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January, 2014 News

• 1-31-14 Roll Call:  HUD Clears Path for Walter Reed Redevelopment
  • 1-30-14 Washington Business Journal:  D.C. clears major Walter Reed hurdle, but another looms
• 1-31-14 Gazette.Net:  GSA looking to shrink NIH in Bethesda, Rockville -- If Congress approves, 154,908 square feet of empty space would be dumped
• 1-31-14 Southern Maryland News Online:  Hodge gives Indian Head economic advice -- Former county commissioner weighs in
• 1-30-14 Montgomery County Government:  Go Montgomery -- Leggett Releases Six-Year Capital Budget; Investment in Transportation Boosted
• 1-30-14 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  Council public hearings February 11: bikeways funding
• 1-30-14 Bethesda Now:  Snow, Cold, Ice Make For Messy Capital Crescent Trail
• 1-30-14 Bethesda Now:  Final Plans For “Green Mile” To Be Unveiled Feb. 19
• 1-30-14 Bethesda Now:  Westbard Developer Meets With Curious Public
• 1-30-14 Gazette.Net:  The first wave of a new look on Rockville Pike -- Federal Realty banking on urban design for White Flint
• 1-30-14 Gazette.Net:  Gaithersburg residents question bus rapid transit line along Great Seneca Highway -- Bus will stop on Great Seneca Highway, near Kmart and Lowes in the Kentlands
• 1-30-14 Washington Business Journal:  Vacant Bailey's Crossroads office building may be sold, rezoned for residential
• 1-30-14 Frederick News-Post:  New rodent lab at Detrick could advance PTSD research
• 1-29-14 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Beltway's danger corridor averages 260 crashes
• 1-29-14 Gazette.Net:  Developers offer rent break to nearby workers
• 1-29-14 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery considering new roads’ impact on existing properties in White Flint area -- Street realignment depends on development schedules, funds availability
• 1-29-14 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery County, developer pave way for new Shady Grove community -- Crabbs Branch Way to become ‘urban boulevard’
• 1-29-14 Washington Post:  Bike safety advocates push 2 bills, get frosty reception in Maryland General Assembly
• 1-28-14 U.S. News & World Report:  Shooting the Pentagon in the Foot: Since the defense budget peaked in 2010, Congress has been quick to approve proposed cuts to the military's top line. But Congress has been just as swift to oppose specific proposals made once those vague budget cuts trickle down to become real-world, tangible consequences. -- Commentary by Mackenzie Eaglen, resident fellow at the Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies at the American Enterprise Institute
• 1-28-14 Bethesda Now:  Mapping Shows How Bethesda Bikeshare Is Used
• 1-28-14 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch:  Planning Board, MTA Suggest Redevelopment of Wisconsin Ave. Site for Purple Line -- For the best possible Bethesda Purple Line station, the county planning board and the Maryland Transit Administration suggest redevelopment of the Apex Building
• 1-28-14 Washington Post:  Dale Drive station will be built at same time as Purple Line, officials say
• 1-28-14 Gazette.Net:  Activists dispute claim that Purple Line won’t harm creek creatures; prepare to sue -- Chevy Chase lawyer and allies challenge federal agency’s finding
• 1-28-14 Gazette.Net:  Rockville officials get more details on Montgomery County’s BRT plans -- Planners looking at how buses will interact with existing transit
• 1-27-14 Bethesda Now:  Downtown Bethesda Plan To Focus On Public Spaces
• 1-27-14 Washington Post:  American Legion warns military may lose most commissaries
  • 1-26-14 TIME:  Are U.S. Veterans Selfish? -- As the Pentagon budget vise tightens, those who served complain over cuts
• 1-26-14 Baltimore Sun:  Aberdeen scientists to destroy Syria's chemical weapons -- Civilian specialists sail to Mediterranean for historic mission
• 1-24-14 Fort Detrick Standard:  Forest Glen Annex Linden Lane Gate Closed
• 1-24-14 Fort Detrick Standard:  Fort Detrick/Forest Glen Annex Weather Update
• 1-23-14 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Regional Mission Brings New Changes to Public Health
• 1-23-14 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Warrior Transition Brigade (WTB): ‘Wonder Woman’ Bids Farewell, ‘Superman’ Begins Training
• 1-23-14 Bethesda Now:  UPDATE: Pedestrian Struck In Front Of Walter Reed
• 1-23-14 Washington Post:  Purple Line won’t harm two rare crustaceans, federal agency says; group prepares to sue
• 1-23-14 Washington Post:  Purple Line advocates question Town of Chevy Chase hiring congressman’s brother
• 1-23-14 Washington Business Journal:  Bethesda Intelligence campus design made less conspicuous
  • 1-30-14 County Planning Board Mandatory Referral Hearing on ICCB
• 1-22-14 Bethesda Now:  Bethesda ‘Scope of Work’ Meeting Planned For Monday
• 1-22-14 Gazette.Net:  Crews repairing leak at Bethesda Metro escalators
• 1-22-14 Gazette.Net:  County considers improvements to little-used MARC station -- Officials present plan for park and ride
• 1-21-14 Gazette.Net:  If negotiations fail, taking Apex building by eminent domain possible -- Owners of building still willing to negotiate, time is running out
• 1-21-14 Washington Business Journal:  Capital Bikeshare supplier files for bankruptcy protection
• 1-21-14 Washington Post:  Capital Business -- Washington area pops onto tech radar as alternative to Silicon Valley
• 1-21-14 Government Executive's Defense One:  Deciphering Obama’s Necessary Message to the Intelligence Community -- Commentary by Joseph R. DeTrani, president of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA)
• 1-21-14 Bethesda Now:  North Bethesda Or Rockville?
