- Silver Diner will open its Fredericksburg location (2951 Plank Road at the entrance to Central Park) on Nov. 7.
- Hacienda El Patron opened its new location in Central Park (2805 Plank Road; the former Joe’s Crab Shack building) earlier this month.
- The K-Pot Korean barbecue and hot pot restaurant in Central Park (1791 Carl D. Silver Parkway; the former O’Charley’s location) is expected to open soon.
- CTI Real Estate CEO Michelle Caldwell Thompson recently received this year’s Patricia Lacey Metzger Award for distinguished achievement from the Women’s Leadership Colloquium at the University of Mary Washington.
- A Royal Farms location is set to open later this year at the intersection of U.S. 17 and U.S. 301 in Port Royal. The new location is across from Horne’s.
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