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February, 2017 News
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- 2-28-17 Bethesda Magazine; County Council Considers Clogged Bethesda Intersections as Part of Bethesda Downtown Plan Review -- Members understand frustration over delays at spots such as East West Highway and Connecticut Avenue, but question whether growth in Bethesda is direct factor
- 2-28-17 Bethesda Magazine; Riemer: Council Should Look At Special Tax To Pay For Park Projects in Downtown Bethesda -- Establishing new revenue source could help realize the parking-to-parks concept, he says
- 2-28-17 Bethesda Magazine; Appeals Court Upholds Verdict in Favor of Lord & Taylor in White Flint Mall Case -- Mall owners have few legal options; future of proposed redevelopment unknown
- 2-28-17 Hospitality.Net: Snapshot of the Washington DC Metropolitan Region’s Lodging Market -- The top three employers in the county are all government agencies and include the National Institutes of Health, the Food & Drug Administration and Bethesda Naval Hospital. Together these agencies employ over 40,000 people.
- 2-28-17 Washington Post: Influential business group says Metro needs an emergency control board now
- 2-28-17 Baltimore Business Journal: Baltimore bike share to add 30 stations in May
- 2-28-17 Independent Journal Review: 'Portraits of Courage': George W. Bush Reveals What He's Been Doing Post-Presidency
- 2-28-17 WBAL/NBC TV11: Increased military spending double-edged sword for Maryland
- 2-28-17 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Trump’s $54 billion defense budget increase isn’t what it seems. And Congress is mad.
- 2-27-17 Defense News: McCain, Thornberry rip White House budget plan on defense
- 2-27-17 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: BRAC finds some stable ground in 2017
- 2-27-17 Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA): Crews Complete MD 355/Cedar Lane Intersection Improvement Project in Bethesda -- Final Touches for BRAC-related Project to Be Completed this Spring
- 2-27-17 Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA): MD 187 (Old Georgetown Road) From Beech Avenue to Oakmont Avenue in Bethesda Intersection Reconstruction Project Activity with Sidewalk Closures
- 2-25-17 The National Interest: What Does America Really Gain From Excess Military Bases? -- Commentary by Christopher Preble, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. and Todd Harrison, director of Defense Budget Analysis and a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
- 2-24-17 Baltimore Business Journal: Columbia bike share program to launch in May
- 2-24-17 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Will reviewing DoD business operations make a difference?
- 2-24-17 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda Church, Residents Unable To Stall Westwood Shopping Center Redevelopment Proposal -- Planning Board approves sketch plan, excludes area where African-American burial sites could be located
- 2-24-17 Washington Post: Hiring-freeze confusion hits military parents
- 2-24-17 Bethesda Magazine: Amendment Could Help Pedestrian Traffic Signal Bill Move Forward After SHA Balks -- The state highway administration said HAWK legislation could put federal funds at risk
- 2-23-17 Washington City Paper: On Georgia Avenue, Stark Realities for Aggrieved Tenants and Their Landlord -- "I don’t want to live like that or be afraid to go out the door because you’re afraid of what’s on the other side."
- 2-23-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Naval Dosimetry Opens New Temporary Location -- The center is the first clinic to move as part of the WRNMMC remodel
- 2-23-17 WHAG-TV (Hagerstown): Two Maryland counties plan bi-county transportation route -- Montgomery, Howard County executives meet on Thursday
- 2-23-17 Bethesda Magazine: Metro Board Agrees To Allow Development Next to Grosvenor-Strathmore Station -- Project could bring more than 1,000 residential units to site of a surface parking lot
- 2-23-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: Momentum grows to turn Bethesda parking into parks
- 2-23-17 Capital News Service: Maryland Bill Could Make Blocking Four-way Intersection Illegal
- 2-22-17 Montgomery Community Media: UPDATED: Hogan Administration Proceeds with Watkins Mill Interchange
- 2-22-17 Bethesda Magazine: Ourisman Honda Tears Down Wall Near Capital Crescent Trail
- 2-22-17 Bethesda Magazine: Purple Line Plaintiffs Request Federal Government Pay Attorneys’ Fees -- The total cost could be more than $500,000
- 2-22-17 Bethesda Magazine: How Are the County’s Master Plans Working? -- Planning staff to deliver ‘reality check’ at Thursday board meeting
- 2-22-17 Bethesda Magazine: Silver Spring, Rockville Make Top 10 List of Most Diverse U.S. Cities -- WalletHub ranking also gives nod to Gaithersburg, Germantown
- 2-22-17 Washington Post: Should Maryland transit systems be required to cover a share of their operating costs with fares?
