The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, May 20, 1996                   TAG: 9605180195
SECTION: BUSINESS WEEKLY          PAGE: 15   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY MELISSA GUNDEL, BUSINESS WEEKLY 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   41 lines

PAGEMART OPENS AT BEACH; LAW FIRM STARTS; DMV OPENS NEW CENTER

A Dallas-based communications provider has opened a customer center in Virginia Beach.

PageMart Inc., one of the nation's largest providers of modern digital pagers, has opened a 1,100-square-foot customer center at 309 Aragona Blvd.

The centers are part of the communications provider's new customer care program, which is designed to make the company's products, services and customer service representatives easier to access. Stephen Mishoe is the store's sales manager.

Gregory Robert Wright and Ellen C. Carlson have formed the law firm of Wright & Carlson in Virginia Beach. Wright opened a solo practice in 1989 and has served as an assistant public defender for the City of Virginia Beach. Before Carlson opened her own solo practice earlier this year, she was an associate with Kaufman & Canoles. The law firm is located at 760 Lynnhaven Parkway.

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles will open the doors to its newest office today. The Virginia Beach/Hilltop Customer Service Center, located at 1712 Donna Blvd., will replace the DMV office located at 229 Mustang Trail. The new office is almost twice as large as the Mustang Trail office. It will also feature 16 teller windows, a driver photo station and a drive-through window for vehicle registration decal renewals.

LAN Co. has expanded its Virginia Beach office at 4520 Holland Office Park. The office has tripled in size since May 1995.

The company is one of the largest Microsoft Solution providers and Novell Platinum dealers in the Eastern United States.

McKinney and Co., engineers and architects of Ashland, Va., has opened its first satellite office in Williamsburg. The office is located in the Busch Corporate Center at 485 McLaws Circle, Suite 2. by CNB