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October, 2017 News 

• 10-31-17 Washington Post:  Montgomery to inventory cemeteries, help shield them from development -- Officials said the bill could help avoid what seems to have happened in Bethesda’s Westbard neighborhood in the 1960s, when the construction of a high-rise apartment building probably disturbed an African American cemetery
  • 10-29-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Bethesda community plans march to keep construction off burial ground
• 10-31-17 Washington Post:  Real Estate -- ‘Boutique’ luxury building leads the way as Bethesda extends its urban boundaries
  • 10-26-17 Bethesda Magazine:  A Tour of Stonehall Bethesda, New Condo Community on Woodmont Avenue -- Luxury development replaced a low-rise office building
• 10-31-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Taking The Lead -- Suburban Hospital’s president has her biggest role yet
• 10-30-17 Huffington Post:  18 Under the Radar Places in Mid-Maryland to Take Your Sweetheart -- Here are 18 mostly low-cost ideas for the ultimate date night, day, or sleepover in suburban Montgomery County and agrarian Carroll County MD
• 10-30-17 BISNOW Real Estate News:  The Crystal City/Pentagon City Neighborhood Guide -- The Crystal City BID was formed after the Base Realignment and Closure Act of 2005, which many thought would cripple Crystal City, as defense tenants that leased 3M SF of office left. BRAC instead allowed Crystal City to reinvent itself
• 10-30-17 Washington Post:  Metro budget sees no fare hikes, service cuts through mid-2019, but seeks more from governments
  • 10-30-17 Washington Post:  Local leaders worry where to get the money to fund Metro budget proposal
• 10-29-17 Stars and Stripes:  The sacrifice at home: Military spouses bear economic burden in service to their country
• 10-27-17 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update: Controlled Blast Scheduled for MONDAY OCT. 30
• 10-27-17 Bethesda Magazine:  School Capacity Needs Take Center Stage in White Flint, Rock Spring Plan Review -- Parents push for growth documents to include language on school sites
• 10-26-17 WAMU 88.5 FM:  Montgomery County Becomes First U.S. Suburb To Get Dockless Bikeshare
• 10-26-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Metro Board approves Purple Line land swap after public spat between officials
  • 10-26-17 Washington Post:  Two weeks of feuding between Metro board chair and Maryland end in a whimper
• 10-26-17 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update: The Controlled Blast for the MD 355 Crossing Project scheduled for Friday, Oct. 27 is postponed to next week
• 10-25-17 Washington Post:  ‘Smart’ traffic signals soon will change themselves in Maryland
  • 10-25-17 WTOP 103,5 FM:  Where Md. will install smart traffic lights to ease congestion
• 10-25-17 WTOP 103,5 FM:  Bicycle Race: Dockless bike sharing cruises into Montgomery Co.
  • 10-25-17 Montgomery County Government:  Dockless Bikeshare Begins Tomorrow in Silver Spring; MCDOT Signs Agreements with Two More Companies
• 10-25-17 Montgomery County Government:  Community Meeting on Bicycling in Bethesda to Be Held November 1 -- MCDOT will give a brief update on the County's plans for improving east-west bicycle connections between Silver Spring and Bethesda in the wake of the closure of the Georgetown Branch Trail
• 10-25-17 Bethesda Magazine:  As Construction Ramps Up on Purple Line, Police Say Vandalism and Other Incidents Continue -- Heavy construction equipment and trail barriers have been damaged; Purple Line contractor releases preliminary construction schedule
• 10-25-17 Washington Post:  Real Estate -- Low key, eclectic and community-minded: Cabin John, Md., has its own vibe
• 10-24-17 Frederick News-Post:  I-270 project gets approval from regional board
• 10-24-17 Bethesda Magazine:  New Park To Open in Chevy Chase Village This Week -- Western Grove Urban Park will be county's first park with Wi-Fi
• 10-24-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Funding To Reopen Woodward High Appears in MCPS Superintendent’s New Budget Plan -- Smith’s plan also calls for new high school in Gaithersburg to address space crunch
• 10-24-17 Washington Post:  238 cities are wooing Amazon. The winner may end up with a very bad deal
  • 10-23-17 Washington Post:  Amazon receives 238 proposals for second headquarters
• 10-24-17 Smart Cities Dive:  Is the renewed push for high-speed maglev trains in the US realistic? -- America has flirted with maglev plans for decades, but they haven't yet come to fruition. Now, some developers think cities are ready
  • 10-24-17 Baltimore Brew blog:  With Hogan in a swoon over Hyperloop and maglev, a hard look at both proposals -- ANALYSIS: Neither Musk’s vacuum-tube technology nor the maglev proposal makes any sense for the Baltimore-Washington corridor
• 10-23-17 Washington Post:  Bad news for Metro riders: Arcing insulators are back with a vengeance
• 10-23-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Uber Commute Expands into Montgomery County -- Ride-for-hire company’s new service aims to let drivers make extra money as passengers carpool to a shared destination
• 10-23-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Universities at Shady Grove’s Biomedical Sciences Center Building Project on Track for 2019 -- County executive, university representatives begin pushing state to support new programs
• 10-23-17 Washington Post:  Uber expands carpooling to the Maryland suburbs
• 10-23-17 ROLL CALL:  Congress Should Revise Base Closure Rules, Report Recommends -- Heritage Foundation says lawmakers should authorize a new round
• 10-23-17 Bethesda Magazine:  More Than 1,100 People Evacuated Because of Bethesda Apartment Complex Fire -- Residents of north tower at Promenade Towers couldn’t return to homes
  • 10-22-17 Washington Post:  Bethesda high-rise lacks power, water following electrical fire; residents unable to return
  • 10-21-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  At least 1,100 displaced after fire in Bethesda high-rise -- Residents of smoke-affected units in the Promenade Apartments on Pooks Hill Road were evacuated while others sheltered in place.
