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Contact: Alan Fogg, afogg@fceda.org,
703-790-0600 (office) or 571-213-5065 (mobile)
Twelve Fairfax County companies named to annual
Hispanic
Business list
Listed county businesses outnumber Maryland and D.C.
totals combined
Fairfax County , Virginia , June 15,
2007 – Twelve
Fairfax County-based companies, including 11 in technology
fields, are among the 500 largest Hispanic-owned businesses
in the nation, according to the June issue of Hispanic Business
magazine.
Twelve Fairfax County companies were on the 2006 list, but
this year’s list includes two firms that weren’t
on it last year: SCI Consulting Services, Inc. and MicroTech,
LLC.
The Fairfax County companies are among 19 from Virginia.
The county total is larger than the number of companies from
Maryland (seven) and the District of Columbia (four) combined.
Virginia is sixth in revenue and fifth in the number of Hispanic
businesses in the top 500.
“Our Fairfax County location is critical to our
success,” said Jose “Pepe” Figueroa, founder
and president of Priority One Services, Inc., which provides
facility management, transportation and animal science projects. “Even
in the Internet age, a business needs to be located near clients
and near the kind of amenities that are attractive to employees.
Fairfax County provides this kind of combination for our company.”
Ranked by revenue, here are the 12 Fairfax County companies
on the 2007 Hispanic Business 500 and their location in Fairfax
County:
Together, these companies generated $516.4 million in sales
and employed 5,715 workers in 2006.
“The number and type of Fairfax County companies on
the Hispanic Business list every year underscore
the diversity of the business community here and our economy,” said
Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Fairfax County
Economic Development Authority (FCEDA). “ Fairfax County
is rightfully proud to be home to these successful businesses."
Business growth helps Fairfax County, just outside Washington,
D.C., fund public services such as a top-ranked public school
system and library, public safety, social services and park
systems that improve the quality of life. Fairfax County offers
a well-educated workforce, diverse real estate options, access
to domestic and international markets through Washington Dulles
International Airport, and a business community based on technology
and professional services. The home of business innovation,
Fairfax County will host the 2007 National Conference on the
Creative Economy (www.creativeeconomies.org) on October 24-25.
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (www.FairfaxCountyEDA.org)
promotes Fairfax County as a business and technology center.
The FCEDA’s Capital Attraction Program links technology
entrepreneurs with potential investors. Another program supports
the growth of minority and woman-owned businesses. The FCEDA
maintains marketing offices in Silicon Valley, Bangalore, Frankfurt,
London, Seoul and Tel Aviv.
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