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March, 2016 News
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- 3-31-16 Washington Business Journal: What's the true cost of building the Purple Line?
- 3-31-16 Bethesda Magazine: Real Estate Pros Show Little Enthusiasm for Pike District Moniker -- Panel was asked about branding the area around the White Flint Metro station
- 3-31-15 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: WRNMMC To Conduct Code Yellow Exercise in April
- 3-31-16 WBAL/NBC11 TV: Gov. Larry Hogan announces $139M Rt. 175 widening project -- Other transportation projects also announced
- 3-30-16 Association of Defense Communities: Inaccurate Data Hampers DOD’s Ability to Track Its Leased Facilities
- 3-29-16 Washington Post: First came transit-oriented communities, now it’s ‘trail-oriented’ development
- 3-28-15 WAMU 88.5 FM: How Governor Hogan Slimmed Down The Budget For The Purple Line
- 3-28-16 Baltimore Sun: 300 soldiers deploy from Fort Meade to run communication networks in the Middle East
- 3-28-16 POLITICO: Military med chiefs queasy about their new EHR
- 3-25-16 Association of Defense Communities: DOD Orders Civilian Hiring Freeze
- 3-25-16 Federal News Radio 1500 AM (Associated Press): Army helps protect private land near Aberdeen Proving Ground
- 3-24-16 Bethesda Magazine: Purple Line-Related Utility Work To Begin in April in Downtown Bethesda -- Washington Gas must replace a gas line before construction of the Bethesda Metro Station South Entrance
- 3-24-16 Stars and Stripes: Military downgrading 3 hospitals in Italy
- 3-24-16 Bethesda Magazine: State Plans New Salt Barn Near Capital Beltway in Kensington -- Plans for the 10,000-ton capacity salt barn and other facilities to be detailed at April 7 public meeting
- 3-24-16 Washington Post: 10 facts about the proposed Maryland Purple Line deal
- 3-24-16 Military Times: Walter Reed-Bethesda named an LGBT-friendly hospital
- 3-24-16 Association of Defense Communities: BRAC Cleanup Funding Stuck on Downward Trajectory
- 3-23-16 DOTmed Health Care Business News: UMD Establishes Educational Partnership Agreement with Walter Reed Bethesda to Benefit Wounded Warriors
- 3-23-16 Bethesda Magazine: Controversial Westbard Sector Plan Moves Closer to Final Approval -- Full County Council agreed on most zoning and land use issues Tuesday; final vote expected next month
- 3-23-16 Washington Post: Residents object to Montgomery County ceding roads to state for Purple Line
- 3-22-16 BISNOW D.C. Real Estate News: Developers, Investors See DC As Rich Lode For Affordable Housing
- 3-22-16 Bethesda Magazine: Proposal for Chevy Chase Townhomes Set for Key Planning Board Approvals -- Creekside would feature 16 townhomes just north of the Capital Beltway
- 3-21-16 Urban Land Institute: Placemaking on the Pike -- Federal Realty’s redevelopment of Mid-Pike Plaza into Pike & Rose in North Bethesda, Maryland, is one of a half dozen large developments in an area of about 430 acres (174 ha) near the White Flint Metro station
- 3-21-16 Bethesda Magazine: After Years of Study, Rockville Pike Neighborhood Plan Finally Heads to City Council -- Plan for 2-mile stretch of Rockville Pike recommends “multi-way boulevard” and limiting new residential buildings to seven floors
- 3-21-16 Bethesda Magazine: New Transit Center to Open May 1 at Westfield Montgomery Mall -- Facility will feature six bus bays, enclosed seating areas with heating
- 3-21-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Escalator installations will mean closed Metro entrances
- 3-18-16 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board Picks Surface Trail Option to Connect Popular Bethesda Trails -- Neighbors and environmental advocate opposed boardwalk proposed to connect Little Falls, Capital Crescent trails
- 3-18-16 Bethesda Magazine: Big Changes Proposed to Help Rockville Office Park Facing Major Vacancy -- Federal agency’s move from office park has First Potomac Realty Trust seeking approval for major improvements
- 3-18-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Study ranks D.C. traffic 2nd-worst in U.S. -- The Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway between Braddock Road (Exit 5) and Md. 355/Wisconsin Avenue (Exit 34) saw 59 hours — about 2 1/2 days — of total delay in 2015
- 3-18-16 WAMU 88.5 FM: Playing The Metro Blame Game? Start With Decisions In Decades Past -- Transit system recovering from years of deferred maintenance
- 3-18-16 Association of Defense Communities: Congress Fails to Appreciate How the BRAC Ban Is Hurting Communities, Analyst Says
- 3-17-16 Maryland Transit Administration: MTA Officially Launches WTTZ-93.5 FM as “The Maryland Transportation Channel” & First New Radio Station in Baltimore in Nearly Three Decades -- Only Station in the Region Offering Frequent Rush Hour Traffic, Transit & BWI Information
- 3-17-16 Baltimore Business Journal: BWI region's workers challenged by 'last-mile issues,' business group chief says
- 3-17-16 Bethesda Magazine: Council Committee Recommends Increasing Affordable Housing Requirement in Westbard Plan -- Members discussed whether the increased requirements would come at the expense of public amenities such as new roads and civic space
- 3-17-16 Bethesda Magazine: 30 Great Montgomery County Neighborhoods to Live In -- From big yards to new homes, the Bethesda area has neighborhoods for every preference
- 3-17-16 Fort Belvoir Eagle: Renovations started at hospital
- 3-17-16 Association of Defense Communities: DOD Not Taking Advantage of Opportunities to Reduce Dependence on Leased Space, GAO Says
- 3-17-16 Forbes Magazine: Commentary -- All the Misleading Reasons Not to Do BRAC
- 3-17-16 TIME Magazine: Congress’s Deep Hypocrisy on Defense Spending -- Commentary by Bonnie Kristian, a fellow at the American Security Initiative Foundation
- 3-16-16 Baltimore Business Journal: Baltimore bike share to have largest electric fleet in Western Hemisphere
- 3-15-16 Bethesda Magaqzine: Leggett Says County’s Additional Purple Line Costs Remain Under Negotiation -- The estimated cost for the south entrance to the Bethesda Metro station more than doubled to over $100 million in the state’s new agreement with a private partner
- 3-15-16 Washington Post: Proposed Montgomery County budget has biggest property-tax hike in eight years
- 3-14-16 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board Set to Review Options to Connect Little Falls and Capital Crescent Trails -- Leading options include a boardwalk proposal or a surface trail to avoid Bethesda swimming pool parking lot
- 3-13-16 Washington Post Magazine: For these vets, making people laugh is the best medicine
- 3-12-16 Washington Post: Determining if the Purple Line contract is a good deal isn’t easy -- The complex light-rail contract probably won’t get much public scrutiny before approval.
