Olander Banks, Sr. Entrepreneur

Olander Banks, Sr.

Entrepreneur

Olander Banks, Sr., an Alexandria native, established the Zero Cab taxi service and a trucking company in the 1950s. Later he built Banks Auto Parts, his primary business. In 2001, he donated his ten-acre property in Fairfax County to the Parks Authority to become the Margaret Lomax and Olander Banks, Sr. Community Park.