<table width="612" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="100" valign="top" background="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/headerbg.gif" bgcolor="#dcddca"><table width="612" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="12"> <tr> <td width="170" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <!-- HEADER STORY 1 --> <td width="60" valign="top"><a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/index.cfm/22?newsid=308" target="new"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/signage1.jpg" width="47" height="62" hspace="0" border="0" align="left" /></a></td> <td valign="top"><font color="#4F5004" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/index.cfm/22?newsid=308" target="new" style="font-size:10px; color:#4F5004; text-decoration:none">Arlington to Introduce New Wayfinding System</a></font></td> </tr> </table></td> <td width="1" valign="top"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/topstoriesline.gif" width="1" height="70" /></td> <td width="170" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <!-- HEADER STORY 2 --> <td width="60" valign="top"><a href="http://www.columbiapike.org/" target="new"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/blues.jpg" width="54" height="49" hspace="0" border="0" align="left" /></a></td> <td valign="top"><font color="#4F5004" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.columbiapike.org/" target="new" style="font-size:10px; color:#4F5004; text-decoration:none">Columbia Pike Blues Festival this Weekend</a></font></td> </tr> </table></td> <td width="1" valign="top"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/topstoriesline.gif" width="1" height="70" /></td> <td width="170" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <!-- HEADER STORY 3 --> <td width="60" valign="top"><a href="http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/Communications/PressReleases/63803.aspx" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/segway.jpg" width="54" height="49" hspace="0" border="0" align="left" /></a></td> <td valign="top"><font color="#4F5004" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/Communications/PressReleases/63803.aspx" target=new style="font-size:10px; color:#4F5004; text-decoration:none">Arlington s Triple-Aaa Bond Rating Reaffirmed</a></font></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="29" background="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/headerbg.gif" bgcolor="#dcddca"><table width="612" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <!-- DATE --> <td width="488"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/header1.gif" width="488" height="29" border="0" /></td> <td height="29" align="right" valign="middle"><font color="#231F20" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="font-size:10px;">Vol 1, Issue 4</span></font></td> <td width="11" height="29" align="center" valign="middle"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/dateline.gif" width="11" height="29" /></td> <td height="29" align="left" valign="middle"><font color="#231F20" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="font-size:10px;">2008</span></font></td> <td width="20">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td background="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/headerbg.gif" bgcolor="#dcddca"><a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/header2.gif" alt="Arlington Economic Update" width="612" height="147" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/header3.gif" width="612" height="41" border="0" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><table width="612" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"> <table width="150" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10"> <tr> <td> <font color="#8A223B" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;">in this issue</span></font><br /> <img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/thisissue.gif" width="114" height="55" /><br /><br /> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <!-- FROM THE DIRECTOR / TITLE --> <td width="19" valign="top"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/bulletorange.gif" width="19" height="16" /></td> <td><font color="#E13F01" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/index.cfm/22?newsid=307" target="new" style="font-size:11px; color:#E13F01; text-decoration:none;">From the Director</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <!-- FROM THE DIRECTOR / DESCRIPTION --> <td valign="top" colspan="2"><font color="#4F5004" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/index.cfm/22?newsid=307" target="new" style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; color:#4F5004; text-decoration:none">New Task Force Will Address Retail in Arlington</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <!-- THE CRANE'S VIEW / TITLE --> <td width="19" valign="top"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/bulletblue.gif" width="19" height="16" /></td> <td><font color="#185B6C" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/index.cfm/13260" target="new" style="font-size:11px; color:#185B6C; text-decoration:none;">The Crane's View</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <!-- THE CRANE'S VIEW / DESCRIPTION --> <td valign="top" colspan="2"><font color="#4F5004" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/index.cfm/13260" target="new" style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; color:#4F5004; text-decoration:none">800/900 North Glebe</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <!-- COMPANY SPOTLIGHT / TITLE --> <td width="19" valign="top"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/bulletred.gif" width="19" height="16" /></td> <td><font color="#9B3334" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/index.cfm/22?newsid=309" target="new" style="font-size:11px; color:#9B3334; text-decoration:none;">Company Spotlight</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <!