RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that STG, Inc., a government information technology, scientific, and engineering services provider, plans to create more than 700 new jobs through a $15 million investment in Fairfax County over the next three years. The investment includes the expansion of the company’s corporate headquarters in Fairfax County, as well as the continued investment in testing laboratories, security and network operations centers. Virginia successfully competed with Maryland and Washington, D.C. for the investment.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner presented “One Virginia—One Future,” the Commonwealth’s new economic development strategic plan, to a group of more than 400 business leaders at today’s Virginia Economic Development Seminar in Richmond. 

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today welcomed two technology companies to Culpeper County. Competitive Innovations, LLC, a web solutions company, plans to invest $1 million and create 40 new jobs in the Town of Culpeper over the next three years. Attotek, a research and development software contractor, will create 40 new jobs through a $1.2 million investment in Culpeper County. Both companies will benefit from workforce training services provided by the Virginia Department of Business Assistance.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today welcomed the SYSCO Corporation to Warren County. In July 2002, SYSCO announced plans to locate its first U.S. redistribution facility in Warren County, creating 388 jobs through a $53 million investment. Virginia successfully competed with Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New Jersey for the project. This morning, Warren County officials held a groundbreaking ceremony.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that Verizon will create 61 new jobs in Wise County. Through a $3.3 million investment, the company will open a Verizon Welcome Center in Wise County’s Lonesome Pine Technology Center. The customer service facility will be the anchor tenant in the Lonesome Pine Regional Business and Technology Park, Southwest Virginia’s first regional technology park. Virginia successfully competed with New Jersey and West Virginia for the investment.

MARTINSVILLE - Governor Mark R. Warner announced today that Axiom Technologies, a manufacturer of advanced engineered ceramic materials for microwave/ RF communication devices for defense, aerospace and commercial applications, will locate its headquarters in the City of Martinsville. The company will create 250 new jobs after completing the planned $5 million investment towards its new facility in Martinsville. Virginia successfully competed with Nevada and Maine for the project.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that EnVirtue Biotechnologies, Inc. will locate in the City of Winchester. Over the next 30 months, the company plans to create 12 new jobs through a $1.5 million investment. EnVirtue will occupy 2,500 square feet at 35 West Piccadilly Street in Historic Old Town Winchester. Virginia successfully competed with California and South Carolina for the investment.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that Cendant Corporation, a leading provider of travel and residential real estate services, will create 100 new jobs in the City of Virginia Beach. The company will locate a human resources call center in the Avis Building located at 300 Centre Pointe Drive. This facility will serve Cendant’s more than 50,000 U.S. employees. Virginia successfully competed with New Jersey for the investment.

RICHMOND - Governor Mark R. Warner today announced that Microsoft’s bCentral Internet site for small business ranked Virginia 5th best in the nation in its list of the ten best and ten worst states in which to be an entrepreneur. This ranking takes into account both the regulatory environment and entrepreneurial activity and can be found on the MSN web site at http://www.bcentral.com/articles/harper/141.asp?cobrand=msn&LID=3800.

Richmond - Governor Jim Gilmore Wednesday night announced in his State of the Commonwealth Address that annual capital investment by new and existing Virginia companies exceeded $6 billion for the first time in 2000. According to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, the previous record of $5.8 billion, set in 1995, was surpassed with last month's expansion announcement by Infineon Technologies Richmond. The final annual total will be released in early 2001 after Virginia's localities submit their economic development data to the Partnership.