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January, 2018 News
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- 1-31-18 Bethesda Magazine: Montgomery County signs nondisclosure agreement with Amazon
- 1-31-18 Bethesda Magazine: Rockville Area Named One of 24 ‘Richest Suburbs in America’ -- Website Business Insider uses U.S. Census data to compile ranking
- 1-31-18 USA TODAY: How the U.S. is using terrorists' smartphones and laptops to defeat them -- In a nondescript, highly secured building in this Washington suburb, a group of U.S. government technicians and linguists are downloading massive amounts of data from phones, hard drives, CDs and other devices, providing a huge boost to the U.S. intelligence community as it hunts terrorists
- 1-31-18 Frederick News-Post: Federal shutdowns cast a pall for Fort Detrick researchers -- There are about 9,000 government and private jobs tied to Fort Detrick, which is Frederick County’s largest employment center
- 1-31-18 Baltimore Business Journal: State of the State: Hogan says Maryland at strongest point in decades -- Hogan drew attention to some of the transportation projects he has funded — including the Purple Line and improvements to the Baltimore Beltway, I-95, the Capital Beltway, I-270 in Montgomery County and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. And he noted his efforts to protect the Chesapeake Bay and the state's environment
- 1-31-18 Annapolis Patch: Maryland Has 300 Structurally Deficient Bridges: Report -- In 21 states, at least 9 percent of bridges were rated structurally deficient, an analysis found
- 1-30-18 Washington Post: Montgomery County Council approves $53.3 million savings plan
- 1-30-18 Multi-Housing News: Overbuilding Tempers Growth in Washington, DC -- Too much development is finally placing pressure on rents, but the capital region still ranks among the most stable multifamily markets in the U.S.
- 1-29-18 Montgomery County Government: County Executive’s Proposed Capital Budget Includes Funds to Improve Alternatives to Interim Georgetown Branch Trail
- 1-29-18 MCDOT: MD 355 Crossing Project Update -- TWO SINGLE CONTROLLED BLASTS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31
- 1-28-18 Frederick News-Post: Survey to help guide development of transportation plan runs through end of month -- A survey used in the creation of the Maryland Department of Transportation’s 2040 Maryland Transportation Plan will be available through the end of the month
- 1-27-18 BayNet.com: NAS PAX conducts anti-terrorist training - What you need to know -- Naval installations in the National Capital Region will conduct Exercise Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2018 (SC/CS 18) Jan. 29-Feb. 9. These Naval installations include Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Naval Support Activity Washington, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Naval Support Activity South Potomac, Naval Support Activity Annapolis, and Naval Support Activity Bethesda.
- 1-26-18 Montgopmery Community Media: Training Exercise Could Snarl Bethesda Traffic
- 1-25-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: NSAB Set to Participate in Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain 2018 -- Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) is set to participate in annual Navy wide training exercises that will consist of several security training events. For two weeks, starting Jan. 29, this could impact some operations around the base
- 1-27-18 Washington Post: Despite differences, lawmakers in Richmond and Annapolis make push for Metro funding
- 1-26-18 CityLab: The Case for Putting Amazon's HQ2 in the Suburbs -- If it’s built on the urban fringe, HQ2 doesn’t have to be an inward-looking campus marooned in sprawl. It could be the mother of all suburban retrofits
- 1-26-18 Washington Post: Montgomery residents deserve more representation: A charter review commission is now looking at the structure of our council. However, instead of changing the County Council, one alternative is to create more locally responsive government in places such as Damascus, Olney, Clarksburg and Bethesda. These cities could incorporate -- Commentary by Timothy Male, who served on the Takoma Park City Council from 2011 to 2017
- 1-26-18 Bethesda Magazine: Money Magazine Names Rockville Best Place to Live in Maryland -- City celebrated for shops, restaurants and low crime rate in annual listing
- 1-26-18 CityLab: Why It's So Expensive to Build Urban Rail in the U.S.
