The Boston office of Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications Inc. will help the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority’s new marketing efforts in New England, Virginia Business reported.

“With its concentration of IT companies, strong venture capital community, life-science initiatives and renowned academic institutions, the Boston area shares many economic similarities with the Fairfax-Washington area, and we are opening a Boston office to show New England companies how they can benefit by expanding with a Fairfax County location,” Gerald Gordon, president and CEO of the FCEDA, said in a statement.