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July, 2015 News 

• 7-31-15 WAMU 88.5 FM:  How To Fund A Transit Project: A Purple Line Explainer -- Key decisions are coming that will determine whether the 16-mile Purple Line light rail project between Bethesda and New Carrollton is built next year.
• 7-31-15 U.S. Department of Defense:  Third-party acquisition tools allow agencies to do more with reduced budgets -- Using a Utility Energy Services Contract to leverage third-party financing for energy conservation infrastructure upgrades is paying big dividends for the Intelligence Community Campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
• 7-31-15 Washington Post:  When a local need becomes a vital regional necessity: Integrated transportation and enhanced mobility, while a local need, have become an ever more vital regional necessity because mobility needs and travel behavior are increasingly regional, not just local -- Commentary by Roger K. Lewis, a practicing architect, professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Maryland, and regular guest commentator on WAMU’s “The Kojo Nnamdi Show.”
• 7-31-15 Southern Maryland News:  Editorial -- No BRAC is good news, but worries remain
  • 7-30-15 Association of Defense Communities:  Maryland Town Looks for Development Strategies to Raise Quality of Life for Navy Engineers
  • 7-29-15 Southern Maryland News:  Cardin says no base closure process next year -- Senator visits county chamber’s military council
• 7-30-15 United States Army:  Soldiers in Transition learn skills needed to navigate challenges, find focus -- Soldiers assigned to the Warrior Transition Brigade, Able Troop, received performance training designed to help them not only navigate the challenges as part of the recovery process, but also to provide focus and a different way of thinking as these Soldiers look to the next phase of their careers.
• 7-30-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Pooks Hill Apartment Towers Get First Approval -- Two towers that would hold up to 650 units are opposed by some neighbors because of narrow Pooks Hill Road in Bethesda
• 7-30-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Capital Crescent Trail to Close Twice Next Week -- Montgomery Parks is doing tree work on two sections of the popular walking, bicycling route
• 7-30-15 NSAB/WRNMMC Journal:  Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) Announces Construction of New Parking Garage
• 7-30-15 NSAB/WRNMMC Journal:  Uniformed Services University (USU), Walter Reed Integrate Departments of Surgery
• 7-30-15 NSAB/WRNMMC Journal:  Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) Holds Change of Command Ceremony
• 7-30-15 U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Fort Detrick:  Treatments offer hope for burn victims
• 7-29-15 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS):  Researchers Identify Model to Predict Successful Wound Healing -- Such predictions could help surgeons make critical, time-sensitive decisions, such as when to close a wound
• 7-29-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Severe Pedestrian Collisions Fall to Eight-Year Low in Montgomery County -- 2014 numbers also show overall drop in number of times pedestrians were hit by vehicles
• 7-28-15 Washington Post:  Moco cuts $54 million from budget it just passed and says more reductions possible
  • 7-28-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Council Warns of More Cuts While Finalizing $54 Million ‘Budget Savings Plan’ -- Tension between County Council, county executive over immediate budget cuts sets up potential showdown next spring over property tax increase
• 7-27-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Red Line Waterproofing Work Moved to 2017, and Could Move Again -- Metro hopes to do Red Line tunnel repairs at same time as Bethesda Station Purple Line improvements
• 7-27-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Demolition Begins for Bethesda Luxury Condo Project -- Stonehall will feature 46 condominium units at Battery Lane and Woodmont Avenue
• 7-27-15 Baltimore Sun/Columbia Flier:  Office of Transportation studies Bus Rapid Transit possibilities for Route 29
• 7-27-15 New York Times:  Don’t Just Close Bases at Home, Close Them Overseas -- Commentary by David Vine, associate professor of anthropology at American University and author of the forthcoming book “Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World.”
