The Route 1 Refresh Grant program provides financial aid to offset the anticipated costs associated with replacing printed materials, signage, and business cards, or to cover costs related to website updates, search engine optimization (SEO), marketing, and other related expenses.
The grant comes after the Prince William Board of County Supervisors opted to change the name of Route 1 from Jefferson Davis Highway to Richmond Highway, following an unfunded mandate sponsored by Fredericksburg Delegate Joshua Cole and signed by former Gov. Ralph Northam requiring localities to change the name of the street, which, since the 1920s, honored the president of the Confederate States of America.
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Updated -- One of the most familiar faces in the Stafford County business community is headed west.
Rick Cobert, an economic development manager who worked with prospective and existing businesses, will become the new chief economic development director in Winchester. He starts tomorrow.
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Prince William County will host a veterans job fair as part of its efforts to put more people to work.
The county's Department of Economic Development will host the fair at the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico, 1775 Semper Fidelis Way in Quantico. The fair supports veterans, military spouses, and transitioning service members looking to advance their careers.
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A low-income housing developer will breathe new life into a brown spot on Route 1.
Foulger-Pratt will build 240 new garden-style apartments in seven buildings to revitalize Jefferson Square Plaza, next to Todos supermarket in Maurumso Plaza in Woodbridge. The developer will demolish Jefferson Plaza, a shopping center once home to a The Hub furniture store and The Ground Round restaurant in the 1980s and 90s, to make way for the new homes.
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