Lockheed Martin’s Savi Technology is relocating its headquarters from Mountain View, Calif., to Alexandria, to be closer to its expanding base of public sector and commercial customers.
Savi Technology provides solutions and services that leverage wireless sensor networks.

CACI International has won a $22 million task order to support for the U.S. Strategic Command’s joint training objectives.

Volkswagen of America continued its streak of sales growth in July, reporting a 16 percent increase in car sales over July 2009.The Herndon-based company said it sold 23,880 total units during the month, marking its 13th consecutive month of sales growth. Volkswagen’s year-to-date sales have grown 27.5 percent over the same period last year.

The company also sold more vehicles in July than in any month since December 2005 (except for August during the government’s “Cash for Clunkers” deal.)

If there is some confusion over the identity of the best-educated city, that's partly a matter of how "city" is defined. The District, exclusive of its suburbs, isn't quite so well-educated as either Seattle or San Francisco. Even Bethesda can stake a claim as smartest city, if smaller jurisdictions are included in the list.
If there is some confusion over the identity of the best-educated city, that's partly a matter of how "city" is defined. The District, exclusive of its suburbs, isn't quite so well-educated as either Seattle or San Francisco. Even Bethesda can stake a claim as smartest city, if smaller jurisdictions are included in the list.
But as a metropolitan area -- city and suburbs -- Washington is without peer. The District is surrounded by the five best-educated counties in the country, as measured in bachelor's degrees, a necklace of demographic pearls: Arlington, home to the Pentagon; Alexandria, the upscale Colonial city, classified by the census as its own county; Fairfax County, headquarters of Sallie Mae and the CIA; Howard County, with its massive Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; and Montgomery County, home to the National Institutes of Health. There are Washington suburbs where seemingly every neighbor is a doctor or lawyer, scientist or spy. "I remember when I was knocking on doors as a candidate: You get to talking to somebody and find..........

pedestrian-friendly town center that includes a new cinema, grocery store, townhouses and office space

Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church announced today that work will begin this summer on a new 11-story, patient tower. It will house 174 private intensive care and medical/surgical patient rooms. Officials said the additional 216,000 square feet will help the hospital meet future inpatient and outpatient needs and will allow for more flexibility if there is a surge in patients during a disaster or pandemic event.The project’s estimated cost is about $161 million. The South Patient Tower, which will stand at the entrance of the existing main hospital, is expected to be complete by the fall of 2012.“With increased demand for healthcare services in this area, it is critical for a hospital like Inova Fairfax, which serves as the hub of a community healthcare system, to expand to meet the future needs of our community,” L. Reuven Pasternak, CEO of Inova Fairfax Hospital, said in a statement.

Inova Fairfax Hospital, already Greater Washington’s biggest hospital by revenue, will in July begin building a new patient tower, the first phase of five-year, $621 million construction project, and is also close to securing regulatory changes laying groundwork for a long-term expansion plan beyond that.

Read more: Inova Fairfax Hospital charts $621M long-term expansion plan - Washington Business Journal

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors have approved the higher density master plan for Tysons Corner!
Tysons Corner is the 12th largest and largest suburban business district in the United States with 50 million sq ft of office space and 115,000 employees and 20,000 residents! Plan to increase to 200,000 employees and 100,000 residents.
Here are some renderings of the plan


Metro Stations
http://www.fairfaxco...on/dullesmetro/
Washington Post
http://www.washingto...0062305546.html
http://www.washingto...ST2010062200169
Master Plan
http://www.fairfaxco...n_bos_june8.pdf

Alexandria is the 5th fastest-growing city in the U.S., according to new population estimates from the U. S. Census Bureau. From July 1, 2008 to July 1, 2009, the waterfront city on the shores of the Potomac added about 5,500 people to its population of 150,000 for a growth rate of 3.8 percent.
Meanwhile, neighboring Arlington County came in seventh, with a 3.5 percent growth in population, boosting its head count to 217,483. Though not technically a city, the bureau counts it that way, because of its population concentration.

Alexandria officials are reshaping the north end of Potomac Yard as a multi-billion-dollar development with 7.5 million square feet of residential, retail and commercial space.