Planning For Your Future – Medicaid and More
Kensington hosts an in-person session on Thursday, February 22, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., on protecting your wealth from healthcare costs during retirement. This will address the importance of financial health. Partnering with Bethany Kazakevicius, CRPC, Investment Advisor Representative with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, you’ll learn more about long-term care and what Medicare does and does not cover. She’ll touch on longevity and spending rates of retirement accounts. There will be time to ask questions.
Reservations are required and can be made online at thekensingtonfallschurch.com/events/planning-for-your-future-series-part-ii-protecting-your-wealth-from-healthcare-costs-during-retirement/
Marketing Session for Businesses
The Mason Small Business Development Center is hosting an online session Thursday, February 22, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. for businesses to review the latest in effective marketing of goods and services. The webinar will cover how to choose target groups, market definitions, market segmentation, competitive analysis, branding and online SEO and offline marketing. Senior Counselor Bernard Ferret will lead the session and the link will be shared upon registration at
clients.virginiasbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=110440005&nocache=y
Chicken Salad Chick Coming Soon
A new chicken restaurant is coming to Falls Church. Devon Chamberlin will open a franchise, Chicken Salad Chick, this spring in Idylwood Shopping Center. The restaurant will carry a number of variations on chicken salad as well as soups, salads, and sides. Chicken Salad Chick is operating in ten states and has another one planned for Chantilly, opening in late summer/fall.
Fortunoff Signs Lease
The New York outdoor furniture retailer is expanding south. Fortunoff Backyard Store has leased space in Crossroads Place at South Jefferson Street and Leesburg Pike in Falls Church. It joins tenants Burlington, Home Goods and World Market. Space has also been leased at Parkway Crossing East in Woodbridge and Sugarland Crossing in Sterling.
Lions Fruit Sale
On Saturday, February 17, at 8:15 a.m., the Falls Church – Annandale Lions Club will sell fruit at the Annandale Swim and Tennis Club, 7530 Little River Turnpike, until they sell out. Look for the Craig Moving Van. All proceeds support local charitable work. For more information, visit fc-alions.org.
Compass Coffee Approval
The second drive-thru Compass Coffee application has won the support of the Fairfax County Planning Commission. This will utilize the lanes of the vacated BB&T Bank in the Shops at West Falls Church. One lane will serve in-person orders while the other will serve online and mobile orders, supporting a total of 14 vehicles at a time with traffic adjustments.
- 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.