• 10-21-17 Washington Post:  Hogan’s idea to widen Washington-area highways to add toll lanes has hit barriers before
• 10-20-17 MCDOT:  Crossing Project Update: Controlled Blasts Scheduled for WEDNESDAY OCT. 25 AND FRIDAY OCT. 27
• 10--20-17 Artsy.com:  What Is Art Therapy? And How Is It Helping People?
• 10-20-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Planning Board Approves Adding Apartments, Five Stories to Guardian Building in Silver Spring -- Officials say project is a way to reinvent struggling office complex
• 10-20-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Elon Musk gets OK to begin digging for Hyperloop project in Maryland
• 10-20-17 DoD Buzz (Military.com):  Mattis Pushes Congress for Another Round of Base Closings
• 10-19-17 Washington Post:  When Adam Schumann went to war, he didn’t foresee its horrors — or a movie about his life -- Movie Review: “Thank You for Your Service”
• 10-19-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Changes to “Rainbow Parking” -- “Rainbow parking” on Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) allows employees with parking permits to park in a spot not dedicated to their parking pass color from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• 10-19-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  College of Allied Health Sciences Awards First Degree -- Congress granted approval in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act for the Uniformed Services University (USU) to grant undergraduate degrees
• 10-19-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Montgomery County Police Appoint a New Bethesda Commander -- Capt. Paul Liquorie formerly headed the Special Investigations Division
• 10-19-17 POLITICO:  This Is What Really Happens When Amazon Comes to Your Town -- Trust me, I saw my city transform—and not always for the better
• 10-19-17 Maryland Capital Gazette/Bowie Blade-News:  Proposed high-speed train routes affecting Bowie eliminated
• 10-19-17 Urban Land Institute:  Five Steps toward Implementing Creative Placemaking -- The Urban Atlantic-Hines-Triden development team used creative placemaking as a core strategy in their bid to redevelop 66 acres (27 ha) at the historic Walter Reed Hospital complex in the District of Columbia
• 10-19-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Travel time a top priority for DC travelers in deciding when and where to go -- Those responding to the survey ranked traffic congestion as the most significant issue that makes trips unreliable, time spent in traffic as the largest issue that makes trips take longer, and more or better rail transit as the most important thing needed to provide real travel options.
• 10-18-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Chevy Chase Lake Developers Expect to Break Ground in Spring 2018 -- Project partners in talks with potential grocery store tenant
• 10-18-17 Air Med & Rescue Magazine:  US Army investigates unmanned medevac and medical resupply -- Researchers at the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) at Fort Detrick, Maryland, are developing solutions for a future where soldiers on the battlefield have few or no lines of communication with those in the rear
• 10-18-17 Montgomery Community Media:  Purple Line Construction Expected To Impact Long Branch Library Access Temporarily
• 10-18-17 Baltimore Sun:  Maryland's incentive package for Amazon HQ2 measured in the billions of dollars
• 10-18-17 CityLab:  Can Coloring Books Demystify Bike-Lane Design? -- To share concepts from its “low-stress” bicycle master plan, Montgomery County, Maryland, chose the ultimate stress-busting medium of the coloring book.
• 10-18-17 Bethesda Magazine:  County Planners Could Hire Archaeologist To Protect Burial Sites During Development Process -- Some preservation advocates say proposal doesn’t do enough to safeguard cemeteries
• 10-18-17 Bloomberg News:  (AUDIO REPORT)  Pentagon Report Makes Case for BRAC Sequel
  • 10-18-17 Federal News Radio WFED 1500 AM:  DoD says it has 19 percent more facilities than it needs, even assuming a larger military -- “An updated defense strategy must be supported by an updated basing strategy,” Defense Secretary James Mattis wrote in a letter accompanying the report.
