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CONTACT INFORMATION: Our office is open 8:30AM-4:30PM M-F
703-324-5171 TTY 711
EconomicInitiatives@FairfaxCounty.gov
12015 Route 50, Suite 510
Fairfax, VA 22033
Rebecca Moudry
Director

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  • About Us
  • Business Events & Education Calendar
  • 2025 Economic Initiatives Project Highlights
  • Accelerate Breakfasts Series
  • Economic Opportunity Reserve
  • Economic Initiatives Annual Reports
  • Fairfax CORE - Support for Small & Local Businesses
  • Fairfax County Business & Economic Data Dashboard
  • Fairfax Founders Fund
  • Pandemic Grants Impact Report
  • Sunsetted DEI Programs
  • Talent Up Northern Virginia
  • Upcoming Entrepreneurial Events

DEI News and Notes

Below is a compendium listing of news articles and blog posts from the Department of Economic Initiatives. 


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Fairfax CORE Newsletter: Your Business Connection
October 6, 2026
Small Business & Entrepreneurship Highlights from the October 2026 Newsletter ## BlogReclaiming Your Time: The One-H...
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Fairfax County Invites Local Businesses to Share Feedback
September 8, 2026
The Fairfax County Department of Economic Initiatives invites local business owners and entrepreneurs to share their perspectives through the Fall 2026 Business Pulse Survey. Businesses can complete this five-minute, confidential survey by visiting t...
Fairfax County Launches BUILD Program to Spur Redevelopment Across Nine Areas
July 31, 2026
Fairfax County has launched BUILD: Site Assembly and Redevelopment Program to help realize new investment and community opportunities by providing financial incentives for new residential and commercial projects. It offers a partial real estate tax a...

DEI News

  • Fairfax County Announces Applications Open for January 2025 Accelerate Breakfast Series
  • Fairfax County Council of Economic Opportunity (CEO) Discusses AI's 
     (2/13/25)
  • Propel Your Innovation: Fairfax Founders Fund Opens Applications March 17 (3/6/25)
  • Fairfax CORE News and Opportunities - March 2025
  • Fairfax County Council of Economic Opportunity (CEO) Discusses AI's Potential for Workforce and Economy (3/6/25)
  • Fairfax CORE Newsletter April 2025
  • Propel Your Innovation: Fairfax Founders Fund Opens Applications March 17 (3/6/25)
  • Fairfax County’s Economic Initiatives Department Celebrates 5 Years of Local Impact (5/21/25)
  • CORE Newsletter June 2025
  • Workhouse Arts Center Achieves Record Visitation (5/28/25)

  • Fairfax County Launches Fairfax CORE  (3/2024)
  • Fairfax County And George Mason University Announce Partnership to Launch the Accelerate Breakfast Series (4/2024)
  • Fairfax County and George Mason University Partner to Launch Next Accelerate Breakfast Series Featuring High-Growth Tech Companies on July 19  (6/2024)
  • Fairfax County Receives 2024 Excellence in Economic Development Silver and Bronze Awards from the International Economic Development Council   (8/2024)
  • Fairfax County Announces Eight New Fairfax Founders Fund Awardees (9/2024)
  • Fairfax County Establishes Council for Economic Opportunity, Sets Course for Future Growth  (9/2024)
  • Fairfax CORE Newsletter October 2024

  • Fairfax County Announces Applications Open for January 2025 Accelerate Breakfast Series (11/2024)

     

  • Fairfax Founders Fund Announces Inaugural Cohort of Grant Funding Winners - November 2023
  • Fairfax Founders Fund Open for Second Round of Funding
  • Empowering Fairfax County's Small Businesses with the THRIVE Program
  • Fairfax County Introduces Fund for Start Up Tech Companies
  • Fairfax County Introduces THRIVE: A Program Empowering Small Business Growth and Prosperity

  • Fairfax County Pitch and Pilot names Dynamhex 2022 Winner
  • Innovators and Disruptors Wanted to Pitch Solutions for  Carbon Neutrality and Clean Energy
  • Fairfax County Celebrates Grand Opening of Beanstalk Farms
  • Youngkin and Fairfax County to Celebrate Grand Opening of Vertical Farm in Herndon
  • Fairfax County to Roll Out Early Seed Capital Fund
  • Restaurant Revitalization Grants Now Open
  • IGNITE Your Businesses Potential with the FREE 2022 Small Business Bootcamp
  • Veteran Career Fair at National Museum of the United States Army Draws 500+ Jobseekers
  • Fairfax County Supports Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses
  • Fairfax County Economic Initiatives 2021 Project Successes
  • Food Business Accelerator & Entrepreneurship Center Planned for Original Mount Vernon High School
  • Fairfax County Awards More Than $16 Million in Business Support Grants

  • Santa Give Reindeer a Break, Rides RELAY Instead (12/2021)
  • Fairfax County agencies win three 2021 Excellence in Economic Development awards (12/2021)
  • Veteran Career Fair at National Museum of the United States Army Draws 500+ Jobseekers (11/2021)
  • Nine Fairfax County Restaurants Receive Door Dash Grants (5/2021)
  • Fairfax County and Smart City Works Select Winner of Pitch and Pilot: Fairfax County Innovation Challenge (4/2021)
  • Economic Framework Sets a Roadmap for Fairfax County Recovery (4/2021)
  • Fairfax County Pitch and Pilot: Pedestrian/Bike Safety Innovation Challenge Now Open (3/2021)
  • Shuttered Venue Grant Program Opens April 8 (3/2021)
  • Fairfax County Builds on Success of Smart City Challenge (3/2021)
  • Fairfax County Awards $52.5 Million in COVID Relief to Business & Nonprofits (3/2021)
  • Halcyon Business Incubator Recruiting Start-Up Businesses (1/2021)
  • Smart City Works, Fairfax County, Refraction and Virginia Tech to Host First Annual Smart City Challenge (1/2021)
  • Paycheck Protection Plan V2 Update (1/2021)
  • REV Initiative Provides Scholarships to COVID Impacted Workers (11/2020) (1/2021)

  • Fairfax County Awards $52.5 in COVID Relief to Business & Nonprofits (11/2020)
  • REBUILD VA Grant Program Increases Scope of Eligibility and Awards(11/2020)
  • REV Initiatives Provides Scholarships to COVID Impacted Workers  (11/2020)
  • OmMade Peanut Butter OmMade Peanut Butter to Expand in Reston with State and County Funding (10/2020)
  • Governor Expands Criteria for Rebuild VA Grants (9/2020)
  • Fairfax RISE Increases Funding (9/2020)

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