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Economic Development

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Fairfax County Economic Development Authority Opens Boston Location to Attract New Business

Tysons-based Fairfax County Economic Development Authority opens eighth marketing location to encourage business growth.

The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) has hired a Boston-area communications firm to help market Fairfax County to New England companies considering an expansion to the Metropolitan Washington area. Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications will represent the FCEDA in greater-Boston. FCEDA said it chose to open a marketing office in Boston because of its similarities with the D.C. metro area. “With its concentration of IT companies, strong venture capital community, life-science initiatives and renowned academic institutions, the Boston area shares many economic similarities with the Fairfax-Washington area, and we are opening a Boston office to show New England companies how they can benefit by expanding with a Fairfax …

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