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February, 2018 News 

• 2-28-18 Baltimore Business Journal:  Amazon's HQ2 would pump billions in Maryland's economy, per study produced at Maryland's request
  • 2-28-18 Washington Post:  Hogan’s high-priced Amazon offer to get first hearings from Maryland lawmakers
• 2-28-18 Washington Business Journal:  MedImmune announces $250 million spinout, plan to create 100 new jobs
• 2-27-18 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis:  Maryland Department of Commerce opens new defense technology transfer development office in Harford
• 2-27-18 Bethesda Magazine:  County Council Approves Trail Improvement Deal with Ourisman Honda -- Vote ends dispute lasting more than a year over a shared Capital Crescent Trail easement
  • 2-27-18 Washington Post:  Montgomery County, car dealership reach deal over Bethesda trail improvements
• 2-27-18 Bethesda Magazine:  County Chooses Child Care Center for Former Silver Spring Library Site -- A competing proposal for a senior housing project will likely shift to a planned White Oak development
• 2-27-18 Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA Carderock):  Carderock CO Kicks Off First of Naval Architecture Series
• 2-26-18 Washington Post:  Think rush-hour, peak-direction tolls on I-66 are bad? How about tolling drivers going both directions?
• 2-26-18 U.S. Department of Defense:  Data, Data and More Data: What Do We Do With It? -- Data science, data analytics and Navy Digital Twin (NDT) were the topics for the National Engineers Week event Feb. 21 at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, in West Bethesda, Maryland
• 2-26-18 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update -- Single Controlled Blasts Planned for FEB. 27 and MARCH 2
• 2-26-18 Washington Post:  The Amazon headquarters search mystery has been solved! Or has it?
• 2-26-18 WRC/NBC4 TV:  Studies Are Increasingly Clear: Uber, Lyft Congest Cities -- "Ride sharing is pulling from and not complementing public transportation," said the author of one report
• 2-26-18 Association of Defense Communities:  Quality-of-Life Issues May Affect Future Basing Decisions, Services Tell Governors
• 2-24-18 Washington Post:  Businesses seek financial help to weather losses during Purple Line construction
• 2-24-18 Washington Post:  Answer Man visits the National Park Seminary in Forest Glen, Md. -- The National Park Seminary became the Forest Glen Annex of Walter Reed, the military hospital in Washington. During World War II, amputees and other wounded GIs who needed rehabilitation were treated at the annex before returning to civilian life. The Korean and Vietnam wars brought more patients.
• 2-24-18 Washington Post:  The high-speed ‘maglev’ promises many things, but at what cost?
• 2-23-18 Source of the Spring blog:  Gas station closes to prepare for hotel construction -- The gas station at the corner of Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road closed last week in preparation for construction of a new Residence Inn
• 2-23-18 Greater Greater Washington blog:  Montgomery wants to build a better bus system, but anti-BRT activists oppose plans -- By 2020, Montgomery County plans to have its first leg of bus rapid transit (BRT) in operation on Route 29, which will stretch from downtown Silver Spring to Burtonsville. However, anti-BRT activists are fighting to block the county from studying increasing dedicated space for buses, which is a key component of BRT
• 2-23-18 Voice of America:  Double-Arm Transplant Gives US Marine Corps Veteran Shot at New Life
• 2-23-18 BISNOW Real Estate News:  Arlington's Office Vacancy Rate Forcing County To Cut Budget, Lay Off Employees
• 2-23-18 Bethesda Magazine:  County Proposes Creating Permit Parking Zone in Large Swath of East Silver Spring -- Area under consideration for new zone is within 4,000 feet of planned Purple Line stations
• 2-23-18 Baltimore Business Jouirnal:  Ads against tax breaks for Amazon's HQ2 launched by Koch brothers group
  • 2-22-18 Washington Business Journal:  Viewpoint: Here's how a regional HQ2 bid could work
• 2-22-18 Bethesda Magazine:  County Council Considering Diverting Funds From Montrose Parkway East Project -- More than $ 120 million in funds could be redirected to other transportation projects or for school construction
• 2-22-18 Association of Defense Communities:  Air Force is Empowering Installations to Address Community Issues, Wilson Says
  • 2-21-18 United States Air Force:  AF and civic leaders work to build stronger bases
• 2-22-18 Military Times:  This new blood test can detect traumatic brain injury in troops
• 2-21-18 Source of the Spring blog:  Postal service confirms move to temporary space in library -- The U.S. Postal Service has confirmed that the post office located in the Spring Center on 16th St. will move its operations to the Silver Spring Library at 900 Wayne Ave.... That “longer-term solution” has been said to be a location in the Thayer and Spring Apartments being constructed by Fairfield Residential, expected to open late this year.