- 1-25-18 Bethesda Magazine: North Bethesda Town Center Apartment Project Gets Planning Approval -- The 320,000-square-foot building will go on land currently used as a ‘pop-up’ dog park
- 1-25-18 Bethesda Magazine: Silver Spring Hotel Developer Not Flinching at Announcement of Discovery Departure -- Residence Inn project is scheduled to break ground on Georgia Avenue in March
- 1-25-18 Washington Business Journal: Viewpoint: Prime concerns over Amazon -- Commentary by Gina Schaefer, owner and "chief localist" at A Few Cool Hardware Stores in DC, MD & VA
- 1-25-18 Stars and Stripes: Tom Philpott's Military Update -- Pharmacy fee hikes Feb. 1 will drive more prescription business onto base
- 1-25-18 Bethesda Magazine: Leggett Attempts To Calm Large Crowd Concerned About Cuts at First Budget Forum -- More than 200 teachers and residents attended county executive’s first session on proposed fiscal 2019 spending in Silver Spring
- 1-25-18 Bethesda Magazine: County Housing Commission Buys Westbard Apartment Property at Center of Recent Protests -- Officials will not say whether they will evaluate historic African-American cemetery site
- 1-25-18 Washingtonian Magazine: How Barnes & Noble Reinvented Bethesda -- With the bookstore closing, a look back at why it mattered
- 1-25-18 Washington Business Journal: If D.C. area wins HQ2, here's what it might do to local rental rates
- 1-25-18 Washington Post: Virginia’s growth is most robust in Washington suburbs
- 1-24-18 MCDOT: MD 355 Crossing Project Update -- TWO SINGLE CONTROLLED BLASTS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, JAN 26
- 1-24-18 Washington Business Journal: Metro, Gilbane lock deal for 440-unit College Park development -- Gilbane Development Co. was selected to redevelop a 5-acre surface parking lot by the College Park Metro station with 430 apartments and more than 11,000 square feet of retail....The site is also on the future Purple Line.
- 1-24-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: Maryland ranks among worst states for drivers in report -- Maryland was brought down by poor performances in several of WalletHub’s categories, including rush-hour congestion, average commute time and miles driven per person
- 1-24-18 Armed with Science (U.S. Dept. of Defense): Sunken History: The Survey of the USS San Diego
- 1-24-18 Bethesda Magazine: How Could White Flint Work for Amazon? -- Montgomery County has planned to transform the strip-mall dominated commercial area into a new urban community--and landing Amazon could propel development forward
- 1-24-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: How Amazon could impact DC-area schools, housing and transportation
- 1-24-18 Baltimore Business Journal: Hey Jeff Bezos, here's what your morning commute to a HQ2 in the DMV might look like
- 1-23-18 Maryland Matters blog: As Amazon Sales Job Begins, Hogan, Montgomery Face Host of Skeptics
- 1-24-18 Washington Post: Montgomery County backs off proposal to expand its eminent domain powers around bus stops
- 1-23-18 Military.com: Military Spouses Open Up About Their Struggles
- 1-23-18 MCDOT: MD 355 Crossing Project Update -- CONTROLLED BLAST RE-SCHEDULED FROM WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24 TO THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, JAN. 25 OR 26
- 1-23-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: Metro’s plans for more track work include fixing some crumbling bridges -- Over the next six years, Metro is budgeting $14.5 million to develop specific fixes for the aerial structures at Grosvenor-Strathmore, Stadium-Armory and elsewhere in the system.
- 1-22-18 Bethesda Magazine: New 2nd District Police Station Opens in Bethesda -- Four-story building on Rugby Avenue features ‘state-of-the-art’ facilities
- 1-22-18 Washington Post: Montgomery County lawmakers embracing Hogan’s $5 billion effort to woo Amazon
- 1-22-18 Washington Post: A $5 billion carrot: Larry Hogan’s historic offer to win Amazon HQ2 -- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) will offer more than $3 billion in tax breaks and grants and about $2 billion in transportation upgrades to persuade Amazon.com to bring its second headquarters and up to 50,000 jobs to Montgomery County
- 1-22-18 Baltimore Sun: Brains, trains and games constitute Montgomery County's Amazon pitch
- 1-22-18 Baltimore Business Journal: Hogan outlines $5 billion incentive package to lure Amazon HQ2 to MoCo
- 1-22-18 MD Dept. of Commerce: Governor Larry Hogan Announces Amazon Incentive Legislation -- PRIME Act Provides Historic, Sweeping Tax Incentives – Part of $5 Billion Plus Package Designed to Win HQ2
- 1-22-18 Bethesda Magazine: Hogan Details Amazon Incentive Package Proposal -- Maryland governor is proposing legislation to create $ 5 billion-plus offer to attract company to Montgomery County
- 1-20-18 Washington Post: ‘Their eyes are on D.C.’: Capital area said to have good shot at Amazon HQ2
- 1-20-18 Yahoo Finance: One of Amazon's HQ2 candidates looks like a clear frontrunner -- As demographer Lyman Stone noted on Twitter on Thursday, this list makes clear that Amazon’s initial criteria — which included access to international airports with daily flights to NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, and D.C. — appears to be heavily weighted towards access to D.C.
