Time to step it up....

Loudoun County (my home County and employer) is home to MCI, formerly known as Worldcom (which was formerly known as MCI- don't ask...).

Anyway, after bankruptcy, a few name changes, and a declining market- they are being bought out by Verizon.

This could be big news for Loudoun County, which is often seen as the little brother of Fairfax County, which is the up and coming stud compared the the venerable District of Columbia. Verizon has said that it wants a new home for its corporate offices. It now appears to be buying MCI, with a large, rolling campus just 5 minutes from Dulles International Airport. What better than Verizon to relocate to MCI's campus, even adding on to its current building space....

MCI and its employee base are critical to Loudoun County. It's time for us to step up from being the little brother left on the doorstep to becoming the premier corporate destination in the DC area.

Verizon Announces MCI Acquisition (washingtonpost.com)