- 2-22-17 EIN News: Carderock's MAKE Lab: One Year Later
- 2-22-17 Governing.com: What Our Military Bases and Defense Communities Need -- The neglect of our military infrastructure impacts not only our security but also the needs of our service families and the communities that support them -- Commentary by Michael Cooper, President of the Association of Defense Communities and chairman of the Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission
- 2-21-17 Washington Post: D.C. area lags in new survey of global traffic congestion
- 2-21-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: Metro ridership drops 12 percent; $125 million revenue shortfall projected
- 2-21-17 Washington Post: How many structurally deficient bridges are in your county? -- Trump campaigned on a $1 trillion infrastructure plan that includes fixing the nation’s bridges. There are more than 130,000 structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges in the country. See if any sub-standard bridges are in your neighborhood
- 2-21-17 Federal Times: With DHA's electronic health records system operational, Bono eyes next steps
- 2-21-17 Bethesda Magazine: Public Can Learn About Bus Rapid Transit at Open House Meetings in Silver Spring on March 7, 13 & 15 -- Transportation planners will tout project to bring bus system to Route 29
- 2-21-17 Washington Examiner: Why military base closures could actually happen this time
- 2-21-17 Breaking Defense: Focus The Pentagon On Warfighting, Not Kids’ Schools And Such
- 2-19-17 The National Interest: News Flash: Closing U.S. Military Bases Might Not Save America Money -- The savings from base closures are important only when an activity is eliminated and forces demobilized
- 2-18-17 Washington Post: You don’t have to ride Metro to care about its future
- 2-18-17 Stars and Stripes: Macabre military moments memorialized at National Museum of Health and Science
- 2-17-17 Washington Post: Suburbs turning to transit rethink their beloved parking
- 2-17-17 Washington Post: Veterans have a problem that no amount of parades or VA funding can solve
- 2-17-17 U.S. Army Environmental Command: DRAFT Final Remedial Investigation Report, Forest Glen Annex 05 (15 pp summary)
- 2-17-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: Metro boss: Commuting pattern shift causing ridership decline
- 2-16-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Commander's Column -- Warrior Transition Brigade’s Wellness program
- 2-16-17 Washington Post: Tensions escalate between Montgomery and church over possible black cemetery
- 2-16-17 Washington Post: Democrat’s fix for Metro: $750 million from feds in exchange for governance, labor changes
- 2-16-17 Bethesda Magazine: Developers Have Less Than Two Months To Respond to Silver Spring Arena Proposal -- Montgomery County released more information this month about its pitch for a 5,000-seat arena downtown
- 2-16-17 Belvoir Eagle: Community Hospital architecture: Experience State-of-the- art design
- 2-15-17 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: MCDOT to Hold Open Houses on Marcn 7, 13 & 15 about Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on U.S. 29
- 2-15-17 Bethesda Magazine: Idea for Converting Parking to Parks in Downtown Bethesda Gains Momentum -- County Council members say they’re evaluating parking needs, funding strategies
- 2-15-17 Washington Business Journal: State Department's vision for Walter Reed west parcel coming into focus
- 2-15-17 Fort Meade Soundoff: Maryland Dept. of Transportation -- Annapolis Road Project to widen MD Route 175
- 2-15-17 THE HILL: 3 tough questions Congress failed to ask military leaders
- 2-15-17 Federal News Radio WFED 1500 AM: Despite improvements, DoD is still top offender on GAO High-Risk List
- 2-14-17 Washington Post: Montgomery Council approves revised White Oak science center plan
- 2-14-17 Government Technology: Frederick News-Post -- Infrastructure Must be Ready to Accommodate Modern Vehicles: As autonomous vehicles become more common on America's roads, "smart infrastructure" will also become common
- 2-13-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: How will Bethesda development impact parking? Officials want answers
- 2-13-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: When and where you'll find the worst traffic congestion in D.C.
- 2-13-17 Bethesda Magazine: Developers Share Images of Proposed Overhaul of County Planning Headquarters -- Bozzuto Development intends to submit a sketch plan for Silver Spring site this month
- 2-11-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: Rush hour is especially brutal on Montgomery Co.
