ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Full Strength Physical Therapy was named Overall Business of the Year and real estate agent Jen Walker was named Business Leader of the Year on Wednesday night at the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce's 2026 Best in Business Awards.

The chamber, which calls itself The Chamber ALX, also gave awards in six size and type categories at the ceremony, held at the Westin Alexandria Old Town. An anonymous committee of past winners read 58 applications and picked 36 finalists, Dr. Rina Bansal, president of Inova Alexandria Hospital, said in presenting the overall award. The highest-scoring finalist takes the overall prize. The chamber's executive committee picks the Business Leader of the Year, according to the introduction read from the stage.

Disclosure: The Alexandria Brief was one of six finalists for Rising Star Business of the Year, which went to Continues Arcade. Ryan Belmore, the Brief's publisher and the author of this story, attended the ceremony as a nominee.