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WSI Internet Consultants Anthony Coviello, based in Leesburg, and Mel Harkrader Pine, based in Purcellville, present a technology discussion on video e-mail by VMDirect chief operating officer Craig Ellins Thursday, Feb. 17, at the Holiday Inn Washington Dulles, 1000 Sully Road, Sterling, from 7-8:30 p.m. No reservations required.
Local area vendors are invited to the 2005 Loudoun County
Procurement's Buyer/Seller Information Exchange sessions. The purpose of these informal sessions is to give area businesses the opportunity to meet the county's procurement staff and become familiar with the county's procurement process. The next round of sessions are as follows:
* Tuesday, Feb. 22, 10:30 a.m.
* Thursday, March 24, 2 p.m.
* Wednesday, April 20, 10:30 a.m.
* Thursday, May 19, 2 p.m.
* Wednesday, June 22, 10:30 a.m.
* Thursday, July 21, 2 p.m.
The sessions will be held in the Lovettsville Room on the first floor of the County Government Center, 1 Harrison St., S.E., in Leesburg. Call 703-771-5142 or send an e-mail to sfields@loudoun.gov.
Giant Food is opening a store in South Riding, Thursday, Feb. 24. The new Giant Food food/drug combination is located at Loudoun County parkway and Riding Center Drive in the South Riding Plaza. It is expected to provide about 100 new jobs.
The Phoenix Creative Group LLC, a Potomac Falls-based strategic marketing firm specializing in annual reports, corporate literature, and corporate image consulting, announces winning four Certificate of Excellence Awards in the 25th Annual American Graphic Design Awards, sponsored by Graphic Design USA, a periodical for the graphic design industry.
Phoenix Creative won with its entries of the ARC Carrier Brochure, Pocket Folder and Collateral, NRECAÕs Cooperative.com Member Brochure and Tradeshow Booth Design, a series of Lafarge North America Cement Plant Brochures, and PhoenixÕs own moving announcement entitled ÔChange.' Other winning entries include the work of large well-known companies such as American Express, Nike, HBO, Wells Fargo, and GE Healthcare, plus the work of numerous small to mid-size design and advertising firms throughout the U.S.
GTB Enterprises Inc., doing business as Paintworx, with headquarters in Sterling, is the first painting contractor in Virginia to be certified through the National Association of Home Builders Research Center's National Housing Quality Certified Trade Contractor program. The certification program provides rigorous, independent, third-party evaluations.