The Arlington Innovation Fund, housed under the county’s economic development arm, sponsors local events and workshops. It also granted funding to startups in early 2024: Nine firms received non-dilutive funding ranging from $25,000 to $50,000. Since then, companies have collectively raised $25 million after participating in what’s called the Catalyst Grant Program.

The recent news of Raytheon moving its global headquarters to Arlington, and Boeing’s similar announcement last month, it’s brought the question as to why these Fortune 100 companies are choosing our community as their corporate home?

Area 2 Farms uses proprietary indoor growing technology that incorporates micro-robotics, and more efficiently manages heat and humidity, allowing the facility to produce hundreds of different crops —   while using 25% fewer LED lights than typical indoor farms.

Fresh Impact Farms, Arlington's only commercial farm, is calling its rapidly-growing enterprise of urban hydroponic growing "the future of farming."

Revered as one of the most influential business forces in the world, Amazon was seeking a location for its new East Coast headquarters (referred to as HQ2) that would inspire invention and help the retail and technology giant connect with passionate innovators across the nation and globe.

On Monday, March 25, German discount grocery company Lidl opened its 67 store in the U.S. – and its first store in Arlington.