As a representative of the voice of business in the Vienna-Tysons community, the Vienna-Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce joins the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce and a growing list of businesses and individuals in the community in supporting TysonsTunnel.org, a grassroots movement requesting that Governor Kaine and the Commonwealth of Virginia reconsider options for Metrorail in the Tysons Corner area. VTRCC is overwhelmingly in favor of a tunnel approach to the project that will connect Dulles International Airport with DC and Reagan National Airport.

A Tysons Tunnel Town Hall 2 will convene in Vienna at The Barns at Wolftrap at 7 p.m. on Monday, December 4. Experts and community representatives supporting the tunnel option will present research and information detailing the desirability and feasibility of this alternative to the planned overhead rail approach. We encourage all of our members to attend. Bring your questions and concerns; the panel of experts will be available and willing to address them. Hear what other businesses and citizens think about this issue which is so critical in shaping the Changing Face of Tysons Corner and the surrounding community.

VTRCC will also sponsor a free breakfast seminar at 8 a.m. on November 30 at FCEDA (see above) where contractors and planners for the current overhead Metro option and the Tysons Center Expansion will present their plans, including the effects they believe these plans will have on real estate trends in the Tysons area. Contact the VTRCC office to RSVP for the Breakfast and mark your calendar to attend the Tysons Tunnel Town Hall Meeting 2. Both are free and will provide essential information regarding this issue so critical to doing business in our community.

For the latest info about the tunnel option and its supporters, visit www.tysonstunnel.org.

GoodDogz.org is once again hosting a Santa Paws Pet Photo Event on Dec. 16 at Reston Town Center. Each 4x6 color photo comes in a keepsake folder. Cost is $12 All proceeds go to help homeless dogs. More info at www.gooddogz.org/events/santapaws.html.

Cuppetts Performing Arts Center won “Best in Show” at the 60th Annual Vienna Halloween Parade. See the rest of the winners who were awarded at the Nov. 6 Vienna Town Council meeting at www.vtrcc.org/parade.

VTRCC is forming two new committees to assist the Chamber staff and Board in enhancing our visibility and member services: a Marketing/Communications Committee and a Technology Committee. If you have expertise, ideas and a desire to grow the Chamber, call the committee chairs and join one of the groups. Contact Marketing/Communications Chair, Claire Liston, 703-837-8441 or Technology Committee Chair, Gary Moonan, 703-966- 6511. These committees will be have key roles in helping the 2007 Board of Directors set and fulfill goals for VTRCC in the upcoming year.

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