local business | FFXnow

Morning Notes

Published February 25, 2022 at 7:30AM

Urbanspace at Tysons Galleria (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Tysons Mass Vaccine Site Tweaks Hours — “Beginning Tuesday, March 1, the Tysons Community Vaccination Center (CVC) located at 7950 Tysons Corner Center, McLean, will be open five days a week, Tuesday-Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.” [Fairfax County Health Department]

Alleged Serial Killer Still Not Charged in Fairfax County — Local police and prosecutors have yet to find enough evidence to charge a man that police dubbed the “Shopping Cart Killer” in the death of California resident Stephanie Harrison, one of two women whose remains were found in Huntington in December. [WTOP]

News

Thousands of jobs added in Fairfax County despite pandemic, FCEDA reports

By Rick Horner

Published February 11, 2022 at 2:00PM

Fairfax County businesses added nearly 9,000 jobs over the course of 2021, even with the uncertain environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the county’s economic development authority says.

According to a press release, the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority worked with 146 businesses that added a total of 8,973 jobs to the Fairfax County economy.

News

Customers report furniture delivery woes, relief in Fairfax County

By David Taube

Published December 23, 2021 at 2:00PM | Updated March 5, 2022 at 12:50PM

Furniture Max in Herndon offers same-day and next-day delivery for most items in its store, staff say (Staff photo by David Taube)

People looking to get items from furniture stores in Fairfax County say employees have told them they may have to wait weeks or months before the stock arrives.

The delays are another symptom of the supply chain disruptions that the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced across the country, affecting industries from vehicles and food to homebuilding materials.

News

Local landmark 29 Diner will rise from ashes after devastating fire, owner says

By Matt Blitz

Published December 3, 2021 at 11:00AM

The historic 29 Diner in Fairfax is currently closed after a devastating kitchen fire (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Two days before Thanksgiving, the 29 Diner was decimated by a fire. The next day, owner John K. Wood got back to work.

“It was a total loss,” Wood told FFXnow of the damage to the iconic, 74-year-old Fairfax City eatery. “But there’s nothing to be sorry about. It’s time to celebrate what this diner means to the community. I’m going to be here every day that I can — rain, sleet, snow — to watch the rebirth of the 29 Diner.”