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		<title>Ben &amp; Jerry’s Teams Up With Ten Thousand Villages  To Celebrate World Chocolate Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben &#038; Jerry’s Ice Cream is now made with fairly traded chocolate, and to celebrate, Ben &#038; Jerry’s Old Town Scoop Shop will be dishing out free samples of chocolate ice cream at Ten Thousand Villages from 1-3 pm on Saturday, September 4, World Chocolate Day.]]></description>
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		<title>Alexandria Summer Restaurant Week Begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixty Alexandria restaurants will participate in Restaurant Week which begins today and ends Sunday, August 29. Diners can enjoy a $35 three-course prixe-fixe menu or dinner for two.]]></description>
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		<title>As Businesses Close, Calvert Redevelopment Becomes Reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the next two years no one will live or work at the Calvert high rise on Mount Vernon Avenue.  Next week, the City will release a widely supported proposal from the property’s owner, United Dominion Realty Trust, to redevelop the property located near the corner of West Glebe Road.
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		<title>Virginia Wins National Award For Tourism Marketing Excellence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) won the ESTO Mercury Award for Niche Marketing for wine tourism promotion.  Virginia took home top honors for Vintage Tweets – a cutting-edge public relations effort that utilized social media to promote wine travel in Virginia.  The U.S. Travel Association awards only 12 Mercury awards to the top marketing initiatives in the country.]]></description>
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		<title>Café Nicole: Try The Chicken Sandwich</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nicole Burlimann makes arguably the best chicken salad sandwich in town. Since opening Café Nicole, 1125 Queen Street, three months ago, she’s learned this about her customers: “They’re eaters. They want sandwiches and food, not just coffee,” she said.]]></description>
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		<title>Doggie Delights Opens On Waterfront</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Old Town will soon be swarming with canines straining on leashes toward the alluring scent of gourmet doggie treats. Doggie Delights, which opened last month on the waterfront, has a happy hour every night from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. with $4 beer and wine – for humans, that is.]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Reform: Harder To Buy, Sell, Lend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 21, President Barack Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law. While the legislation imposes reform on Wall Street and the banking industry and puts an end to sub-prime lending, it also raises credit standards that could make it more difficult for people to buy homes.]]></description>
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		<title>City of Alexandria Marketing Fund Awards Grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second year, Barton &#038; Barton Travel Consultants of Alexandria has received a matching grant from the City of Alexandria Marketing Fund to promote the city and its many attractions to international visitors. The focus of the project is to market the city at World Travel Market in London in November.  ]]></description>
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		<title>New Law Extends Unemployment Benefits, Critical For Virginia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has signed legislation extending critical unemployment insurance to 2.5 million Americans – including an estimated 30,900 people in Virginia – who are looking for a job but have not been able to find work before their benefits were exhausted.

The extension of unemployment benefits was one of three important actions this week to help repair the damage to the nation’s economy from this recession, and rebuild it on a stronger foundation.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Governor McDonnell Announces “Choose the Commonwealth!”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of his ongoing effort to promote Virginia products and help grow jobs in the Commonwealth, Governor Bob McDonnell announced today the “Choose the Commonwealth!” initiative. The Governor recently sent a letter to all Virginia business and industry leaders encouraging them to seek out Virginia products for their food and beverage needs in their day-to-day operations.  ]]></description>
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