Virginia Business - July 2003

COVER STORY
Wes Foster
Revving up the troops and tenacity helped him build a Fairfax firm into the No. 3 real estate company in the U.S., dominating in Virginia and the D.C. area.

REGIONAL REPORT
Virginia's 800-pound gorilla
Fairfax County has it all: great schools, stores and location. Plus, some of the biggest traffic and tax challenges in the state.

ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS
Think green in building design
Architects strive to make environmentally friendly green buildings run like an ecosystem.

CEO PERFORMANCE
Homebuilders strong in weak times
Our annual performance directory for CEOs of Virginia's largest public companies.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Welcome to Wi-Fi
A new way of wireless Net access is catching on at bars, offices and schools.

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION
Executive Education
Need a course from afar? ODU's Teletechnet makes it easy.

PUBLISHER'S PROFILE
Technology in Fairfax
An interview with Bobbie Kilberg, president of the Northern Virginia Technology Council.

DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Corner

Minding Your Business
- 2DMV4U makes frustration pay
- Execs get a day with the doc

Around the Old Dominion
- People - Wayne Sterling
- Shipments OK boosts state wine
- General Dynamics continues defense tech spree

For the Record