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November, 2018 News
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- 11-30-18 Marriott International, Downtown Bethesda: Development Update: Week of December 3, 2018
- 11-30-18 Bethesda Magazine: Chevy Chase Apartment Development Gets Planning Department Stamp of Approval -- Crescent at Chevy Chase to feature 111 units, replace current 41-unit complex
- 11-30-18 New York Times: At War: A Marine's reaction to a controversial book spurs a surprising response »
- 11-30-18 Federal News Network 1500 AM WFED: DoD hopes medical realignment will help prepare for fight against global powers
- 11-30-18 U.S. Naval Institute: Navy Medical Corps Worries Future Funding Cuts Will Result in Fewer Doctors
- 11-29-18 Bethesda Magazine: Madaleno To Be Named County Budget Director -- Appointment is subject to confirmation by the County Council
- 11-29-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: ‘We cannot build our way with roads out of the congestion crisis’ -- Weighing widening roads against providing better alternatives to sitting in traffic is a key focus for D.C., Maryland and Virginia’s transportation bosses
- 11-29-18 WUSA/CBS9 TV: VERIFY: Why you shouldn't send Christmas cards to 'recovering soldiers' at Walter Reed -- Mailing a holiday card to the D.C. address will be returned to sender
- 11-28-18 Washington Business Journal: Here’s a look at Children’s National’s plans for Walter Reed
- 11-27-18 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES NOV. 30 THRU DEC. 7
- 11-27-18 BISNOW Real Estate News: Saul Centers Plans 390-Unit Downtown Bethesda Residential Tower
- 11-27-18 Bethesda Magazine: County Council Adopts Innovative Bicycle Master Plan -- Plan aims to implement 1,100-mile bikeway network
- 11-27-18 Washoington Post: Active-shooting alarm was set off in error at Walter Reed, Navy and Bethesda center say
- 11-26-18 Bethesda Magazine: Future of County Budgets Likely Not as Grim as Projected, Council President Says -- Riemer says recent report did not consider entire budget, possibly painting misleading picture
- 11-26-18 U.S. Department of Defense: Uniformed Services University Receives Top NATO Award for Medical Support
- 11-26-18 Bethesda Magazine: County Planning Board To Hold Public Hearing about Auburn Avenue Development -- Plans call for construction of 162,500 square feet of housing, 12,500 square feet of retail space
- 11-26-18 BISNOW Real Estate News: 9 Developments That Could Bring Thousands Of Housing Units To The D.C. Region -- Construction is underway at The Parks at Walter Reed, the massive redevelopment of the 66-acre Walter Reed Army Medical Center Campus in Northwest D.C.
- 11-26-18 Washington Post: Region’s CEOs propose ambitious, costly plan to reduce traffic from Baltimore to Richmond
- 11-25-18 Bethesda Magazine: Three Wisconsin Avenue Development Projects To Be Discussed Wednesday -- Bethesda projects include proposals for apartments
- 11-24-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: Purple Line blasting in Bethesda expected to start Monday
- 11-23-18 Frederick News-Post: Transportation officials to hold forum on I-270 project in December
- 11-21-18 MCDOT: MD 355 Crossing Project: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES NOV. 26 THRU DEC. 3
- 11-21-18 Bethesda Magazine: Ken Hartman To Remain as Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Director -- County Executive-Elect Elrich could announce additional appointments for his administration Dec.
- 11-20-18 Bethesda Magazine: Updated: Purple Line Blasting in Bethesda Delayed Until Monday -- Transit partners must coordinate activity with WMATA
- 11-20-18 Baltimore Business Journal: Here are the details of Maryland's failed $5.84B bid for Amazon's HQ2
- 11-19-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: Expect years of construction: Md. Beltway, I-270 toll lanes to be built in phases from Legion Bridge
- 11-19-18 Bethesda Magazine: Montgomery County Delegation Receives Wish List -- Asks include opposition to tolls on 270, pedestrian safety improvements, changes to voting
- 11-16-18 U.S. Department of Defense: Army Cyber Skills Identifying the Army’s top cyber warriors
- 11-16-18 Marriott International, Downtown Bethesda: Development Update: Week of November 19, 2018
- 11-15-18 Maryland State Highway Administration: December 6 SHA Community Meeting on MD 185 (Connecticut Ave)/Jones Bridge Rd/Kensington Pkwy Intersection Project
- 11-15-18 Bethesda Magazine: Proposed Project in North Bethesda Would Produce 1,000 Residential Units -- Development would be at corner of Old Georgetown Road and Executive Boulevard
- 11-14-18 WJLA/ABC7 TV: What's next for the former White Flint Mall?
- 11-14-18 Baltimore Business Journal: Commerce chief Gill says Amazon HQ2 in Virginia will boost tourism in Maryland
- 11-13-18 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES NOV. 16 THRU NOV. 23
- 11-13-18 WAMU 88.5 FM: What’s That Bugle Sound On Rockville Pike And What Should You Do If You Hear It?
