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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Leesburg Economic Development Commission Hosts Fall
Update Version of Retail Opportunity Forum
Leesburg, VA (September 11, 2012) – On Thursday, September 20, 2012, the Leesburg
Economic Development Commission will host a Fall Update version of the Retail Opportunity
Forum. In May, the EDC hosted its first-ever Retail Opportunity Forum that provided attendees
with a free retail market analysis report, highlighting the opportunities for retailers to take
advantage of unmet retail demand – current and future – within the local market. This Fall
Update will focus on showing retailers, brokers and property owners how to use the
information contained in the analysis report to create retail success. The forum will be held at
the Ida Lee Park Recreation Center from 6:00 to 8:00pm.
“We recognized after the first Retail Opportunity Forum that the retail market analysis we
provided is a very data-dense report and some people may need assistance in distilling all of
that data into usable information,” explained Marantha Edwards, Leesburg’s Economic
Development Director. “At this Fall Update, we are going to do exactly that – break down and
simplify the data so that retailers and brokers can use it to their – and the Town’s – advantage.
The end game is more successful retailers, more leased properties and more retail sales in
Leesburg.”
Commercial real estate brokers, retail property owners, property managers and existing
retailers, as well as entrepreneurs interested in opening new retail stores, are encouraged to
attend the forum. The event is free. For more information, please visit
www.leesburgva.gov/business. To RSVP for the Leesburg Retail Opportunity Forum, please
contact Tara Belote at tbelote@leesburgva.gov or 703-771-2734.
Contact:
Marantha Edwards
Economic Development Director
medwards@leesburgva.gov
703-737-7019
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