• 7-24-15 Fort Detrick Standard:  Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) Welcomes New Commander
• 7-24-15 WTOP 103.5 FM:  State to accept less Purple Line money from Montgomery County
  • 7-24-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Leggett: ’90 Percent-Plus’ Chance Purple Line Gets Built -- County executive made remarks Friday after revealing county plans to provide $40 million in additional funding to light-rail project
  • 7-23-15 Washington Post:  Montgomery agrees to pay $40 million more for Purple Line construction -- County Executive Isiah Leggett said “some sacrifices” will be needed to pay for the light-rail line
• 7-24-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Updated: County Council Could Delay Spending on Major Projects to Satisfy Leggett’s ‘Budget Savings’ Target -- Council committee suggests deferring spending on Bethesda Metro Entrance, council building renovation
• 7-24-15 Bethesda Magazine:  The Next Time You Eat at Bethesda’s Jaleo, You May Eat Food Grown Across The Street -- A new rooftop farm was being installed at a Bethesda Row building Friday
• 7-24-15 Association of Defense Communities:  Congress to Take up CR in September, Boehner Says
  • 7-23-15 Association of Defense Communities:  Conference Agreement on Defense Bill May Be Delayed
• 7-24-15 WAMU 88.5 FM:  Maryland Proposes MagLev Marriage Between D.C., Baltimore
• 7-24-15 Southern Maryland News:  Drone research center still part of St. Mary’s vision -- State funding commitments needed to push project forward
• 7-23-15 Montgomery County Government:  County Executive Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Americans with Disability Act (ADA) --  On the eve of the 25th Anniversary of the ADA, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett announced that the County’s nine-year Bus Stop Improvement Program has enhanced accessibility and pedestrian safety at 3,025 bus stops
• 7-23-15 Congressman Chris Van Hollen:  Van Hollen on the House Floor: Let’s do the Right Thing for American Workers and American Infrastructure
• 7-23-15 Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) Journal:  Commander’s Column -- Greetings!
  • 7-16-15 Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) Journal:  Commander’s Column, Capt. David A. Bitonti --This is my last column as Commanding Officer, Naval Support Activity Bethesda, and I want to take this opportunity to say “Thank you”.
  • 7-15-15 Summerville (SC) Gazette:  Command changed at Naval Health Clinic -- Capt. Marvin L. Jones, commanding officer of Naval Health Clinic Charleston, has relinquished command to Capt. Elizabeth A. Maley during a change of command ceremony June 26 at NHCC.... Jones, a Navy healthcare administrator, is leaving NHCC to be the base commanding officer at Naval Support Activity in Bethesda, Maryland
• 7-23-15 Association of Defense Communities:  Virginia Installations Poised for Growth, Governor’s Commission Concludes
• 7-22-15 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  (AUDIO REPORT)  Jim Holmes: Too much ‘jointness’ in new military strategy could overlook each service’s strengths -- Jointness is all over the new National Military Strategy. Outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey described how each armed service will contribute equally to national security. Jim Holmes is a professor of strategy at the U.S. Naval War College. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that he has little sense of what the U.S. maritime strategy will look like and how it will function with land and air forces
• 7-22-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Planners Say Getting Rid of Bethesda’s One-Way Streets Wouldn’t Spell Traffic Doom -- After forecasting how more development might affect congestion, planners say no downtown intersections would reach failing status
• 7-22-15 Bethesda Magazine:  In Front of Marriott Headquarters, Local Officials Urge Hotel Giant to ‘Pick the Pike District’ -- A group of residents, developers and business owners announced the start of its ‘Pick the Pike District’ campaign
  • 7-22-15 Washington Post:  North Bethesda’s ‘Pike District’ to Marriott Corp.: Please, pick us!
  • 7-20-15 Washington Post:  The old suburban office park is the new American ghost town -- How did we end up with so many empty buildings? Blame Thomas Jefferson
• 7-21-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Chevy Chase Lake Town Homes, Apartments Could Get Go-Ahead This Month -- Project would be the first major development approved after 2013 sector plan
• 7-20-15 Washington Post:  Hogan issues plea for federal Purple Line funding -- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan urged his state's congressional delegation to help secure $900 million in federal funding for the suburban Purple Line rail project and cautioned that the project cannot move forward without the assistance
  • 7-18-15 Washington Post:  Next question for the Purple Line: Will the money be there to build it?
  • 7-16-15 Washington Post:  Purple Line design and construction could begin May 16, state says -- Winning bid will be chosen by Jan. 15, according to bid documents
  • 7-15-15 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Purple Line delays push opening date back a year -- The Purple Line won’t open until 2021 and will cost Montgomery County taxpayers an additional $50 million, Council President George Leventhal said Tuesday.
• 7-20-15 ethesda Magazine:  New Images Show Apartment Towers Proposed for Pooks Hill In Bethesda -- Buildings would bring up to 650 units to excess parking lots at Bethesda Marriott
• 7-20-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Bethesda Apartment Owners Eye Redevelopment -- Landlords of what many see as ‘naturally occurring affordable housing’ claim their tenants can afford newer, more expensive units
• 7-20-15 The Hill:  New round of base closings long overdue -- Commentary by William D. Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy
• 7-18-15 Baltimore Sun:  Elite Army unit at Fort Meade searching for ways to fight ISIS -- An elite Army unit based at Fort Meade is sending battle-hardened soldiers to Iraq to get a close look at the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria so they can develop ways to fight America's newest adversary
• 7-18-15 Baltimore Sun:  Hogan shifts money to roads, but not everyone's a winner
• 7-17-16 Bethesda Magazine:  Street to Close this Month for Suburban Hospital Expansion Project -- Block of Lincoln Street will make way for interim parking lot, then new clinical center
• 7-17-15 WAMU 88.5 FM:  Residents Weigh In On Walter Reed Redevelopment
• 7-16-15 Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) Journal:  Commander’s Column, Capt. David A. Bitonti -- This is my last column as Commanding Officer, Naval Support Activity Bethesda, and I want to take this opportunity to say “Thank you”.