- 11-13-18 Bethesda Magazine: Amazon Passes Over Montgomery County for HQ2 -- Local officials say entire region will benefit from company's decision to choose Arlington as one of two sites for additional headquarters
- 11-13-18 Washington Post: Amazon HQ2 to benefit from more than $2.8 billion in incentives from Virginia, New York and Tennessee
- 11-13-18 Washington Post: Northern Virginia property owners are delighted Amazon HQ2 will be moving in. Renters, first-time buyers, and low-income residents aren’t
- 11-12-18 Washington Post: Washington won its piece of Amazon’s HQ2. Now comes the hard part.
- 11-12-18 Washington Post: Amazon HQ2 decision: Amazon splits prize between Crystal City and New York
- 11-13-18 Bethesda Magazine: Rochambeau Relocation Project Delayed -- French international school granted indefinite extension of preliminary plan review
- 11-12-18 Source of the Spring blog: All Ages Attended Talbot Avenue Bridge Lantern Walk
- 11-12-18 Washington Business Journal: The BRAC 'tail' hasn't worked for Liberty View. So Monument is adding residential -- The D.C.-based Monument has filed an application with Fairfax County to replace one planned office building at Liberty View, located near the intersection of Beulah Street and the Franconia-Springfield Parkway
- 11-12-18 NBC4/WRC TV: New Director Promises to Fix Washington DC VA Medical Center
- 11-12-18 Military Times: New HBO documentary puts a much-needed face to complex veteran struggles with PTSD
- 11-10-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: Metro wins ruling on whether it owns its stations, tunnels
- 11-9-18 Marriott International, Downtown Bethesda: Development Update: Week of November 12, 2018
- 11-9-18 NBC4/WRC TV: Montgomery County Exec-Elect Wants to Help Resolve Bethesda Development Dispute -- The Montgomery County Executive-elect Marc Elrich has offered to help resolve a development dispute in Bethesda that has gone on for two years
- 11-9-18 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda Ranked Fourth ‘Hardest Working’ City in U.S. -- Rankings based on work hours and commute times
- 11-9-18 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board Approves ‘Sketch Plan’ for 1.9 Million Square-Foot Development -- Mixed-use project along Rockville Pike would have arts theme
- 11-8-18 Bethesda Magazine: Regional Safety Officials Gather in Downtown Silver Spring Thursday To Promote Pedestrian, Bicyclist Safety -- Event came hours after MoCo recorded first bicyclist-vehicle fatality of 2018
- 11-9-18 Progressive Railroading: U.S. transit agencies likely to step up use of public-private partnerships, industry execs say
- 11-8-18 WUSA/CBS TV9: How HQ2 in Crystal City could diffuse a threat by President Trump -- Experts have insisted that Amazon establishing a headquarters in the D.C. area will help curry favor with the federal government
- 11-6-18 MCDOT: MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES NOV. 9 THRU NOV. 16
- 11-6-18 Washington Business Journal: White Flint Metro-area development calls for 1,000 units, retail
- 11-6-18 Clearance Jobs.com: Amazon’s HQ2 Would Replace Crystal City’s Defense Industry Exodus -- For its part, Amazon has been incredibly tight-lipped over the whole situation. It has said almost nothing
- 11-6-18 Association of Defense Communities: GAO Prods Pentagon to Better Explain How Transition to New Health Agency Will Generate Projected Savings
- 11-5-18 Bethesda Magazine: Montgomery Parks Names Capital Crescent Trail Plaza in Honor of Former County Executive Potter -- Trail’s Bethesda rest area features sitting space, pergola
- 11-5-18 New York Times: Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 Between Long Island City, N.Y., and Arlington, Va.
- 11-5-18 Association of Defense Communities: Special Committee Appears to Settle on Modest Change to Budget Process
- 11-4-18 Washington Post: Montgomery County begins construction of 14-mile Bus Rapid Transit line -- Montgomery County is creating a system that transportation officials hope will make it easier for public-transit users along traffic-choked Route 29 to get from upper Montgomery to downtown Silver Spring
- 11-2-18 Marriott International, Downtown Bethesda: Development Update: Week of November 5, 2018
- 11-2-18 Washington Post: Purple Line construction noise that kept residents awake at night halted -- The rock hammering beneath homes in a neighborhood east of downtown Silver Spring has been stopped between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., a state official said
- 11-2-18 Besthesda Magazine: Education, Transportation Dominate County Council’s 2019 Legislative Priorities -- Members will meet with MoCo delegation on Nov. 14
- 11-2-18 Washington Business Journal: Jeff Bezos going with his heart on HQ2
- 11-1-18 Association of Defense Communities: Transition to Defense Health Agency Aimed at Saving Money, Standardizing Care
- 11-1-18 Association of Defense Communities: Seven Communities, Private Entities Honored for Partnering with Local Army Installations -- Fort Detrick and Frederick County, Md., who partnered on a computer-aided dispatch system to create interoperability and system synchronization; the post also joined the county’s solid waste management plan, enabling the Army to reduce installation emissions and landfill use requirements
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