- 1-18-18 The Atlantic: The Problem With Courting Amazon -- When cities compete to attract big employers, the country as a whole suffers
- 1-22-18 Frederick News-Post: I-270 toll lanes project takes next step at regional planning board
- 1-20-18 Washington Post: A historic bridge in the path of the Purple Line will be preserved, but how? -- The fate of a 100-year-old bridge that served as a lifeline for Washington-area African Americans during segregation remains in limbo a year after Montgomery County leaders asked that it be preserved when it’s removed for construction of the Purple Line
- 1-20-18 Military.com: How the Government Shutdown Impacts Military Family Services
- 1-19-18 BISNOW Real Estate News: Montgomery College Seeking Developer To Build Offices At Germantown Bioscience Campus
- 1-19-18 MCDOT: MD 355 (Rockville Pike) Crossing Project Update -- SINGLE CONTROLLED BLASTS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY JAN 22 & WEDNESDAY JAN 24
- 1-19-18 Washington Post: Maryland transportation chief expects Purple Line to open in 2022 despite ‘some delays’
- 1-19-18 Bethesda Magazine: Transportation Secretary Says Maryland Will Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ To Land Amazon -- Montgomery County is only location in state on company’s shortlist for its new headquarters
- 1-18-18 PR Week: How one little known county is taking on the big cities on Amazon's HQ2 short list -- You may not know Montgomery County, Maryland, but Amazon does. However, the region isn't planning to win over the technology giant with publicity stunts.
- 1-18-18 CNBC: Washington, DC, and Austin are shaping up as strong contenders for Amazon's new headquarters
- 1-18-18 Washington Post: ‘Game-changer’: Amazon’s HQ2 shortlist includes D.C., Montgomery and Northern Va.
- 1-19-18 NSA South Potomac Pilot: The Dahlgren Way Explored During Recent Forum at UMW Dahlgren -- The topic of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) came up as an issue that the base has faced many times over the years and certainly during the panelists’ time in command
- 1-18-18 WTTG/FOX5 TV: Public tolerance for sending students to school in snow lower now than in past, says Montgomery Co.
- 1-18-18 Washington Business Journal: Greater Washington’s economy is on the upswing — but it still lags behind the national average
- 1-18-18 Washinggton Post: Amazon just released the list of metro areas it’s considering for its second HQ -- The nation's capital is heavily represented, with D.C., northern Virginia and the Maryland suburb of Montgomery County also making the cut.
- 1-18-18 Bethesda Magazine: Montgomery County on Shortlist for Second Amazon Headquarters -- Sources say White Flint area was pitched for headquarters location
- 1-18-18 Baltimore Sun: Maryland governor to pitch $5 billion incentive package for Amazon -- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration will submit legislation in the next few weeks to pass a $5 billion incentive package to lure Amazon HQ2 to Montgomery County, his spokesman Doug Mayer said Thursday morning
- 1-18-18 Baltimore Business Journal: New York. L.A. Chicago. And Montgomery County??? HQ2 puts MoCo in the big leagues.
- 1-18-18 Washington Business Journal: Amazon exec key to HQ2 search is a former MoCo official
- 1-18-18 USA TODAY: Amazon's second headquarters: The pros and cons of the finalists
- 1-18-18 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board To Vote on New Apartment Project at North Bethesda Town Center -- Developer proposes complex of up to 294 units near White Flint Metro station
- 1-18-18 Smithsonian Air & Space: The Dark Side of Glory -- An early glimpse of PTSD in the letters of World War I aces
- 1-17-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: Toll lanes over Potomac, DC Streetcar changes, road widenings: Big projects inch forward
- 1-17-18 Redstone Rocket (Decatur AL): Huntsville Center gains energy efficiency award -- Huntsville Center’s UESC team executed a contract on behalf of the Defense Intelligence Agency for a project at the Intelligence Community Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. When fully executed, the project is expected to reduce energy use by about 47 percent from baseline energy costs and save about $1.1 million annually, according to DOE’s award announcement
- 1-16-18 Source of the Spring blog: Purple Line work to affect traffic on Wayne Avenue next week
- 1-16-18 Baltimore Sun: Maryland Attorney General: State can't authorize Hyperloop construction with utility permit alone
- 1-16-18 Bethesda Magazine: Leggett Unveils Capital Budget Plan; Reflects on Projects Built During His Tenure -- Recommendation is county executive’s last before he steps down after this year’s election
- 1-16-18 MCDOT: SINGLE CONTROLLED BLASTS RESCHEDULED TO WEDNESDAY JAN 17 & THURSDAY JAN 18
- 1-16-18 Washington Post: Partial ceiling collapse at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda
- 1-13-18 Hagerstown Herald-Mail: Washington County income growth lags behind others in Md. -- Now roughly a decade since the Great Recession, many economic indicators are positive as the country continues to rebound from the worst economic downturn since the 1930s. But some areas in Maryland, such as the more urbanized area in Howard, Montgomery and Frederick counties, have weathered the storm better than others.