• 1-20-14 Marine Corps Times:  New Defense Health Agency takes on support functions formerly run by services
• 1-18-14 Marine Corps Times:  No end in sight for Marines' Wounded Warrior Regiment as war winds down
• 1-17-14 U.S. Department of Defense:  Disaster Psychiatry Emerges as DOD Field of Study
• 1-17-14 Bethesda Now:  Demolition Begins On Former College of Cardiology Building
• 1-17-14 Gazette.Net:  Moving to Virginia, Baltimore, Boston, Silicon Valley?  -- Montgomery County officials recently announced that they are closing the oldest business incubator to convert it with federal and state agencies to a national cybersecurity center. They expected some pain for the more than 30 tenants who they told to move by the summer.
• 1-17-14 Gazette.Net:  Maryland’s drone industry could reach $2 billion in 10 years -- Local companies expect market for unmanned aircraft to mushroom
• 1-16-14 Washington Post:  Maryland road projects to watch in 2014 -- Route 355 at Cedar Lane
• 1-16-14 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Reaching Out to Maintain Matters of the Mind
• 1-16-14 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Navy Wounded Warrior Safe Harbor (NWW-SH) Modernizes to Provide a More Personalized Level of Care
• 1-16-14 Bethesda Now:  Battery Lane Condo Coming In 2016
• 1-15-14 Bethesda Now:  Apex Building Owners Say Purple Line Station Deal Is Possible
• 1-15-14 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery executive’s capital budget to feature heavy focus on schools, roads -- Budget outlines proposed six-year spending plan
  • 1-15-14 Montgomery County Government:  Record Funding for School Construction Highlights Leggett’s Six-Year Capital Budget; Investment Boosted in Transportation, Infrastructure, Job Creation Initiatives
  • 1-15-14 Montgomery County Office of Management and Budget:  County Executive's Recommended FY15 Capital Budget and FY15-20 Capital Improvements Program
• 1-15-14 Gazette.Net:  Walter Reed wins trauma center designation
  • 12-19-13 United States Army (Walter Reed Pub;ic Affairs):  Walter Reed gets Level II Trauma Center verification
• 1-15-14 Gazette.Net:  Proposed Friendship Heights playground draws ire -- Critics dislike size and bright colors of children’s equipment
• 1-14-14 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch:  Wisconsin Avenue Tunnel at Walter Reed Approved for Construction -- The tunnel is slated to be completed by the end of 2016
  • 1-13-14 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery County moves forward on tunnel under Rockville Pike near Walter Reed in Bethesda -- Project also includes elevators to take commuters 120 feet down to Metro
  • 1-10-14 Bethesda Now:  Pedestrian Tunnel Crossing Renderings
• 1-14-14 Arlington Now:  Arlington Considering Tax Incentives, Other Options to Combat High Office Vacancy
• 1-14-14 Bethesda Now:  Community Meeting On West Lane Condo Development
• 1-13-14 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch:  Map: Where Has Commuting Gotten Worse in Bethesda and Chevy Chase? -- The map below shows a snapshot across town of how the average travel time to work from home changed between 2000-2011
• 1-13-14 Baltimore Sun:  Spending bill keeps government open, directs millions to Md. -- First major appropriations bill negotiated by Mikulski
  • 1-13-14 Washington Post:  Lawmakers unveil massive $1.1 trillion spending bill in bipartisan compromise
• 1-13-14 Washington Post:  Court-martial set to start for Navy supervisor in connection to 2 divers’ deaths
• 1-11-14 Federal Times:  Military services undergo massive health IT consolidation
• 1-10-14 Bethesda Now:  Planning Board Chair Will Step Down In June
• 1-10-14 Washington Post:  Montgomery planning chief Francoise Carrier says she will step down when her term ends
• 1-10-14 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch:  Nightime Work at Lot 31 Through March -- Nighttime work at the downtown Bethesda lot starts at 3 a.m. two nights a week
• 1-10-14 Gazette.Net:  County refocusing oldest business incubator from biotech to cybersecurity -- Some companies will be forced to move
• 1-10-14 USA TODAY:  Wounded care programs shrinking as wars wind down