  • 2-21-18 Bethesda Magazine:  16th Street Post Office To Temporarily Relocate To Silver Spring Library -- The move is needed due to Purple Line construction
• 2-21-18 Bethesda Magazine:  Is Montgomery County the Economic Engine of Maryland?
• 2-21-18 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Region set to follow rules on tracking transportation dollars -- States, regional entities and public transportation providers are required to collect and track data related to highway and transit issues, such as safety, system reliability and environmental sustainability.
• 2-21-18 WTOP 103.5 FM:  DC’s ‘Transit Score’ falls compared to other major cities
• 2-21-18 Frederick News-Post:  New infrastructure plan is a start, but it must prioritize key Maryland projects -- Commentary by Michael Friedberg. Executive Director of the Coalition for the Northeast Corridor
• 2-20-18 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update:  SINGLE LANE CLOSURES on Rockville Pike in March and April, near Jones Bridge Road and Woodmont Avenue
• 2-20-18 Bethesda Magazine:  Multifamily Housing Development Could Replace Professional Office Building in Downtown Bethesda -- Community meeting scheduled to discuss Auburn Avenue project
• 2-19-18 Baltimore Sun:  USA Today names Baltimore 'the nation's most dangerous city'
  • 2-19-18 USA TODAY:  Baltimore is the nation's most dangerous city
• 2-19-18 Bethesda Magazine:  Crescent at Chevy Chase Project Heats Up Again with Start of Purple Line Construction -- Latest proposal contains slight reduction in overall unit count
• 2-18-18 Washington Post:  Editorial: Soaring stakes for Metro funding -- Make no mistake: Amazon or no Amazon, the national capital region desperately needs a long-term funding strategy for Metro, the nation’s only major transit system that lacks a reliable, earmarked source of local and state dollars
• 2-16-18 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update -- Single Controlled Blasts Planned for FEB. 21 and FEB. 22
• 2-16-18 Washington Post:  Maryland needs more rail, not more toll lanes -- Commentary by Ben Ross, chair of the Maryland Transit Opportunities Coalition
• 2-15-18 Bethesda Magazine:  New County Police Station Opens in Bethesda -- Rugby Avenue building replaces Wisconsin Avenue facility
• 2-15-18 Bethesda Magazine:  Townhomes Planned for Area Behind Cabin John Shopping Center in Potomac -- Developer works to revitalize aging strip mall
• 2-15-18 THE HILL:  Our military isn't depleted; it's overworked -- Commentary by Caroline Dorminey. policy analyst at the Cato Institute
• 2-15-18 Fort Belvoir Eagle:  Community recognizes ongoing partnership with Belvoir
• 2-14-18 EIN Newsdesk:  Traumatic Brain Injury: FDA Actions and Research -- Scientists also are working with human volunteers with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
• 2-14-18 Association of Defense Communities:  Navy Asks for Funding to Remove Excess Infrastructure
• 2-13-18 Washington Post:  Two Red Line stations to shut down for 45 days this summer; major work to affect nearly every line in 2018 -- For a 45-day stretch starting July 21 and lasting through Labor Day, Metro will shutter Rhode Island Ave. and Brookland stations on the Red Line. Buses will provide shuttle service from Fort Totten to NoMa, as there will be no train travel between those stations
• 2-13-18 Washington Post:  Four cities in Maryland ranked among the most ethnically diverse, study says -- The study is called “2018’s Most & Least Ethnically Diverse Cities in the U.S.” and was done by WalletHub. It ranked Gaithersburg as the second most diverse city in the country, followed by Germantown and Silver Spring in third and fourth places, respectively, along with Rockville in ninth place
