<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d1d3fa38-f99c-4c1e-bb3e-56b92b76c4c6/CEB8E99E-422B-4D44-8E55-FE6273AA1803/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://activerain.com/blogsview/864583/Early-2009-imperatives-for-Northern-Virginia-business-owners-including-Northern-Virginia-real-estate-investing" href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/864583/Early-2009-imperatives-for-Northern-Virginia-business-owners-including-Northern-Virginia-real-estate-investing" style="font-size: 11px;">activerain.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://activerain.com/blogsview/864583/Early-2009-imperatives-for-Northern-Virginia-business-owners-including-Northern-Virginia-real-estate-investing"><DIV class=reblogging> <DIV class=reblogging_count>0</DIV></DIV> <H2 style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px"><A href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/864583/Early-2009-imperatives-for-Northern-Virginia-business-owners-including-Northern-Virginia-real-estate-investing" rel=bookmark>Early 2009 imperatives for Northern Virginia business owners - including Northern Virginia real estate investing</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://activerain.com/blogsview/864583/Early-2009-imperatives-for-Northern-Virginia-business-owners-including-Northern-Virginia-real-estate-investing"><P>One is attention and investment in local travel and dollars in the Chesapeake Bay. While the "Save the Chesapeake Bay" effort has been well documented as a collosal failure in the past few weeks - there are many things we, as residents and local business owners, can do to help.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://activerain.com/blogsview/864583/Early-2009-imperatives-for-Northern-Virginia-business-owners-including-Northern-Virginia-real-estate-investing"><P hide="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" next="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" getElementsByClassName="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" _extended="true" extend="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" visible="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" toggle="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" show="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" remove="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" update="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" replace="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" inspect="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" recursivelyCollect="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" ancestors="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" descendants="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" previousSiblings="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" nextSiblings="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" siblings="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" match="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" up="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" down="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" previous="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" getElementsBySelector="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" getHeight="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" classNames="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" hasClassName="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" addClassName="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" removeClassName="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" observe="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" stopObserving="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" cleanWhitespace="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" empty="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" childOf="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" scrollTo="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" getStyle="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" setStyle="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" getDimensions="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" makePositioned="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" undoPositioned="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" makeClipping="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" undoClipping="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" setOpacity="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" getOpacity="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" getInlineOpacity="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" forceRerendering="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" setContentZoom="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" collectTextNodes="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" collectTextNodesIgnoreClass="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" childrenWithClassName="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}" visualEffect="function(){return value.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)));}">Another imperative is investment in Northern Virginia real estate, whether your own or new. According to Ingrid Myers, one of the most experienced <A title="Northern Virginia Real Estate Agent" href="http://www.ingridmyers.com/" target="_blank">Northern Virginia real estate agents</A>, the time has come for sidelined investor cash to be spent on <A title="Northern Virginia real estate investing" href="http://www.ingridmyers.com/articles/2009/01/northern-virginia-real-estate-investing.html" target="_blank">Northern Virginia real estate investments and foreclosures</A><A title="Northern Virginia real estate investing" href="http://www.ingridmyers.com/articles/2009/01/northern-virginia-real-estate-investing.html" target="_blank"></A> - and it's already started. Additionally, now is actually a great time to invest in your own home, with the rapid shift of Northern Virginia home construction resources and investing to home renovations and repair (vs. new home building), along with significantly-reduced home contractor pricing.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/CEB8E99E-422B-4D44-8E55-FE6273AA1803/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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