  • 7-15-15 Summerville (SC) Gazette:  Command changed at Naval Health Clinic -- Capt. Marvin L. Jones, commanding officer of Naval Health Clinic Charleston, has relinquished command to Capt. Elizabeth A. Maley during a change of command ceremony June 26 at NHCC.... Jones, a Navy healthcare administrator, is leaving NHCC to be the base commanding officer at Naval Support Activity in Bethesda, Maryland.
  • 7-15-15 El Paso Times:  Beaumont Army hospital: Commander, senior enlisted leader say leaving is 'bittersweet' -- Fort Bliss' William Beaumont Army Medical Center is about to enter a new era -- Col. Michael S. Heimall, who has commanded the Army hospital in Central El Paso for nearly three years, will relinquish command Friday....  He will be leaving to become the chief of staff for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
• 7-16-15 Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) Journal:  New Walking Trail Designed for Rehab Patients
• 7-16-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Montgomery Parks to Connect Bethesda Trails -- Department holding meeting to discuss connection between Capital Crescent, Little Falls trails
• 7-16-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Planning Board Members Ask for More Specifics on Renovating Willett Branch in Westbard
• 7-16-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Buyer of Bethesda Radio Tower Site to Make Pitch to Local Civic Group -- Toll Brothers, one of the developers that bought the 75-acre property, hasn’t revealed development plans
• 7-16-15 Maryland State Highway Administration:  Governor Larry Hogan Names Gregory C. Johnson State Highway Administrator
• 7-15-15 Bethesda Magazine:  County Council Likely to Push State on Beltway Express Lanes in Bethesda -- In report, Virginia transportation officials recommend extending state’s express lanes over American Legion Bridge
• 7-15-15 Fort Meade SoundOff!:  Shuttle services enhance accessibility on post
• 7-13-15 Health Affairs Blog:  Lessons In Transformation From The Walter Reed Bethesda Merger
• 7-13-15 Bethesda Magazine:  County to Start Planning for Next Generation of Bethesda’s Suburban-Style Office Park -- Rock Spring Sector Plan must address Marriott’s move, rising office vacancy rate and planned bus rapid transit route
• 7-11-15 U.S. Department of Defense:  Carter Asks County Execs to Find New Ways to Work With Service Members, Vets
• 7-10-15 Washington Post:  Where We Live: East Bethesda is miles from the ‘starter’ line -- What was once an affordable spot for young families is now a pricey haven dotted with new mansions
• 7-10-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Bethesda Circulator Expansion Could Be Victim of New Budget Cuts -- The money for the expansion is listed in Ike Leggett’s $51 million “Savings Plan”
• 7-10-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Five Things To Know About the Westbard Sector Plan ‘Working Draft’ -- Draft released Thursday likely to be subject of September public hearing
• 7-9-15 U.S. Department of Defense:  Army Announces Force Structure and Stationing Decisions
  • 7-9-15 Baltimore Sun:  Maryland largely spared in major Army troop cuts -- Aberdeen Proving Ground's 2,614 troops will be cut by 126, but Fort Meade's 4,924 soldiers will grow by 99.
  • 7-9-15 Washington Post:  Army details how it will cut to its smallest size since before World War II --An additional 17,000 civilian jobs also will be cut across the Army by fall 2018. The service is still determining from where they will come
  • 7-10-15 WBAL/NBC11 TV:  (VIDEO REPORT)  Impact of military reduction in force split in Maryland -- Army to cut 40,000 troops by 2017
  • 7-9-15 Stars and Stripes:  Army announces details of troop cuts, says they could expand
  • 7-10-15 Havre de Grace Patch:  APG Announces Cuts to Military Force -- The reductions at Aberdeen Proving Ground are part of national rollback of U.S. Army
  • 7-9-15 Cato Institute:  This Is What Defense Consolidation without BRAC Looks Like -- Congress has refused to authorize another round of base closures, but BRAC opponents might come to appreciate its merits relative to the likely alternatives
  • 7-8-15 ABC News (Associated Press):  Army Troop Cots Could Grow if Budget Impasse Persists
• 7-9-15 Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) Journal:  Remember Crosswalk Safety this Summer
• 7-9-15 Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) Journal:  WRNMMC Staff Supports USNS Comfort
• 7-9-15 Washington Post:  Purple Line bid deadline pushed back to November -- Construction could begin shortly after a winning bid is selected next spring.