- 3-11-16 U.S. Department of Defense: News: New Intrepid Spirit Center marks milestone in the treatment of traumatic brain injury
- 3-11-16 Joint Base Andrews Gazette: Construction begins on JBA main gate
- 3-11-16 U.S. News & World Report: Wounded Warrior Project Fires Execs, Fires Back -- Following claims of lavish spending, board chairman will temporarily oversee damaged veterans organization
- 3-10-16 WTOP 103.5 FM: Leggett optimistic about new plan for bus rapid transit
- 3-10-16 WTOP 103.5 FM (Associated Press): Military to check for water contamination at 664 sites
- 3-9-16 Washington Post: Maryland asks Montgomery County for $13.8 million more for Purple Line projects
- 3-9-16 Washington Post: Why people are suddenly worried the new FBI HQ could become a traffic disaster
- 3-9-16 MarineLink.com: US Navy Enhances Ship Testing Capability -- New prototype enhances ship testing capability at NSWC Carderock Division
- 3-9-16 U.S. Department of Defense: Surgeons General Say Medical Readiness Aligns With Overall Readiness
- 3-8-16 Bethesda Magazine: Major Westbard Property Owner Plans to Quickly Forge Ahead With Redevelopment As County Council Deliberates Zoning -- Equity One’s Michael Berfield said company could ask for initial project approval as early as this fall
- 3-7-16 Bethesda Magazine: Chevy Chase Residents Gear Up For Fight Against Redevelopment of Edge Property -- Plans for a 145-foot-tall building at what’s now a set of low-rise buildings have suddenly become one of the hottest debates involving the Bethesda Downtown Plan
- 3-7-16 Montgomery Community Media: Washington Adventist Hospital Breaks Ground for White Oak Location
- 3-7-16 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: DoD says BRAC would be more successful if done again
- 3-4-16 Bethesda Magazine: Changes Made to Silver Spring Purple Line Station Said to Save $30 Million -- The station will be moved slightly under the new design, saving a Bonifant Street building
- 3-4-15 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Nearly 1 in 5 DoD facilities now in ‘failing’ condition after years of maintenance cutbacks
- 3-4-16 Association of Defense Communities: Excess Capacity Little Changed since Last BRAC, DOD Installations Official Says
- 3-3-16 Washington Business Journal: Fairfax County seeks new life for 33-acre Route 1 trailer park -- North Hill is a short distance from the ever-growing Fort Belvoir, creating, in theory, a built-in demand for new residential.
- 3-3-16 United States Army: Army budget focuses on asymmetric threats
- 3-3-16 Fort Belvoir Eagle: Fort Belvoir commander updates local community -- "In recent years, Belvoir has “experienced significant growth” because of the Base Realignment and Closure Act of 2005.... Over the past six years, we’ve actually grown by 24,000 people … and, as a result of that growth, we’ve had to improve our infrastructure to support the needs of the community that we now support today."
- 3-2-16 WUSA TV9: Md. governor approves Purple Line
- 3-2-16 Washington Post: Ike Leggett proposes $11.5 million for bus rapid transit in Montgomery County
- 3-2-16 Bethesda Magazine: Longtime Chevy Chase Building Supplier Set to Move to Silver Spring Ahead of Redevelopment -- TW Perry has been in Chevy Chase for more than 100 years
- 3-2-16 Redstone Rocket (Redstone Arsenal, AL): Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) leadership team benchmarks with Army Research Laboratory
- 3-1-16 AltEnergyMag.com: U.S. Department of Energy’s Wave Energy Prize Announces Finalist Teams: Nine Teams to Continue in Quest to Win More Than $2 Million Prize Purse -- These models will be tested at the nation's most advanced wave-making facility, the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Maneuvering and Seakeeping (MASK) Basin at Carderock, Md., beginning in the summer of 2016.
- 3-1-16 Bethesda Magazine: Chevy Chase Residents File Opening Brief in Bid to Stop Purple Line -- Group that sued federal, state governments says officials didn’t comply with environmental law while evaluating light-rail project
- 3-1-16 Association of Defense Communities: Wittman Cautions against Relying on Outdated Excess Capacity Estimates
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