Recent Articles from Sydney Lake
Booz Allen Foundation launches $1M fund for COVID-19 innovation projects
McLean-based global management consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. announced Friday that its foundation has launched a $1 million Innovation Fund that is open to nonprofits, small businesses and individuals who have ideas for projects that can help solve COVID-19-related social problems. Founded in 2017, The Booz Allen Foundation provides funding to youth and education […]
Internet governing body blocks $1.1B sale of Public Interest Registry
The governing body of Internet domain addresses voted Thursday to block the $1.135 billion sale of the Public Interest Registry, a Reston-based nonprofit created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the .org top-level domain, to private equity firm Ethos Capital. The Public Interest Registry has operated the .org domain — which is used […]
Norfolk buys Military Circle Shopping Mall for $11M
The Norfolk Economic Development Authority (EDA) announced Friday it approved a plan for the city to purchase the Military Circle Shopping Mall for $11 million to redevelop the mall and surrounding area for mixed-use development. “The Military Circle corridor is the crossroads of the Hampton Roads region,” Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Cooper Alexander said in a […]
Second round of Central Va. COVID-19 Response funding released
The Central Virginia COVID-19 Response Fund, a joint initiative of the nonprofit Community Foundation for a greater Richmond and the Emergency Management Alliance of Central Virginia, awarded its second round of grants this week, bringing the total amount awarded to more than $2 million and the number of regional organizations funded to 52. Since the effort […]
Last remaining corner plot in Henrico County’s Short Pump sells for $5.85M
The last remaining corner plot of land in Henrico County’s Short Pump area has sold for $5.85 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Mark E. Douglas said. Located at 12120 W. Broad St., the 12.27 acre vacant, wooded lot is less than one mile from West Broad Marketplace, a shopping center with anchor tenants including […]
GO Virginia approves $2.87M in grants for 13 regional projects
The state’s Go Virginia Board has allocated $2.87 million in grants for 13 regional projects supporting economic development. A state economic development initiative led by business leaders and state officials, GO Virginia ( Growth and Opportunity for Virginia) has funded 87 projects, totaling $30.3 million, since it was established by the General Assembly in 2016. […]
Axios returns $4.8M in PPP funding
Arlington County-based digital media company Axios Media Inc. is returning $4.8 million it received from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to Axios cofounder and CEO Jim VandeHei, who said the federal relief program aimed at helping small businesses keep their workforces employed had “become much more politically polarized since its inception.[...]
Reston IT company names president
Tony Crescenzo has been hired as president of Reston-based information technology company Intelligent Waves LLC. Formerly the CEO of Falls Church-based IT company IntelliDyne LLC, Crescenzo earned his bachelor’s degree from Stockton University and his master’s degree in business administration from Rutgers University. Intelligent Waves is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, founde[...]
Veterans helping veterans
September 2019 was a big month for B3 Group Inc. The Herndon-based information technology services company was among the contract winners for a $686 million task order from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Digital Transformation Center. The same month, it was selected for a 15-year, $59.9 million contract to provide the VA with […]
Va. Beach contractor lands $782M Navy contract
Navy veteran Terry Spitzer has dedicated much of his career to manufacturing equipment to be used by his former U.S. Armed Forces branch. In April, Global Technical Systems (GTS), the Virginia Beach-based company Spitzer and his wife, Yusun, co-founded in 1997, landed a $782 million contract to manufacture equipment for the Navy’s combat system network. […]