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• Read Robert McCartney's Washington Post column all about a study released last week that contains page after page of statistics pointing to Fairfax's advantages over its longtime rival across the American Legion bridge....(Washington Post, January 31, 2009)
• Fairfax County is creating more jobs, its workers earn on average $7,000 more a year, most of its taxes are lower, and far fewer serious crimes are committed than in Montgomery County. This Washington Examiner story looks at  a new report. (The Washington Examiner, Wednesday, January 27, 2010)
• FCEDA president and CEO Gerald L. Gordon's upbeat reflection on Business in Fairfax County in 2009. (The Connection, Wednesday, December 16, 2009)
• Economic development agencies in D.C. region rethink plans. Several local counties step up the competition with the region’s economic development behemoth, Fairfax County. (Sarah Krouse, in the Washington Business Journal, December 18, 2009)
• Fairfax still attracts.  Recession fails to stanch stream of new business. Robert Burke writes...Of all the places in Virginia that could use a dollop of federal cash, Fairfax County would probably not be at the top of anyone's list...(Virginia Business, December 2009)
• How a medical revolution may transform Northern Virginia. The Washington Post's  Steven Pearlstein writes about how the Ignite Institute is taking genetically tailored medicine to Fairfax County. (The Washington Post, November 17, 2009)
• Medical Research Center to Ignite Virginia with 415 Jobs. CoStar.com's Andrew Deichler writes that the Ignite Institute, a biomedical research initiative is poised to create about 415 new jobs in Fairfax County over a five-year period. (CoStar Group, November 18, 2009)
• New Ignite Institute could mean 400 jobs in Fairfax. Vandana Sinha in the writes in the Washington Business Journal on the announcement that the new personalized-medicine research institute, Ignitte Institute, based in Fairfax County, would serve as a new bioscience anchor for the county. (November 16, 2009)
• No Formula for Economic Growth, by Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., president and CEO of the FCEDA on the editorial pages of the Washington Business Journal (Washington Business Journal, September 25, 2009)
• A Diverse and World Class Community by Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., president and CEO of the FCEDA (NVTC, Voice of Technology, Fall 2009)
• Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., president and CEO of the FCEDA, on the editorial pages of Newsday. (Newsday, Thursday, September 10, 2009)
• Editorial in Newsday cites Fairfax County’s successful economic development programs. (August 21, Newsday, NY)
• Forbes magazine...special section on northern Virginia technology (August 24, 2009).
• Korea Times: Fairfax Seminar Focuses on High-Tech Investment Opportunities (June 19, 2009)
• Korea Information and Telecommunications Times 한국정보통신신문 페어팩스 카운티 세미나 성황리 진행 (June 18, 2009)
• Time: A Radical Way to Fix Suburban Sprawl, Lisa Selin Davis (June 11, 2009)
• Time: A Radical Way to Fix Suburban Sprawl, Lisa Selin Davis (June 11, 2009)
• Business Week: While New York Bleeds, Washington Thrives (February 27, 2009)
• The Washington Post: Hilton Hotels Checking In To Stay in Fairfax County (February 7, 2009)
• Google gives in Fairfax County (December 9, 2008)
• SoHo Trends Blog: Entrepreneurship 101 Workshop Review (October 21, 2008)
• German Engineering: an interview with VW's Stefan Jacoby (October 18, 2008)
• Fairfax County EDA president wins Fulbright grant (July 9, 2008)
• LIA Link (April 15, 2008)
• Reuters--Americans prefer energy fix to cancer cure: poll (April 15, 2008)
• Yes Long Island, there is a Virginia (April 15, 2008)
• Fairfax County: economic engine of the Potomac region (January 18, 2008)
• FCEDA president featured in British newspaper (January 11, 2008)
• Business spotlight hits Fairfax County from all directions in 2007 (December 31, 2007)
• Fairfax County high school ranked the best in the nation (November 30, 2007)
• Foreign Firms Open Offices Near Washington, D.C. (November 29, 2007)
• Christian Science Monitor: How companies can encourage innovation (October 15, 2007)
• Lockheed opens new building in Chantilly (September 20, 2007)