Architect Robert Beach Honored
The Fairfax County History Commission honored local architect, Robert Beach, with the Distinguished Achievement Award at the 19th Annual History Conference. The award noted his support of the Commission for 22 years and his expertise in historical restorations. It cited the creation, design, and installation of the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial at the Occoquan Regional Park as his most significant contribution. This is the only national suffrage memorial that honors every Suffragist who participated in the movement. Congressman Gerald Connolly entered the award recognition of Mr. Beach into the Congressional Record.
Pullups for Tanzania
Functional Fitness VA is participating in the Tanzania Water Fund’s annual pull-ups for water fundraiser where participants will do pull ups to help raise awareness to the people of Tanzania who have to walk an average of five miles a day for access to “clean” water. Kavon Atabaki’s rationale is that “walking five miles for water is hard, pull ups are hard, let’s do one to raise awareness for the other.” Stations will be set up for participants of any level of strength. The second half of the event is the actual fundraising. The community is invited to participate on Saturday, November 18, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at Functional Fitness.
Local Business Anniversaries
Nothing Bundt Cakes in Seven Corners is celebrating its 4th Anniversary. Today, they will donate 20 percent of their sales to their nonprofit neighbor, Lost Dogs and Cats Rescue Foundation. Congratulations to Katie Lewis. And Panjshir Restaurant is celebrating its 38th year in Falls Church. Congratulations to Esmat Niazy.
eCommerce Bootcamp
The Virginia Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is holding a free webinar on growing online sales for your business on November 21, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. The session will cover upgrading websites and costs, available e-commerce platforms and how to select the best one for your needs, how to set up and manage storefront or service portals, and how to use the data and marketing to increase sales. Cameron Nelson, Technology Advisor with SBDC leads the session. The meeting link will be shared upon registration at clients.virginiasbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=900430033.
Cognosante Milestone
The VA contracted Cognosante to develop and execute a cloud migration strategy to move over 350 Department of Veterans Affairs production applications. Its cloud operations and migrations services teams leveraged and enabled technologies enabling the VA to transition its systems to the VA Enterprise Cloud five months early.
B-21 Bomber Takes Flight
Northrop Grumman built the U.S. Air Force’s B-21 Raider, and it is currently in the in flight testing phase. This is the sixth-generation nuclear-capable stealth bomber and replaces the B-1 and B-2 bomber fleet. The B-21 Raider has long-range and mid-air refueling capabilities that will bring conventional and nuclear weapons to U.S. forces worldwide.
Business News & Notes is compiled by Elise Neil Bengtson, Executive Director of the Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce. She may be emailed at elise@fallschurchchamber.org.
