[Archived] 2000 Alexandria Technology Achievement Award Presented to The Motley Fool; Special Recognition Award for the Challenger Center for Space and Science Education

City Press Release


	City of Alexandria, Virginia Office of the City Manager Alexandria City Hall 301 King Street, Suite 3500 Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3211 www.alexandriava.gov Telephone: 703.838.4300 Fax : 703.838.6343

Mayor Kerry J. Donley presented the 2000 Alexandria Technology Achievement Award today to The Motley Fool and a special recognition award to the Challenger Center for Space Science Education. The award was given by Mayor Donley, along with The Honorable Donald S. Beyer, Jr., former lieutenant governor for the Commonwealth of Virginia during the 2000 Alexandria Achievement Award Luncheon held at the Radisson Hotel Old Town Alexandria.

The award represents the best in the application and utilization of technology in Alexandria. The Motley Fool is the world's leading provider of financial advice for novice and serious investors alike. Their mission is to educate, amuse, and enrich individual investors around the world. The Fool now reaches millions of investors each month by providing financial information and strategies in different mediums: on its Web site at http://www.fool.com; via its five New York Times bestsellers; through its line of self-published books; through its weekly nationally syndicated newspaper column; via "The Motley Fool Radio Show," on more than 120 stations nationwide every weekend; through regular commentary on Marketplace Radio; and on America Online (keyword:Fool).

The Challenger Center for Space Science Education is an international, not-for-profit education organization with headquarters in metropolitan Washington, DC. Using the concept of simulation as an instructional tool, Challenger Center programs create exciting, cooperative learning environments that encourage long-term interest in math, science and technology and motivate students to pursue careers in these fields. The Challenger Learning Center provides visitors/students with an interactive computerized simulation of a Mission Control and a spacecraft for exploration.

The finalists for the 2000 Alexandria Technology Achievement Award also included: liveprint.com, MTS Technologies, Inc., National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and webcasts.com. The 2000 Alexandria Technology Achievement Week is a joint effort between the City of Alexandria, the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership, Inc., and the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce to highlight the City’s technology companies.

For more information please call Bill Dixson, The Motley Fool, (703) 837-5527,
Bdixon@fool.com, Vance Ablott, The Challenger Center for Space Science Education, (703) 683-9740, vablott@challenger.org, or Eric N. Dobson, Deputy Director, Alexandria Economic Development Partnership, Inc.703-739-3820.