-- COMPANY SPOTLIGHT / DESCRIPTION --> <td valign="top" colspan="2"><font color="#4F5004" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/index.cfm/22?newsid=309" target="new" style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; color:#4F5004; text-decoration:none">Counterpart International</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <!-- EVENTS / TITLE --> <td width="19" valign="top"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/bulletred.gif" width="19" height="16" /></td> <td><font color="#9B3334" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/index.cfm/7004?month=6" target="new" style="font-size:11px; color:#9B3334; text-decoration:none;">Events</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <!-- EVENTS / DESCRIPTION --> <td valign="top" colspan="2"><font color="#4F5004" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/index.cfm/7004?month=6" target="new" style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; color:#4F5004; text-decoration:none">Psychologist Bob Rosen discusses how top execs use anxiety to create success; Central Library</a></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <center><a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/" target="new"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/logo.gif" alt="Arlington, Virginia, USA" width="91" height="119" border="0" /></a> </center></td> <td width="1" valign="top"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/storyline.gif" width="1" height="855" /></td> <td width="461" valign="top"> <table width="461" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10">&nbsp;</td> <td width="301"> <!-- MAIN STORY / HEADLINE --> <font color="#226093" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="5"><span style="font-size:33px;">New Virginia Tech Research Center Announced</span></font></td> <td width="150" valign="top"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/header4.gif" width="150" height="32" border="0" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <!-- MAIN STORY / SUBHEAD --> <td colspan="2"><font color="#698ab7" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="font-size:10px;"><i>Arlington welcomes new research center to Ballston</i></span></font></td> </tr> </table> <table width="461" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10"> <tr> <td width="461"> <font color="#231F20" face="Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="font-size:10px; line-height:16px;"> <!-- MAIN STORY / IMAGE --> <img src="http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/images/08390building.jpg" width="263" height="162" hspace="10" align="right"/> <!-- MAIN STORY / CONTENT --> Virginia Tech, together with Arlington officials, announced today that the Virginia Tech Foundation will build a major research center in Ballston , with planned occupancy by late 2010. Charles Steger, president of Virginia Tech, made the announcement, explaining that the highly visible, state of the art facility would further the university s mission to expand its research portfolio in a region that offers great opportunity for partnerships with corporate research entities and close proximity to government and other funding organizations. <br><br> The seven-floor, 144,000 square foot building, designed by Cooper Carry to meet the Silver US Green Building Council s LEED"! Building Rating Systems, will be located on the 800-900 block of North Glebe Road. <br><br> The building is part of a larger JBG development project in Ballston. The interior, designed by Gensler, will include computational laboratories, offices, and conference space to accommodate executive programs, training programs, and workshops. The building will be part of a larger development that will create an impressive gateway to Ballston and the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor, and it will compliment and expand Arlington s ever-growing hub of research and scientific organizations. <br><br>  We believe a location in Arlington is a tremendous asset for Virginia Tech, and will help drive even greater ingenuity and innovation in their research, stated Arlington Economic Development Director Terry Holzheimer.  The Ballston area of Arlington has the highest concentration of scientific research agencies in the country, anchored by the National Science Foundation and several other top university-related research institutes. Combined with Arlington s accessibility to the region and its Metro location, the people, organizations and brain power that are available to Virginia Tech in Arlington are simply unmatched. <br><br> Virginia Tech will benefit from the newly formed nonprofit Ballston Science and Technology Alliance, which will occupy the ground floor of the new facility. The Alliance will work to promote science and technology within the highest concentration of scientific research agencies in the country, anchored by the National Science Foundation and DARPA as well as several other top university-related research institutes. <br><br> "We're trying to encourage networking and collaboration among the huge concentration of science workers located in Arlington, and particularly the Ballston area," said Kaye Breen, executive director of the Ballston Science and Technology Alliance. <br><br> Learn more about <a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/index.cfm/13059?CFID=250746&CFTOKEN=41170988&jsessionid=f030fb17e93926459e2e6445f71e2658441e" target="new">BSTA</a> and the new development at <a href="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/index.cfm/13260" target="new">800/900 N. Glebe Road</a>. </span></font></td> </tr> </table> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/bottom.gif" width="474" height="93" border="0" usemap="#Map" /><a href="http://www.arlingtonva.us/" target="new"><img src="http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/images/econupdate/bottomlogo.gif" alt="Arlington, Virginia" width="138" height="93" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> </table>