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Business in brief
Countywide
Loudoun ranks fifth
Loudoun County ranks No. 5 in job growth on Money Magazine's annual ranking of the best places to live in the United States.
Job growth in Loudoun, from 2000 to 2006, jumped 51.3 percent.
"D.C. suburbs are enjoying yet another sonic boom," said the magazine, "and Loudoun County is in the forefront with its wealth of developable land.
"Private industry is buying in and there has been an explosion in government-related development driving growth in defense and biomedical industries. The population has grown more than 30 percent this decade."
Tooele County, Utah, ranks first in job growth. Money Magazine cited that county as being "near full employment" because of a "blossoming" scientific and technical industry, bolstered by several mines in the area.
Child-care business class
There is a shortage of child-care providers in Loudoun, and “The Business of Family Child Care” seminar on Aug. 1 will go over the ins and outs of this in-demand industry. Topics to be covered: business licensing requirements, state licensing, voluntary registration, local zoning, liability insurance and USDA Food Reimbursement.
The class will take place at the Loudoun County Extension Office, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The registration fee is $10 to cover the resource manual provided to participants. For information, call Beverly Samuel in the Loudoun County Extension Office at 703-777-0373.
Dulles
From Loudoun to Baghdad
At the beginning of July, Dulles-based SkyLink Air and Logistics Support USA Inc. finished moving a 15,000-kilo energy transformer to Baghdad for the rebuilding of the Baghdad Al-Doura power plant. The transformer will help provide more than 1.5 million Iraqi citizens with additional electrical power. One of 29 operational power plants across Iraq, Al-Doura functions as the sole major power plant in Baghdad. The new energy transformer will augment the city’s grid by 280 megawatts per day. For information on SkyLink USA, visit www.skylink-usa.net .
Sterling
New bank opens
Millennium Bank, a nationally chartered bank founded in 1999, has opened a new branch in Sterling. A grand opening celebration was July 21 at its new location, 21430 Cedar Drive, Unit 100 in Sterling.
New moving agreement
Sterling-based All-PRO Moving and Transfer, an agent for Paul Arpin Van Lines, has announced an agreement with Great Canadian Van Lines Ltd.
All-PRO, in business since 1995 and located next to Washington Dulles International Airport, provides local and long-distance moving services.
The new interline alliance will also allow smaller cross-border shipments to larger hub centers such as Toronto and Vancouver.
"This is a total win-win situation because both companies [Arpin, Great Canadian] will expand their markets and networks across the U.S./Canadian border," said Hugh Millar, president of All-PRO.
Brambleton
KLNB Retail's new office
KLNB Retail has announced the opening of its new 6,400-square-foot office in Loudoun, at 42395 Ryan Road in the Brambleton Town Center in Brambleton. KLNB Retail is the retail arm of KLNB LLC, a full-service commercial real estate services company that focuses on the Baltimore-Washington, D.C.-Northern Virginia marketplace, and which now operates five offices throughout the region. Eleven employees consisting of principals, leasing agents and support staff will be based in Brambleton, with Cary Judd the principal in charge.
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