Prince William County's Superintendent of Schools Steven L. Walts gave a “State of the Schools” report to businessmen and women, community leaders, and elected officials last week.

Out of more than 1,000 school partners, four stood out to earn recognition as winners of the 2015 Business Partnership Awards given by Prince William County Schools. These partners made a significant impact on students, teachers, and administrative staff.

During a recent City Council meeting, the council voted to approve an agreement with Buchanan Partners, one of the largest real estate developers in the Washington, D.C. region, to create a mixed-use development on 40 acres at the City’s Gateway property. The master plan for this site includes retail, office, and hotel space, and 279 upscale housing units.

Manassas Councilman Ian Lovejoy, organizer/sponsor, asks everyone to spread the word about the free Greater Manassas Community Job Fair, to be held on Tuesday, Oct.13 between 1 and 6 p.m. in the gym at Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 8712 Plantation Ln, Manassas, VA 20110, just off Sudley Road.

Prince William County Public Schools has received notification from the International Baccalaureate Organization Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, that Gar-Field Senior High School has been fully authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Sept. 8 that Ventech Solutions, a SEI CMMI Level 3 software company that specializes in managing full life cycle deployment of software systems and solutions, will invest $1.5 million to establish an Innovation, Operations and Engineering (IOE) center in Prince William County.

Nokesville Business Association meeting will be on September 23rd instead of the 16th due to a scheduling problem. The meeting will be at 8:30 at the Chuckwagon Restaurant. Guest speaker will be Hal Parrish. If there are any questions you may have for him, write them down and take them with you, says Barbara Bowling, NBA president.

Experts in small business development will share best practices, and provide participants with key resources to move forward with their vision at an all-day workshop on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Woodbridge Campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA). The annual event is sponsored by a local service sorority and its foundation.