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REGIONAL VIEW northern virginia


Critics see snarls in new Loudoun development plan by Stephenie Overman


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ritics of the new draft of Loudoun County’s com- prehensive plan question


a proposed increase in residential development, arguing it will intensify congestion. “Loudoun 2040 Compre-


hensive Plan,” written by the Envision Loudoun Stakeholders Committee, is meant to serve as the county’s guide for land use and transportation policy. A draft of the plan was


posted on the Envision Loudoun website (www.envision-loudoun. org) in May, and the county held a series of meetings to give the public the opportunity to com- ment. The Board of Supervisors expects to vote on the plan early next year.


The plan establishes “urban


policy areas” around Silver Line Metro stations and along state Route 7. It emphasizes “appro- priate density and walkable or transit-oriented mixed-use devel- opment in these areas.” As work on the new Metro cor-


ridor continues, discussion about urban development there is timely, says Gem Bingol, a field officer for the Piedmont


FOR THE RECORD


Accenture opened its Cyber Fusion Center in Arlington in June. The facility is designed to help organizations defend against data breaches and cyberattacks. The company plans to add 1,000 technology jobs in the Washington metro region by the end of 2020 in high-growth areas such as security, digital and cloud. The Arlington Cyber Fusion Center is the com- pany’s fourth. The others are in Bangalore, India; Prague, Czech Republic; and Tel Aviv, Israel. (VirginiaBusiness.com)


Herndon-based Deltek acquired a Canadian company in June that improves the online review of marketing and advertising work. Ottawa-based ConceptShare works with customers to provide a streamlined way to proof, review and approve advertising.


get what it’s looking for,” Bingol says. Nonetheless, plans for urban devel- opment along Route 7 are “premature,” she says. “We don’t have a plan to make that an urban area. We don’t have the transportation. Let’s make sure we have a good handle on the urban area we have been planning before we start thinking about that. “Loudoun has a lot of history of


too much development at once, and we’ve paid the price,” Bingol adds. “The county has managed to keep its high triple-A [bond] rating, but the residents have felt the impact.” The new comprehensive plan also


Piedmont Environmental Council’s Gem Bingol doesn’t want Loudoun County to develop too quickly.


has met resistance from the Transition Area Alliance, an organiza- tion that aims to preserve open space as a buffer between the high-density suburban areas in the eastern and northern parts of the


county and rural areas in the west. The draft plan calls for “up to 1,500


Environmental Council. “We need that kind of density. We


have a huge investment in transit. We need to manage how growth happens over time or the county could easily not


Deltek will offer ConceptShare as a stand-alone solution and also will be integrating ConceptShare into WorkBook by Deltek. Deltek provides enterprise software and solutions for project-based busi- nesses. (VirginiaBusiness.com)


Discovery Inc., the media company behind the Discovery Channel and the Food Network, announced in June a $16 million expansion in Loudoun County, a move expected to create 240 jobs. The company offers more than 8,000 hours of programming each year in 220 countries and territories. Its brands include HGTV, TLC and the Travel Channel. (VirginiaBusiness.com)


Inova Health System expects to lay off about 60 employees this summer, a hospital spokeswoman said in June. Falls Church-based


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Inova plans to enter a joint partner- ship with Dayton, Ohio-based Alternate Solutions Health Network (ASHN) to manage the health system’s home-health business, Inova VNA Home Health. That move would affect 211 employees. Under the deal, the majority of the Inova employees would continue in their existing roles, employed by the joint venture, Inova Home Health. About 60 would lose their jobs because operational roles are moving to ASHN’s Dayton head- quarters, according to Inova. The joint venture is expected to go into effect in late August. (Washington Business Journal)


Northern Virginia Community College will begin offering a cloud computing degree with the help of Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the first degrees of its kind offered by a two-year school. The


newly planned residential units in the transition area over the next 20 years.” That’s still too much growth,


according to a statement on the alli- ance’s website, “As a county, we have not matched our infrastructure to the pace of new residential building.”


63-credit, associate-degree pro- gram is mapped to the skills and competency-based credentials required by AWS and other cloud employers. Classes are expected to start in the fall. NOVA wants to develop dual-credit courses for high school students as well as extend the program to four-year Virginia schools, such as George Mason University. (Washington Business Journal)


PEOPLE


SAIC has announced two promo- tions. Christopher Donaghey is now senior vice president of corporate development. He was senior vice president of finance. In addition, Tom Eldridge has been named senior vice president of strategic development and commu- nications. He also will continue to oversee SAIC’s Government Affairs office. (VirginiaBusiness.com)


Mike McKinney has been named chief solutions officer at Fairfax- based government contracting firm Sevatec. He comes to Sevatec from Leesburg-based Marick Group, where he was chief technology officer from 2012 to 2015. (Wash- ington Business Journal)


Lawrence Prior is joining The Carlyle Group, a private-equity firm, as an operating executive consultant for the aerospace, defense and government services team. Prior was executive vice president and general manager for Computer Science Corp.’s North American Public Sector divi- sion, which spun off in November 2015 and merged with Fairfax- based SRA International Inc. to create CSRA Inc. Falls Church- based CSRA eventually was sold to General Dynamics. (Washing- ton Business Journal)


Photo courtesy Piedmont Environmental Council


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