Return to Virginia Business - August 2004

Around the Old Dominion

More money could hasten FBI's move to Winchester

Virginia Business
August 2004

Strapped for storage space, the FBI might be moving its records to the Winchester area sooner than expected. The agency, which announced plans in January to build a $10 million records maintenance complex somewhere in Frederick County by 2010, got a boost recently when U.S. Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-10th, proposed adding $9 million to the 2005 Commerce-Justice Appropri-ations bill, a sum that would allow the FBI to build a makeshift operation while a permanent facility undergoes construction. If the bill is passed, a Wolf spokesman recently told the Winchester Star, the new FBI site could be up and running within the next 12 to 18 months. Whether the FBI moves its records at that point or has to wait until the longer-term relocation date, the project is expected to bring hundreds of new jobs to the Winchester area.

Return to Virginia Business - August 2004