• 2-13-18 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  DoD skips BRAC request in 2019 budget
  • 2-13-18 Association of Defense Communities:  DoD Request Emphasizes Facilities Investment
  • 2-12-18 Defense News:  Budget boost in hand, Pentagon skips cost-saving base closure request
  • 2-12-18 Defense News:  Army’s FY19 budget growing by 8 percent to fill readiness gaps, gradually grow force
• 2-12-18 Bethesda Magazine:  Bethesda Metro Center Developer Lays Out Two Scenarios for Plaza Project -- One option calls for up to 600 residential units, while the other provides office space
• 2-12-18 Baltimore Sun:  Trump budget would have major impact in Maryland
• 2-12-18 WAMU 88.5 FM:  When Cars And Metro Aren’t Enough, These Washingtonians Get Creative
• 2-11-18 Washington Post:  Officials have settled on 2 possible routes for the high-speed maglev, but project is still years away
• 2-10-18 Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star:  Navy's decision to move workers from Dahlgren perplexes local officials -- The Navy announced in July that 154 scientists, engineers and researchers with the Chemical Biological Radiological Defense (CBRD) division are being transferred from Naval Support Facility Dahlgren to the Indian Head facility, across the Potomac River in Maryland
• 2-10-18 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Md. bill wants drivers seeing more yellow, not red at traffic lights
• 2-9-18 WUSA9 TV:  (VIDEO REPORT)  Can you cross Rockville Pike in 8 seconds? -- The pedestrian light at the Bou Avenue crosswalk allows just 8 seconds before it begins flashing red
• 2-9-18 Source of the Spring blog:  Spring Street to house United Therapeutics new manufacturing facility
• 2-9-18 Washington Post:  Which city has the degree and talent edge for Amazon’s second headquarters?
• 2-9-18 Washington Business Journal:  $72M national intelligence museum to be constructed in Ashburn
• 2-8-18 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update -- SINGLE CONTROLLED BLASTS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, FEB 9
• 2-8-18 USUHS:  Uniformed Services University Offers Degree Opportunities for Enlisted Members
• 2-8-18 Bethesda Magazine:  Planning Board Gives Thumbs Up to Hotel, Office Tower at Bethesda Police Station Site -- Avocet Tower will bring new level of design excellence to downtown area, planning director says
• 2-8-18 Washington Business Journal:  How the Maryland General Assembly could stymie I-270, Beltway expansion plan
• 2-8-18 Washington Post:  Washington to Amazon: How urban do you want to be?
  • 2-8-18 Bethesda Magazine:  D.C.-Area Amazon Bids Encompass At Least Nine Sites
  • 2-8-18 WTOP 103/5 FM:  What will it take to woo Amazon to Maryland? Officials weigh in
  • 2-7-18 Washington Post:  Gov. Hogan’s office says his transportation chief ‘misspoke’ in promising Amazon a ‘blank check’
  • 2-7-18 Baltimore Sun:  Amazon, yes; blank check, no
  • 2-6-18 Washington Post:  Maryland transportation chief pledges 'blank check' to clinch Amazon's HQ2
• 2-8-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC JOURNAL:  “We Train Like We Fight”; NSAB Conducts Citadel Shield Exercise
• 2-8-18 Reason Foundation:  Ranking the Best, Worst, Safest, and Most Expensive State Highway Systems — The 23rd Annual Highway Report -- Ranking each state's highway system in 11 categories, including highway spending, pavement and bridge conditions, traffic congestion, and fatality rates.
