to the Fairfax Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
Uncertainty generated by sequestration and its effects are hurting the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority’s ability to find businesses, according to president and CEO Gerald Gordon. During a Tuesday presentation to the Board of Supervisors on the EDA’s 2012 victories and future challenges, Gordon noted that the authority’s number of prospects for FY2013 was down considerably from previous years. In FY2012, the EDA had a record year, meeting with 391 companies or organizations that were considering a move or expansion and needed office space. Those 391 companies presented a total of 11,291 jobs. Ultimately, about 8,400 jobs came to Fairfax County in 2012, the EDA announced in February. Many of those jobs were in Tysons and the …
Thursday, February 21, 2013
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority said 186 companies committed business to Fairfax County last year; more than 700 of the jobs were pledged to Tysons.
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority brought more than 8,400 jobs to the county in 2012, it announced this week — the majority of them in the professional services and information technology sectors and many in the Tysons area. According to the FCEDA, Tysons will welcome almost 730 of the 8,400 jobs. IntelSat, leading provider in satellite services, was the year’s biggest announcement, moving almost 430 employees to its new headquarters in Tysons’ new Tysons Tower. The company is set to relocate in 2014. In addition to IntelSat's relocation, Kaiser Permanente will move 146 jobs with the opening of the Tysons Corner medical center. The announcement about these 8,400 jobs came on the same day as County Board of Supervisors Chair…