  • 1-9-14 Military.com:  Army Closes 14 Wounded Warrior Transition Units
  • 1-9-14 U.S. Department of Defense:  Army to Restructure Warrior Transition Units
• 1-10-14 Federal News Radio 1500 AM (Associated Press):  VA reports spike in suicides among youngest vets
  • 1-10-14 USA TODAY:  Suicides of young veterans top those of active-duty troops
• 1-9-14 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Commander’s Column: The world is different — we must transform
• 1-9-14 Bethesda Now:  Grosvenor Mansion Townhomes Get Key Approvals
• 1-9-14 Washington Post:  Maryland chooses four teams of private companies to bid on Purple Line
  • 1-8-14 Maryland Transit Administration News Release:  Private Sector Teams Shortlisted for Purple Line P3 -- Four Firms Invited to Submit Proposals for Concession to Develop and Operate Light Rail Line
• 1-9-14 Washington Post:  Montgomery County lobbyists report nearly $700,000 in payments for first half of 2013
• 1-8-14 Bethesda Now:  Councilmembers Want Smaller, Slower ‘Urban Streets’
• 1-8-14 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch:  Bethesda, Chevy Chase Ranked in 'Top 10' Places to Live in Maryland -- Real estate research firm Movoto had good things to say about Bethesda and Chevy Chase
• 1-8-14 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Quantico traffic plan involves three counties, base
• 1-8-14 DoD Military Health System:  (VIDEO)  MHS Blog -- New Defense Health Agency Focused on Medical Readiness
• 1-8-14 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  Defense Health Agency comes into shape through IT shared services
  • 1-8-14 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  Online Chat: Dave Bowen, Defense Health Agency, Mon. Jan. 13
• 1-7-14 Washington Business Journal:  Montgomery County to close flagship biotech incubator for cyber center
• 1-7-14 Gazette.Net:  White Oak master plan updates may speed up development -- Some limits in process removed
• 1-7-14 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch:  Town Considers Legal Advice on Purple Line Concerns -- The Town of Chevy Chase Council proposes seeking legal advice on how to make its Purple Line concerns heard
• 1-7-14 Association of Defense Communities:  Army Embraces GAO Recommendation to Solicit Community Input for Basing Decisions
• 1-6-14 Washington Post:  Westphalia in Prince George’s is bracing for a growth spurt -- Westphalia — about 6,000 acres bounded by the Capital Beltway, Pennsylvania Avenue and Ritchie Marlboro Road, just minutes from Joint Base Andrews — is bracing for 10,000 new homes and a town center with offices, retail and entertainment
• 1-6-14 U.S. Department of Defense:  Defense Health Agency Works to Draw Down Costs, Maintain Top Medical Care
• 1-5-14 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Improvements coming to Route 1 near Ft. Belvoir
• 1-4-14 Maryland Capital Gazette:  Anne Arundel pays $2M for toward Howard County bus center -- Facility Will Service Transit Vehicles Serving West County
• 1-3-14 Bethesda Now:  Revised Grosvenor Mansion Development Still Doesn’t Sit Well With Neighbors
• 1-3-14 Gazette.Net:  National Cancer Institute swings Montgomery office market to positive 2013
• 1-3-14 Washington Post:  Howard and NSA reach deal to cool computer center with county’s treated wastewater
• 1-3-14 Maryland Capital Gazette:  State approves $500,000 grant for new museum near Fort Meade
• 1-2-14 Bethesda Now:  Town Of Chevy Chase Looks To Pony Up For Purple Line Lawyer
• 1-1-14 Gazette.Net:  Hearing planned on new Metro entrance tunnel in Bethesda
  • 12-30-13 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  Planning Commission Mandatory Referral Hearing tentatively scheduled for January 9: proposed construction of new Metro station entrance at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
  • County Planning Board Agenda for January 9
  • 12-27-13 Bethesda Now:  Planners Give Approval To Pedestrian Tunnel Crossing
• 1-1-14 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Federal transit subsidies drop with start of New Year
  • 1-1-14 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  Mass-transit benefit declines thanks to congressional inaction
     
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