Supervisor Stirrup on the go.(left to right) Battlefield High, Graveley Elementary, Samuel L. Gravely Ship Christening Ceremony at the Nothrup Grumman Shipyard, and Hampton Inn in Gainesville
* Supervisor Stirrups was called away hours before due to a family emergency.
His office stepped in with three speakers:
Ray Utz, Chief of Long Range Planning
Rick Canizales, Transportation Planning Manager and
Collin Davenport, Prince William County Director for Congressman Gerald Connolly, the recap is in our September newsletter.
JOIN US for our August Meeting
Hosted by Evergreen Country Club
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4 - 6 pm
15900 Berkeley Drive Haymarket, VA 20169
Telephone: 703-754-4125
We are honored to have Supervisor John T. Stirrup as our speaker this month. *
Supervisor Stirrup will get us up to speed on:
- Transportation/Traffic
- Economic Development
- “Centers of Commerce”
- Q&A regarding topics relevant to businesses owners for this district
4:00 - 4:45 Open Networking/Registration
4:45 - 5:00 Association Business
5:00 - 5:45 Presentation and Q&A
5:00 - 5:50 Drawings for door prizes, member spotlight and meeting greeters
5:50 - 6:00 Open Networking
Refreshments will be provided
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Calendar Reminder - Membership Committee
August 25, Tuesday, 11:30am - 12:30pm
All members are welcome to attend.
We meet at: El Vaquero West Mexican Restaurant
14910 Washington Street, Haymarket, VA 20169
Amelia Stansell and Pete Webb chair discussions for increasing member benefits, planning, and increasing attendance.
In the Spotlight -
Linda Dulicai of The Healthy Zone
It is all the fault of a horse named Dancer and the desire to affect the quality of people's lives. Read more >
Consider offering a door prize for attendees.
You will receive special recognition at the meeting, in the following newsletter and the graditude and probably the patronage of a fellow member. Just notify host@hgba.biz or info@hgba.biz prior to the meeting.
Easier to Join and Renew with Immediate Benefits
The time is close - look for a Special Edition News in Brief to go over the highlights for online renewals and new member
sign-ups. We are now accepting, VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and PayPal.
Winner winner
Your Membership Greeters
for August are:
Linda Dulicai, Healthy Zone
James P. McCarthy CPA PC
Door Prizes winners for July
A Town & Country Shoes gift certificate was won by Bob Moe from MoeTec
The Winery at La Grange gift certificates were won by:
Myerson & Myerson, CPAs
Deborah Cormier Dunn from Town & Country Shoes
Traci Corbett
Carol "Bingo" Collins won the September spotlight
Silver Lake News from Supervisor Stirrup
As you may know, at the board meeting on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, the Board of County Supervisors unanimously voted to convey the Silver Lake property to the Park Authority, without deed restrictions. With this issue settled, the Park Authority has already begun the process to open the park. Jay Ellington, Executive Director of the Prince William County Park Authority and Park Authority staff surveyed the park on June 24. The Park Authority has established a two phase approach to opening the park, a brief description of each phase is included below.
Within the next 120 days, the Park Authority will be preparing the property for safe passive recreation; securing or removing the dilapidated buildings, cleaning up the lake shore line, removing the broken lake dock and clearing areas for picnicking. As soon as the property is secured, fishing will be allowed from the bank of the lake. Also within those first 120 days, the Park Authority will conduct the Master Plan process for the Park. This process will seek input from the public and with organizations who would like to partner with the Park Authority. These meetings will be well publicized for citizens to participate.
Phase Two, which is subject to budgetary constraints, could include a bathhouse, marina, camping area, picnic shelters and outdoor classrooms for environmental studies.
I am delighted that after years of public debate, discussion, input and feedback we are finally poised to open "Silver Lake Park" to public use. I want to thank the Board of County Supervisors for the unanimous vote to deed the property to the Park Authority. Silver Lake will be a jewel for our great County.
Sincerely,
John T. Stirrup, Supervisor
Gainesville District
Wrap-up
Our July meeting was standing room only. Thank you to our host Morgan Stanley/Smith Barney and our speaker, Mike Nelson of Goldman Sachs. Mike spoke on the current state of finance and gave everyone a peek into the future. The take away messages were: things are on the mend, however, it will take time for the positive effects to reach small business. China's business growth is very strong and will continue to be a major economic factor, period. Consult with your portfolio manager and ask about commodities.
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