- 1-12-18 Bethesda Magazine: First Redevelopment Project for Bethesda’s Pearl District Wins Initial Approval -- Developers plan residential building with first-floor retail
- 1-12-18 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Discovery’s departure is ‘shot across the bow’ for Silver Spring, state and region
- 1-12-18 National Museuum of Health and Medicine: Wounded Warrior's Art Theraphy Exhibit at Military Medical Museum; Upcoming Talk to Feature Artist
- 1-11-18 Washington Post: Montgomery plans new bike lanes to help cyclists during Purple Line construction
- 1-11-18 Photonics Media: US Army Research Lab Working on 3D-Printed Drones with Marine Corps
- 1-11-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Commander's Corner -- We’re excited to kick-off 2018 with our second annual “Construction Issue.”
- 1-11-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: WRNMMC Construction Outlook: 2018
- 1-11-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Construction in 2017 Preps NSAB for Medical Center Addition and Alterations (MCAA) Project
- 1-11-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Outpatient Annex Set to Open in 2018
- 1-11-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Progress to Continue on MD 355 Crossing Project through 2018
- 1-11-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Tunnel to be Built for Pedestrian Use
- 1-11-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Crosswalk Use Encouraged to Increase Pedestrian Safety
- 1-11-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Shuttle 101: Fast Facts About NSAB Shuttle System
- 1-11-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Information and Resources
- 1-11-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: 2018 Construction Timeline
- 1-11-18 Bethesda Magazine: Discovery Prepares to Sell its Silver Spring Building -- Observers wonder what might fill 10-story office tower
- 1-10-18 Washington Business Journal: Novavax terminates Gaithersburg lease
- 1-10-18 Bethesda Magazine: Discovery’s Silver Spring Exit Becomes Political Football in Maryland, Montgomery County -- Officials point fingers after company says it will leave in 2019
- 1-9-18 Bethesda Magazine: Months Before Discovery Announced Silver Spring Departure, Executive Helped County Woo Amazon -- Top official encouraged internet commerce giant to join media company in Montgomery County in October letter
- 1-9-18 Washington Post: Discovery Communications is selling Md. headquarters and moving to New York
- 1-9-18 Bethesda Magazine: Discovery Communications Announces Plan to Leave Silver Spring -- Company has been headquartered at downtown Silver Spring building since 2003
- 1-9-18 Washington Business Journal: Discovery Communications to exit Silver Spring
- 1-9-18 Bethesda Magazine: Here’s What Montgomery County Highlighted in Its Bid for Amazon’s Second Headquarters -- Recruitment package sent to commerce giant touted area; specific economic enticements redacted in released documents
- 1-9-18 Stars and Stripes: Trump signs order to improve mental health care for new vets
- 1-8-18 Washington Business Journal: Here's MoCo's emerging plan for a pedestrian-friendly Veirs Mill corridor
- 1-8-18 Washington CityPaper: 2018 in Bicycling: The local bike boom marches on in incremental (not revolutionary) advances -- The Purple Line, a Maryland light rail project that has seemingly been planned since Lord Baltimore founded the colony, has broken ground after nearly interminable litigation, and accompanying it will be a reconception and improvement of the beloved Capital Crescent Trail
- 1-8-18 Washington Post: Historic rescue for Metro? Both Virginia and Maryland legislatures will study funding bills.
- 1-8-18 U.S. Department of Defense: The team who healed my intrepid spirit: An active duty TBI journey -- Commentary by Sgt. Paige Behringer, United States Army
- 1-6-18 Washington Post: Enthusiasm for ‘maglev’ train between D.C., Baltimore mounts — as does opposition
- 1-5-18 U.S. Department of Defense: Survey Indicates Higher Satisfaction With Military Medical Facilities
- 1-5-18 MCDOT: MD 355 Crossing Project Update -- SINGLE CONTROLLED BLASTS SCHEDULED MONDAY JAN 8 & THURSDAY JAN 11
- 1-4-18 Bethesda Magazine: New Bethesda Mixed-Use Project Could Kick-Start Pearl District’s Transformation -- Developer is proposing a 145-foot-tall building on the site of a parking lot
- 1-4-18 Bethesda Magazine: State Gets 27 Initial Inquiries From Private Companies Interested in Widening I-270, Beltway -- The responses are the first step in the public-private partnership process
- 1-4-18 Washington Post: Launch of Metro safety group, which officials targeted for end of 2017, is still months away
- 1-3-18 Washington Post: Montgomery County’s Leggett takes first stab at a $120 million budget shortfall
- 1-3-18 WDVM TV (Hagerstown): Montgomery County lawmakers plan to review pedestrian crossings
- 1-3-18 MCDOT: BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) is coming to MD 355 -- Open Houses Jan. 22 (Clarksburg); Jan, 24 (Gaithersburg); February 1 (Bethesda)
- 1-2-18 Source of the Spring blog: Relocation of Silver Spring post office in “active negotiations”
- 1-2-18 Washington Post: NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, slumping morale and unpopular reorganization
- 1-1-18 WRC/NBC4 TV: (VIDEO REPORT) Major Transportation Projects to Impact DC, Md., Va. in 2018
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