• 10-17-17 Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star:  Department of Defense medical center planned for Stafford Hospital campus 
• 10-17-17 Baltimore Business Journal:  What I found during my ride on the city's relaunched bike share program
• 10-17-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Montgomery Co. demands answers on massive traffic plan
  • 10-16-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Council Invites State Transportation Leader to Discuss Governor’s Highway Widening Plan -- Montgomery County wants to hear from Secretary Pete Rahn on proposal to widen I-270, I-495
• 10-17-17 NSAB:  Overview of Naval Support Activity-Bethesda (NSAB), home of Walter Reed Military Medical Center (click video screen)
• 10-16-17 Task & Purpose military veterans blog:  Trump’s Claim That Most Presidents Don’t Call The Families Of Fallen Troops Is Untrue
• 10-16-17 Bethesda Magazine:  County Gears Up for Anticipated Spate of Construction Closures in Downtown Bethesda -- Marriott headquarters and other large development projects planned along Wisconsin Avenue
• 10-16-17 Source of the Spring blog:  Bus Rapid Transit station design report released
• 10-16-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Montgomery County Won’t Detail Potential Sites in Amazon Bid Before Submission -- Other local jurisdictions have announced sites they’re pitching
  • 10-16-17 Washington Business Journal:  D.C. details where, how it would meet Amazon's steep HQ2 requirements
• 10-15-17 Washington Post:  Editorial -- Parochialism continues to cripple Metro
• 10-15-17 Maryland Capital Gazette:  Maglev is part of 21st-century infrastructure Maryland needs -- Commentary by Wayne Rogers, chairman and CEO of the Northeast Maglev
  • 10-14-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Residents split on high-speed train between DC to Baltimore
• 10-13-17 MCDOT:  Crossing Project Update: Controlled Blasts Scheduled for MONDAY OCT. 16 AND WEDNESDAY OCT. 18
• 10-13-17 Bethesda Magazine: Retail Study Shows Shoppers Are Hungry for More in Bethesda, Rockville -- Consultant encourages planners not to pursue too much retail growth
• 10-13-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Town of Chevy Chase Votes Against Providing Money to Group Behind Purple Line Lawsuits -- Town council opposes proposal 4-1
• 10-13-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Defiant Metro board chair facing growing pressure to resign
  • 10-12-17 Washington Post:  Rep. Gerry Connolly joins Gov. Hogan in urging ouster of Metro board chair Jack Evans
  • 10-12-17 Washington Post:  Metro board committee threatens to delay land swap needed for Purple Line for more money
  • 10-12-17 Washington Post:  Evans threatens to block transfer of Metro land needed for Purple Line unless Md. backs board changes
• 10-13-17 Washington Business Journal:  The Amazon Effect: Where could HQ2 go in the D.C. region?
  • 10-12-17 Washington Business Journal:  Maryland pledges 'biggest incentive offer in the state's history' to lure Amazon HQ2
• 10-12-17 United States Army:  New technology could streamline medical treatment on battlefield
• 10-12-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Bethesda Metro Center Plaza Developer Says High-Rise Plans Won’t Result in Loss of Open Space -- Company looks to clean up the plaza, bring more shopping and events to the site
• 10-12-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Puerto Rico Response Continues With More Than 13,000 Personnel
• 10-12-17 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division:  Patents and technology transfer is important for Carderock and the Navy
  • 10-12-17 U.S. Department of Defense:  Carderock calling on leaders in Navy data initiative
• 10-12-17 Fort Belvoir Eagle:  TRICARE changes coming Jan. 1
• 10-11-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Developers That Bring Grocers to Downtown Silver Spring Could Get 70-Foot Height Bonuses -- Council approves legislation increasing height cap for certain projects
• 10-11-17 United States Army:  Army finds promise in durable material for future Soldier combat helmets
• 10-10-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Report: Bethesda Could Face Parking Deficits if Downtown Area Were Built to Legal Limit -- Projected shortages could complicate parking lot-to-parks plan
• 10-10-17 Zumper.com:  Washington D.C. Metro Report: October 2017 -- The Zumper D.C. Metro Report analyzed active listings in September across 8 metro cities to show the most and least expensive cities and cities with the fastest growing rents. The median one bedroom rent was $1,495 – Bethesda, MD inched out Arlington and D.C. to rank as the most expensive city to rent in the metro area with one bedrooms priced at $2,270.  