• 7-9-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Town of Chevy Chase Mulls New Strategy in Purple Line Fight -- Council members now deciding between trying to mitigate the impact of light-rail line on the town, continuing the town’s outright opposition or taking some other course
• 7-9-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Officials Hope New Strategies Ease Annoying Lane, Sidewalk Closures In Bethesda -- County will hire a new inspector and put into place new protocols
• 7-9-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Officials to Present Construction Plans for Controversial Montrose Parkway -- Long-planned highway would run as an alternative to Randolph Road east of Rockville Pike
• 7-8-15 Washington Post:  Leggett proposes $Big NIH Funding Boost Likely to Pass Despite Grumbling From Fiscal Hawks50 million in cuts to new Montgomery budget -- Leggett says lower than expected revenues and Supreme Court decision force budget cuts
• 7-8-15 Government Executive:  Big NIH Funding Boost Likely to Pass Despite Grumbling From Fiscal Hawks
• 7-8-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Think Tank Says Bethesda, Chevy Chase Have Most ‘Advantaged’ Neighborhoods in Country -- Urban Institute’s study on inequality shows area home to most affluent places
• 7-8-15 Baltimore Business Journal:  Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford: 'Rapid bus is the way to go' in Baltimore
• 7-7-15 Washington Post:  The biggest and most disruptive layoffs in America are coming from the military -- The Army has already discharged 80,000 troops. The next 40,000 will be harder, especially for the communities that depend on them.
  • 7-7-15 CNN:  Army to announce bases affected by cuts, says force to be reduced by 40,000 troops
• 7-7-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Montgomery Parks Envisions More Open, Accessible Downtown Bethesda Park -- Caroline Freeland Urban Park renovation project estimated to cost $3.8 million
• 7-6-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Bike Commuters -- These Bethesda-area residents leave their cars behind and bike to work.
• 7-6-15 Washington Post:  Hogan’s Purple Line trims would eliminate some station elevators, art -- Hogan details 43 items totaling $210 million that Purple Line doesn’t need, including “green” track and station art.
• 7-6-15 Bethesda Magazine:  UPDATED: Police Find No Evidence of Shots Fired at Walter Reed Medical Center -- Police have not found any evidence of a shooting in historic central building
• 7-6-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Placeholder Classroom Project Would Allow White Flint Development to Continue -- County Council hopes to put project into the budget to avoid development moratorium in Walter Johnson High School cluster
• 7-6-15 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  Military communities on BRAC: Let’s get on with it
• 7-6-15 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  Pentagon readies standup of regional cyber defense commands
• 7-3-15 WAMU 88.5 FM:  (AUDIO REPORT)  After Hogan's 'Yes,' Hard Work On Purple Line Begins: Bringing Down The Cost
• 7-3-15 3D Printer & 3D Printing News:  Office of Naval Research Moves to Ramp Up 3D Printing Activities
• 7-3-15 New York Times:  Effective Concussion Treatment Remains Frustratingly Elusive, Despite a Booming Industry
• 7-2-15 Association of Defense Communities:  Conger’s Nomination to Comptroller’s Office Stuck for Now
  • 6-30-15 Military Times:  Military nominations moving ahead, but not civilians -- Senate Armed Services leaders have said they'll wait on civilian defense nominees while political fights simmer
• 7-1-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Westbard Sector Plan to Go Before Planning Board July 16 -- The plan has been criticized by residents for allowing too much development in the Bethesda neighborhood
• 7-1-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Capital Crescent Trail Detour Ends -- The regular trail entrance near Bethesda Row is now back open
• 7-1-15 Montgomery Community Media:  Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) Update Shows Alignment Changes and Cost Escalation
• 7-1-15 Bethesda Magazine:  Montgomery County Council Approves Restructuring of Economic Development Department -- The independent nonprofit corporation created by the legislation will focus on attracting and retaining businesses
  • 6-30-15 Montgomery County Council:  Montgomery County Council Approves Reorganization of Economic Development
  • 6-30-15 Montgomery County Executive:  Leggett Wins Council Approval of Privatization of County Economic Development
     
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