Sen. Colgan gets lifetime award from chamber

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Sen. Charles J. Colgan, D-Manassas, was presented a special lifetime achievement award "for his enduring support for economic development in Manassas, Manassas Park and Prince William County while serving in the General Assembly.

The presentation was made by the Prince William County-Greater Manassas Chamber of Commerce at the 2009 Virtual Bus Tour, which was held at Heritage Hunt Golf & Country Club in Gainesville.

Colgan was presented an enlarged picture of the Prince William Campus of George Mason University, for which he has been a big supporter.

Sponsored by the City of Manassas, the tour provided a preview of 60 commercial properties available to lease or purchase in five different neighborhoods in and around the greater Manassas and Prince William County area via up-to-date aerial and land photos in an informative presentation.

"Tour guides" Steve Daves of R. W. Murray Co. and Roger W. Snyder of RWS Aerial Photography shared the inside scoop on new projects in the pipeline in addition to current space, illustrating what this year's theme, "The Place Is Right," was particularly apt.

The event's Platinum Sponsor was the City of Manassas Park. Gold sponsors included First Potomac Realty Trust; Fulton Bank; Prince William Health System; R. W. Murray Co.; Vint Hill Economic Development Authority and Weber Ghadban & Associates Realty Inc.

Silver sponsors were Broad Street Realty; Grubb & Ellis Company; Haymarket/Gainesville Business Association; Miller Brothers Inc.; Prince William County Department of Economic Development; R. E. Daffan, Inc. and Vander-pool, Frostick & Nishanian.

Exhibitors included Norman Realty Inc.; PNC Bank; Prince William County/Greater Manassas Convention and Visitors Bureau and Washington Business Journal.

Each attendee also received a Virtual Bus Tour Book listing more than 90 available commercial properties. About 200 chamber members and guests attended the session.

Snyder told the gathering that this area was prime for development, considering its strategic location, a highly edu-cated and talented workforce and pro-business government.

Additional copies of the book are available at the chamber office.

Other events for the month include:

n Monthly Business-Building Breakfast with Haymarket/Gainesville Business Association this morning at 8 a.m. hosted by The Marque at Heritage Hunt, 13550 Heathcote Blvd., Gainesville.

n Insight Series Program with topic "Search Marketing" on Tuesday at 8 a.m. hosted by Prince Wil-liam Campus of George Mason University.

n Young Professionals of Northern Virginia Monthly Mixer Wednesday at 6 p.m. at G. Richard Pfitzner Stadium, 7 County Complex, Woodbridge, hosted by Potomac Nationals.

n Brown Bag Seminar Thursday at noon at Main Chamber office with topic "Unraveling the Web."

n 40 x 40 Speed Networking on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Four Point by Sheraton, 10800 Vandor Lane, Manas-sas.

n Business after Hours, June 25 at 5 p.m. at PNC Bank.

n Chamber 101 Mentoring Session on June 26 at 11 a.m. at Western Prince William Branch Office with topic "Grow Your Business with the Chamber."

n 74th annual dinner Dance "A Night at the Opera" on June 27 at 6:30 p.m. at City Palace Inc., 8770 Capital Court, Manassas.

Staff writer Bennie Scarton Jr. can be reached at 703-369-6707.