[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18267]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING STEPHEN ARTHUR HEAVENER

 Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, today I recognize Mr. Stephen Arthur 
Heavener who will retire on August 1, 2003, after having served 8\1/2\ 
years as the Executive Director of the Front Royal-Warren County 
Economic Development Authority. He leaves this position to become 
Executive Director of the Department of Development in Carlsbad, NM.
  During Mr. Heavener's 8\1/2\ years of service at the Warren County 
EDA more than 1,100 county jobs were created and the local industrial 
tax base increased from 8.5 percent in 1990 to 13.5 percent in 2002. 
These particular accomplishments came to fruition largely because of 
Mr. Heavener's work with Pen-Tab Industries, Toray Plastics, America, 
Family Dollar, Ferguson Enterprises and SYSCO Northeast Cooperative, 
Inc. Mr. Heavener also assisted in the redevelopment of the Avtex 
Fibers Superfund site in Front Royal. The massive construction on this 
500-acre site will eventually create more than 11,000 square feet of 
premium rehabilitated office space, 240 acres of Conservancy Parklands, 
160 acres of eco-business park, and 30 acres of soccer fields. In 
addition, Mr. Heavener has also aided in the growth and expansion of 
local businesses in Warren County by creating the Rural Business 
Enterprise Loan program, which has provided loans for small businesses 
in the amount of $250,000.
  Mr. Heavener's record of success as Executive Director of the Front 
Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority is well-known and 
respected. I congratulate him on his years of dedicated service to the 
people of Warren County and the Commonwealth of Virginia and wish him 
well in his new position in the Department of Development in 
Carlsbad.

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