Editing Leesburg, Virginia (section)

==Business and industry==
Leesburg operates the [[Leesburg Executive Airport]] at Godfrey Field, which serves Loudoun County with private and corporate aircraft operations. A designated reliever airport for Dulles International, the airport accounts for nearly $78 million per year in economic impact according to a 2011 study by the Virginia Department of Aviation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Virginia Airport System Economic Impact Study: Executive Summary |url=http://www.doav.virginia.gov/Downloads/Studies/Economic%20Impact%20Study%202011/Compliant/VA%20Air%20Trans%20Economic%20Impact%20Study%20Executive%20Summary%2019-Aug-2011.pdf |publisher=Virginia Department of Aviation |access-date=September 1, 2015 |page=11 |date=2011 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215528/http://www.doav.virginia.gov/Downloads/Studies/Economic%20Impact%20Study%202011/Compliant/VA%20Air%20Trans%20Economic%20Impact%20Study%20Executive%20Summary%2019-Aug-2011.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is home (as of 2005) to over 240 aircraft and hosts 20&ndash;30 jet operations per day. The airport was built in 1963 to replace the original Leesburg airport, which Arthur Godfrey owned and referred to affectionately as "The Old Cow Pasture" on his radio show.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} Godfrey, who, by the early 1950s, had purchased the Beacon Hill Estate west of Leesburg, used a [[Douglas DC-3|DC-3]] to commute from his farm to studios in New York City every Sunday night during the 1950s and 1960s. His DC-3 was so powerful and noisy that Godfrey built a new airport, funding it through the sale of the old field.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} Originally named Godfrey Field, it is now known as [[Leesburg Executive Airport]] at Godfrey Field.

Also located near Leesburg is the National Conference Center,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.conferencecenter.com/ |title=National Conference Center |access-date=September 30, 2008 |archive-date=October 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004064928/http://www.conferencecenter.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which the [[Xerox]] Corporation built in the 1970s. Government entities and private business use the Conference Center for meetings and conferences. Three main focal points connect this [[maze]] of underground buildings, one of which is currently the headquarters of [[Civilian Police International]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=9376997 |title=Civilian Police International LLC: Private Company Information - Bloomberg |website=www.bloomberg.com |access-date=March 10, 2018 |archive-date=March 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311012722/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=9376997 |url-status=live }}</ref> a government sub-contract company.

Market Station, located in the southeast portion of Leesburg's Historic District, contains a number of high-tech and legal offices, retail shops, and [[restaurant]]s that are housed within seven restored historic buildings (a [[railroad]] freight station, a railroad [[station master|stationmaster's]] house, a [[log home|log house]], two [[barn]]s and two [[gristmill]]s), some of which were reconstructed in or relocated to the site.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627103006/http://www.loudountimes.com/index.php/real_estate/leesburg/ |url=http://www.loudountimes.com/index.php/real_estate/leesburg/ |archive-date=June 27, 2015 |title=Leesburg, Virginia |publisher=Loudoun Times-Mirror |year=2015 |access-date=December 25, 2015}}</ref> A plaza on the east side of the site contains several structures painted in the yellow and green colors of the stations of the [[Washington and Old Dominion Railroad]], which served the town until 1968.

[[Iridium Communications|Iridium Communications Inc.]] (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) system of satellites is "guided from the basement of a featureless two-story office building" located in Leesburg.<ref name="The Rise and Fall and Rise of Iridium">{{cite web |url=http://www.airspacemag.com/space/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-iridium-5615034/?all |title=The Rise and Fall and Rise of Iridium |publisher=Air & Space Magazine by the Smithsonian Institution |date=September 2004 |access-date=April 24, 2014 |author=Mellow, Craig |archive-date=April 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424160645/http://www.airspacemag.com/space/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-iridium-5615034/?all |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to Leesburg's FY 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leesburgva.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/38946/638066035719370000 |title=Town of Leesburg ACFR |access-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807151956/https://www.leesburgva.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/38946/638066035719370000 |url-status=live }}</ref> the top employers in the town are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
| [[Loudoun County, Virginia|Loudoun County Government]]
|2,500-5,000
|-
|2
| [[Loudoun County Public Schools]]
|1,000-1,500
|-
|3
| [[Federal Aviation Administration]]
|500-1,000
|-
|4
| Town of Leesburg
|250-500
|-
|5
| [[Wegmans]]
|250-500
|-
|6
| [[Commonwealth of Virginia]]
|250-500
|-
|7
| [[Target Corporation|Target]]
|250-500
|-
|8
| [[Stryker Corporation]]
|250-500
|-
|9
| [[Costco]]
|250-500
|-
|10
| Loudoun Medical Group
|100-250
|}