Route 1 Dispatches: New Brewery and New SFDC Executive Director

Each week, Patch brings you a roundup of the top headlines from the Route 1 corridor.

Alexandria Residents Start Craft Brewery; Seeks Donations Via Kickstarter

Matt Rose of Alexandria left his job as an aerospace engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton last week to concentrate full-time on his new brewery, Forge Brew Works. He has started a Kickstarter campaign to raise $10,000 to secure funding for an additional fermenter and expand the slate of beers that will be offered at Forge Brew works.

University of Southern California Announces Partnership with Mount Vernon Estate

The USC Sol Price School of Public Policy announced its partnership with The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon on Tuesday afternoon.

Hundreds of Volunteers Catalogue 462 Chronically Homeless People in Fairfax County

More than 200 volunteers spread across Fairfax County last week and registered 462 chronically homeless people. The volunteers held a debriefing and presented a report of their findings on Monday at the Jubilee Christian Center in Fairfax.

SFDC Names New Executive Director

Southeast Fairfax Development Corporation announced Monday that Edythe Frankel Kelleher has been named the organization's new executive director.