• 2-8-18 Baltimore Sun:  Federal budget deal would begin debate over bay funding, medical pot and other Maryland priorities
• 2-8-18 Washington Post:  Where We Live -- Glen Mar Park: A Bethesda neighborhood mixes Norman Rockwell and an international flavor
• 2-8-18 WTOP 103/5 FM:  Maryland ranks No. 1 in millionaires
• 2-7-18 Bethesda Magazine:  As Chevy Chase Supermarket Prepares To Close, Owners Plan New Stores in Montgomery County -- Kirsch brothers will open corner market in Rockville, full-size grocery store in Poolesville
• 2-6-18 Bethesda Magazine:  Council Hears Mostly From Supporters of Ourisman Bethesda Trail Deal -- County executive, local business leaders and trail group support improvements offered by car dealership in order to keep garage expansion
• 2-6-18 Washington Post:  Speed-camera tickets made $62 million for Maryland last year
• 2-6-18 Bethesda Magazine:  Montgomery County Leaders Urge Metro To End Grosvenor Turnbacks -- Metro has not included a plan to end the train turn-arounds in next year’s budget
  • 2-5-18 Washington Post:  Red Line turn-backs unlikely to end, Metro says
• 2-6-18 WTOP 103.5 FM:  DC region dominates ‘Best Counties to Live In’ list
• 2-6-18 WTOP 103.5 FM:  How much time do DC-area drivers spend in traffic? -- A new study ranking the most congested cities in the world shows D.C.-area drivers spend 23 percent of time on the road in congestion
• 2-5-18 Baltimore Business Journal:  Feds reveal finalists for maglev train route between Baltimore and D.C.
• 2-3-18 Washington Post:  Metro’s new parking policy and fees get pushback from suburbs
• 2-2-18 UrbanTurf DC Real Estate blog:  The Plans to Fit Children’s National into the New Walter Reed
• 2-2-18 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update -- TWO SINGLE CONTROLLED BLASTS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, FEB. 6 AND FRIDAY, FEB. 9
• 2-2-18 Bethesda Magazine:  County Board Gives Initial Nod to Multifamily Housing Project in Downtown Bethesda -- New complex would go next to existing Edgemont at Bethesda apartments
• 2-2-18 WTOP 103.5 FM:  High-speed rail construction in Maryland may not be far away
• 2-1-18 Washington Business Journal:  Construction begins on senior living complex in downtown Bethesda
• 2-1-18 Washington Business Journal:  Amazon: We're not considering independent HQ2 bids in Northern Virginia
• 2-1-18 Source of the Spring blog:  Preparations underway to market Discovery headquarters to buyers
• 2-1-18 Frederick News-Post:  Maryland and West Virginia continue to negotiate MARC agreement 
• 2-1-18 Bethesda Magazine:  County Holds Open House in Bethesda on Proposed Bus Rapid Transit System -- Tonight’s event will be held at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
• 2-1-18 Bethesda Magazine:  Purple Line Officials Detail Landscaping Plans for Light-Rail Line in Bethesda, Chevy Chase -- Planting of trees, shrubs and evergreens planned to spruce up the transit system
• 2-1-18 Bethesda Magazine:  Developer Presents Dramatically Downsized Plan for Overhauling Westwood Shopping Center -- New plan halves the total square footage, cuts number of residential units
• 2-1-18 U.S. Cyber Command, U.S. Department of Defense:  DoD’s Network Defense Headquarters Achieves Full Operational Capability
• 2-1-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC JOURNAL:  WRNMMC’s Joint Commission On-Site Survey Nears -- Surveyors from the Joint Commission, a partner of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in ensuring safe, high-quality health care is provided at the medical center, will evaluate WRNMMC’s care, services and administrative procedures during a multi-day on-site visit
• 2-1-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC JOURNAL:  Sewer Repair Work Planned for Base
• 2-1-18 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis:  Harford's Glassman shakes up county's economic development efforts
  • 2-1-18 Bel Air (MD) Patch:  Harford County Consolidates Departments; The merger of housing and economic development has resulted in the Harford County Office of Community and Economic Development -- The Cabinet position of director of economic development will be eliminated. Karen Holt, who was serving as director, will become the county's federal installation administrator. Prior to her role in the Glassman administration, Ms. Holt was the regional manager for Harford County's Chesapeake Science & Security Corridor, a Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment growth initiative for Base Realignment and Closure. In this new position, she will reinforce the county's relationship with Aberdeen Proving Ground and related contractors, identify tech transfer opportunities, and manage the county's response to federal actions including future rounds of BRAC
• 2-1-18 War on the Rocks:  A Guide for Generals Coming to the Pentagon: Getting to Know Civilian Colleagues
   
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