In the coming months, expect to see some new retailers and restaurants moving in to Potomac Mills.
According to Rocell Viniard, the area director of marketing and business Development for Potomac Mills, the new businesses are meant to bring some excitement to the mall.
“At Simon, we’re really trying to continue to push and expand our offerings at Potomac Mills by bringing in high profile brands and restaurant names, and really continue to refresh Potomac Mills. We are trying to enhance the overall experience for our guests – offering the best selection of brands and restaurants,” said Viniard.
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Yellow Cab Prince William has partnered with Gata Labs and have a released a free phone app that allows residents to book cab rides with one click.
The app became live this May, and was done in response to the huge success of other ride sharing platforms like Uber and Lyft, which were taking a huge chunk of cab companies business.
“We partnered with Yellow Cab Prince William County because they’re the premier service provider in the area. We already have partners in over 100 different cities around North America. What we’re doing is trying to provide the technology and work with [cab] fleets, instead of against fleets – like Uber does. We’re trying to help these companies combat these new mobile focused competitors like Uber and Lyft,” said Gata Labs President Simon Bourgeois.
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The Prince William Committee of 100 chose a new president for the organization – 20-year member James Young.
According to Young, he did not seek out the role, but was nominated by a committee for the seat.
“Our nominating processes are fairly self perpetuating. Every year, a nominations committee gets together and seeks to recommend candidates…I’ve been on the board for a long time as a district representative, and was asked to be allowed to put up my name for nomination and I thought about it for a little while, and said sure,” said Young.
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Update
Deborah Campbell, a communications specialist for the county, has provided more information on the costs associated with the solar panels project.
More in a statement from Campbell:
The County will lease the solar energy project from CGC at a first year annual cost of $245,032, increased by 2% per year. This lease amount is based upon the average amount of electricity (1815 MW-hours) to be generated and net metered to reduce the power purchased from NOVEC.  The Agreement will be for 25 years from the date of execution. At the end of the term, CGC will remove the solar energy project at its expense, or at the County’s option, sell the project to the County at fair market value. The project is to be installed within 365 days from the Agreement execution date.
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Last week, two Democratic primary candidates for the Potomac district – Andrea Bailey and Dumfries Town Councilman Derrick Wood –  met for a debate.
The debate was an opportunity for voters to meet the candidate and learn their stances prior to the upcoming primary, which is on June 9.
Commercial tax base
Bailey and Wood first spoke about what needs to happen in order to expand the commercial tax base.
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Residents in the Potomac Shores development may soon see a multi-million dollar spa and resort.
According to Potomac Supervisor Maureen Caddigan, there has been talk of being a resort and spa within the development, to help boost economic development in the area.
“That is our future – this is what our community is about. We want it to be first class,” said Caddigan.
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Our regional editor Stephanie Tipple spent the day with Sgt. Chris Truslow of the Stafford sheriff’s office to learn more about the work law enforcement does each day.
Roll call
My day with members of the Stafford sheriff’s office began bright and early, at their 5:30 a.m. roll call meeting.
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The City of Manassas school board has appointed Kimberly Buckeit as the new principal of Metz Middle School in Manassas.
Buckheit is currently principal at a middle school in Maine – where she has worked since 2004, said a release.
More on Buckheit’s background from Manassas City Public Schools:
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The Virginia Departme
nt of Transportation (VDOT) is proposing that new signs and a pickup area for HOV carpooling be added to the Staffordboro commuter lot in Stafford.
According to VDOT, the lot was observed and there was a survey given to users of the lot that slug using the HOV lanes that helped them to determine that changes needed to be made.
Here are the improvements proposed by VDOT:
