Recent business news in Virginia included a Best Main Street in the South designation for one community, a 30 percent jump in unemployment, and credit card skimmers discovered at two grocery stores. Plus a local chamber named its Business Hall of Fame inductee for 2026, and farmers market openings.
Alexandria’s Indian street food newcomer, Bombay Canteen, was named by food website Eater as one of the Washington, D.C., area’s most intriguing new restaurants, the only Northern Virginia eatery on a list of 15.
A historic thoroughfare in NoVA has earned top honors in a regional competition, beating out 16 other competitors across the Southeast.
A wave of new retail and dining establishments, including a butcher-shop restaurant and a jewelry boutique, are slated to open in NoVA this spring.
Police are warning shoppers after credit card skimming devices were discovered on payment terminals at two local grocery stores in VA.
The Rosslyn Spring Market will return to the NOW Pop-Up Park on May 2, according to the Rosslyn Business Improvement District.
The Reston Farmers Market returns for the 2026 season in the Lake Anne Village parking lot. The market is open, rain or shine, every Saturday through Nov. 21.
Alexandria and Fairfax County both saw increases of more than 30 percent in unemployment figures to start 2026. Experts said the jump was due in large part to sweeping cuts in the federal workforce a year ago.
A growing number of U.S. companies across multiple industries, including some in Virginia, plan to lay off employees, according to a roundup of recent filings and disclosures.
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