29 MayDeadline Soon for Next Round of B.I.G. Grants

Spotsylvania, VA – May 28, 2013 — The premise of the Business Incentive Grant (BIG) program is to create quality employment opportunities and expand the tax base by offering new or expanding small businesses cash grants to partially defray the costs associated with start-up operations or expansion projects, thereby freeing business capital at a time […]

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24 MayRequests for Proposals Sought in Sale of Spotsylvania EDA Building

Spotsylvania County’s Economic Development Authority is seeking REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS from prospects who want to buy an EDA-owned building in the Southpoint I shopping center. The EDA has owned the 8,600-square-foot building since 2002. Some of the space is leased to an insurance company, a regional public safety non-profit, a marketing and Internet company and the county’s […]

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14 MaySpotsylvania EDA Seeks Letters of Interest for Its Building

Spotsylvania County’s Economic Development Authority is seeking letters of interest from people who want to buy or lease an EDA-owned building in the Southpoint I shopping center. The EDA has owned the 8,600-square-foot building since 2002. Some of the space is leased to an insurance company, a regional public safety non-profit, a marketing and Internet company […]

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27 AprSpotsy EDA Explores Sale of Southpoint Office Building

The Spotsylvania County Economic Development Authority is taking steps to sell a building it owns at Southpoint I in Massaponax at the urging of the Board of Supervisors. Supervisors this week voted 5–2 to request that the EDA look into selling the roughly 8,500-square-foot space, which it purchased in 2001. The building currently houses the […]

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08 MarSpotsylvania County Aiming for Guns

Spotsylvania County, VA sets sights on gun manufacturers

ATTENTION All Weapons Related Manufacturers & Distributors As you consider your options for the future, and look for places where you can rely on political and business support for weapons related industries, we urge your strong consideration of our community in Virginia located midway between Richmond and Washington, DC. Beretta USA has been a valued […]

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07 Mar‘FBI at Spotsy’ Website is Now Online

Spotsylvania’s Economic Development Authority has launched a website promoting the county as a great location for the FBI’s new home.You can visit it at fbiatspotsy.com. The Free Lance-Star recently reported that the General Services Administration had received about 35 submissions from localities and developers interested in hosting the FBI’s new headquarters. You can read that […]

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28 FebEDA Elects New Chairman

New chairman of the EDA, Hart Rutherford (right) presents the outgoing chairman, Carl Ingebretsen with a plaque thanking him for his dedication and service to Spotsylvania County.

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05 OctSpotsylvania EDA awards $32,500 in BIG grants

Spotsylvania’s Economic Development Authority last week awarded grants totaling $32,500 to three businesses for expansion projects in the county. Freeland Engineering received $10,000 to expand its Courthouse Road facility. Sunny’s Eco-Wash, which is outside the Spotsylvania Towne Centre, got $2,500 for an expansion. Vista Eye Specialists received $20,000 to acquire equipment for its new office […]

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02 OctLocal Eye Surgeon Buys Office and Expands Services

Fredericksburg-area ophthalmologist Dr. Binoy Jani last month purchased an office suite off State Route 3 in Spotsylvania County that will serve as his company’s new local home. Jani runs Vista Eye Specialists, which also has a Culpeper office that will be unaffected by the purchase. Jani will move his local office out of its current […]

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