- 2-11-17 Washington Post: For Metro riders, 2017 is ‘Back2Good’ vs. ‘right-sizing’
- 2-11-17 Frederick News-Post: As vehicles become modern, infrastructure must be ready
- 2-11-17 Carroll County Times: Carroll leverages partnerships, seeks growth from Fort Meade
- 2-10-17 U.S. Department of Defense: Belvoir Hospital Opens Doors to Adolescent Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit
- 2-9-17 Washington Post: D.C., Maryland and Virginia get temporary reprieve from deadline to create Metro safety agency
- 2-9-17 Bethesda Magazine: Property Owners Across from Pike & Rose Want Greater Leeway In Building Heights, Density -- County planners work on Executive Boulevard section of White Flint growth plan
- 2-9-17 Military.com: Service Leaders Divided on Closing Bases to Cut Costs
- 2-9-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Ceremony Marks Completion of Cooling Towers
- 2-9-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: NSAB Participates in Citadel Shield
- 2-9-17 Bethesda Magazine: Metro Considers Enhancements to Grosvenor-Strathmore Station -- A major residential redevelopment project is being planned next to the North Bethesda station
- 2-9-17 Bethesda Magazine: Historic Bethesda Church To Rally Against Potential Disruption of African-American Burial Ground -- Church calls for Planning Board to table Westbard development proposal until experts can assess site
- 2-8-17 Bethesda Magazine: New Image Illustrates Developers’ Vision for ‘Mini-City’ on Shady Grove Site -- Proposal calls for 1.3 million square feet of construction, including up to 1,900 homes
- 2-8-17 Federal News Radio WFED 1500 AM: Military readiness problems can’t be fixed overnight, Defense chiefs warn
- 2-7-17 U.S. Department of Defense: Carderock’s Anechoic Flow Facility experiences unprecedented turbulence
- 2-7-17 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS): USU Opens New College of Allied Health Sciences
- 2-7-17 Montgomery Community Media: Residents Get Update on Md. 355 Bus Rapid Transit
- 2-7-17 Bethesda Magazine: County Council Approves Lyttonsville Development Plan -- Council member Marc Elrich issues only vote against visioning document for historic Silver Spring community
- 2-7-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: Montgomery Co. urges Metro to avoid ‘death spiral’
- 2-7-17 U.S. Army Environmental Command: DRAFT Final Remedial Investigation Report, Forest Glen Annex 02, 03, & 04. (26 pp summary)
- 2-7-17 WTOP 103.5 FM: Fewer drivers, longer commutes: 5 stats that explain the epic DC-area commute
- 2-6-17 The National Interest: America Has Too Many Military Bases -- Commentary by Christopher A. Preble and William D. Hartung. Christopher Preble is the vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. William D. Hartung is the director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy.
- 2-6-17 Montgomery Community Media: Traffic Study Shows County Moving Slower
- 2-6-17 U.S. Department of Defense: NSAB Participates in Solid Curtain
- 2-4-17 Washington Post: Life, death and demolition -- Baltimore, like Detroit and other aging American cities plagued by abandoned housing, is spending millions of dollars tearing out blighted pieces of itself in the hope that, like a pruned tree, the rest of the city will bloom
- 2-3-17 WJLA/ABC7 TV: Developers balk at WMATA’s proposed Red Line service cuts
- 2-2-17 Bethesda Magazine: Transportation Officials To Share Details on Bus Rapid Transit Project for MD 355 -- Pair of open houses scheduled for public to weigh in, ask questions about proposed system
- 2-2-17 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: MCDOT Expanding Bicycle Network in White Flint, North Bethesda, Grosvenor
- 2-2-17 Government Technology: Government, Private-Sector Partnerships Important in Fighting Cyber Crime -- Retired NSA director Gen. Keith Alexander spoke with Sen. Chris Van Hollen about cybersecurity at a Fort Meade Alliance event
- 2-1-17 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: MCDOT Working to Make White Flint Friendlier to Pedestrians and Bicyclists
- FEBRUARY 4, 2017: Lane and sidewalk closures of one block of SOUITHBOUND Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Bethesda between Battery Lane and Cordell Avenue, scheduled for SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2017 from 9:00 AM through 5:00 PM. The lane closures will allow a private construction company to hoist equipment onto the rooftop of 8218 Wisconsin Avenue. Please direct any questions about the work to contact Stephanie Kehoe of Traffic Engineering Services at 410.365.5915 or [email protected].
- 2-2-17 3D Print.com: A Closer Look at the Many Uses for Additive Manufacturing & Augmented Reality in America's Military Forces
- 2-1-17 Washington Post: Cities, suburbs are requiring too much parking near transit stations, study says
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