Ballston BID names new CEO
The Ballston Business Improvement District (BID) has named Danette Nguyen its next CEO, the Arlington County organization announced Monday. A Ballston resident, Nguyen previously was the managing director of the Maryland Women’s Business Center (MWBC), a program which encourages women to start, sustain and grow their businesses. Additionally, Nguyen spent five years working at the […]
Fix-it shop
Since becoming Arlington County’s economic development director in November 2022, Ryan Touhill’s most pressing challenge has been sharply delineated: The county’s office vacancy rate has hit 23.7%, nearly twice the national rate of 13.1%, a record high itself, according to the National Association of Realtors. Like other localities, Arlington is coping with multiple factors that [...]