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Amazon donates STEM, literacy items to Arlington nonprofit

By Washington Business Journal

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) continues to make inroads with its second home.

The company announced Tuesday it is giving “hundreds of thousands of items” to nonprofits across the United States through its AmazonSmile Charity, including Arlington affordable housing provider AHC Inc.

Amazon donated “hundreds of educational items” that AHC Inc. had placed on its wish list. Neither Amazon nor AHC Inc. representatives would provide a dollar value of the donation, but it included several Google Chromebooks, headphones, a couple dozen graphing calculators, white board markers and erasers, and a plethora of games.

The affordable housing developer — with about 50 properties, most of which are in Northern Virginia — also operates educational programs and social services for its residents. Amazon’s gift will go to the five educational centers AHC Inc. operates in Arlington, said Jennifer Endo, vice president of community relations at AHC Inc.

A big chunk of AHC Inc.’s operating expenses…

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Sonic Drive-In to open its first restaurant in Northern Virginia’s I-95 corridor

By Washington Business Journal
Fast-food chain Sonic Drive-In has filed plans to build a new restaurant in Prince William County, its first outpost along the Interstate 95 corridor in Northern Virginia. The 1,400-square-foot restaurant, with two drive-thru lanes, 12 pull-up ordering stalls and a dining patio, will be located at 4115 Talon Drive in Dumfries, part of the Barracks Row at Quantico commercial development less than a mile northwest of the I-95 interchange at state Route 234. The location “will constitute a flagship Sonic design that will serve as a benchmark for future restaurant drive-thru development,” according to a written narrative accompanying the application, filed by Noah Klein of Venable LLP.
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