• 10-10-17 Maryland Matters:  A Useful Primer on How Montgomery County Evolved -- "Suburb: Planning Politics and the Public Interest," by Royce Hanson -- Book review by Ben Ross, chair of the Maryland Transit Opportunities Coalition
• 10-10-17 U.S. Department of Defense:  Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command collaborates with Carderock for remote autonomous demonstration
• 10-9-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Purple Line Opponents Requesting Money from Town of Chevy Chase To Cover Lawsuit Costs -- Public hearing on request scheduled for Thursday
  • 10-9-17 WJLA/ABC7 TV:  (VIDEO REPORT)  Complaints rise as trees fall for Purple Line
• 10-8-17 WAMU 88.5 FM:  LaHood To Metro Board: No Offense, But It’s Time To Go
  • 10-8-17 Washington Post:  Editorial -- The real cause of Metro’s troubles
• 10-8-17 Baltimore Sun:  Designed wisely, express lanes can reduce travel time, bring revenue
• 10-7-17 Washington Post:  The war in Afghanistan messed with my head. Here’s how I found peace — and hope -- Commenrary by Florent Groberg, retired Army captain, Medal of Honor recipient and author of “8 Seconds of Courage: A Soldier’s Story from Immigrant to the Medal of Honor”
• 10-6-17 MCDOT:  Controlled Blasts Scheduled for MONDAY OCT. 9 AND FRIDAY OCT. 13
• 10-6-17 Washingtonian Magazine:  Obama Will Join Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase -- “I think most members will welcome him,” one member says
• 10-5-17 Washington Post:  Purple Line construction will bring longer backups to congested Maryland roads
• 10-5-17 Washington Post:  Hey, you can’t park there! Dockless bike-share bikes ending up in inappropriate places
• 10-5-17 Federal News Radio 1500 AM WFED:  National Capital Planning Commission agrees to mull federal parking policies
• 10-5-17 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  WRNMMC Staff Part of USNS Comfort Crew -- The Sailors from WRNMMC will be part of the hospital ship’s crew providing relief care in the Caribbean
• 10-5-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Seminary Road Bridge Repairs Set To Begin -- Work expected to be completed next year, will require lane closures on road
• 10-5-17 USA TODAY:  Level 1 trauma centers the 'gold standard' of care in attacks like the Las Vegas shooting
• 10-5-17 Stars and Stripes:  Tom Philpott's Military Update -- Tricare reform rules fire a curveball over Jan. 1 fee levels
• 10-4-17 Washington Post:  Negotiations stall over vanished African-American cemetery in Bethesda
• 10-4-17 Washington Post:  Bike-share debacle isn’t unique to Baltimore. Thefts, other woes had also hit the early programs in N.Y., Paris.
• 10-4-17 United States Navy, Office of Naval Research:  Fitbit-style Prosthetics? Navy Developing ‘Smart’ Artificial Limbs
• 10-4-17 MCDOT:  Controlled Blast Scheduled for THURSDAY OCT. 5th, 11AM-2PM (NOT Wednesday, Oct 4th); BLAST SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 6th IS LIKELY POSTPONED
• 10-4-17 Washington Post:  Real Estate -- Pike & Rose: A community grows on Rockville Pike
• 10-4-17 U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, MD):  Battlefield internet technologies, interconnected robots focus of new Army programs
• 10-3-17 Washington Post:  Mobike dockless bikeshare coming to Silver Spring
• 10-3-17 Washington Post:  Why do Maryland and federal officials use different price tags for the cost of the Purple Line?
• 10-2-17 Building Design & Construction:  Delicate balance: Needs vs. capital for government agencies -- P3s and real estate exchanges help keep some government construction and renovation on track.
• 10-2-17 MCDOT:  MD 355 Crossing Project Update:  Controlled Blast Scheduled for WEDNESDAY, OCT 4 & FRIDAY,OCT. 6 near NSAB/Walter Reed, NIH & Medical Center Metro Station in Bethesda
• 10-2-17 Washington Post:  Capital Bikeshare gears up for another expansion — and competition
• 10-2-17 Montgomery County Government:  Leggett Announces Launch of New MD 355 Ride On extRa Service
  • 9-29-17 Montgomery Community Media:  Ride On Launches New Bus Service (VIDEO) -- Less stops and more go. That’s what Ride On’s new extRa limited-stop bus service is all about. After roughly two years of planning, residents will catch them along Route 355 starting Oct. 2nd.
• 10-2-17 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Merge left: Drivers adjust to new traffic pattern on Capital Beltway in Md. -- Drivers on the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway encountered a new traffic pattern Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, between the I-270 Spur and River Road. All three lanes from the spur now continue toward Virginia.
• 10-2-17 Bethesda Magazine:  Bethesda Church Downsizes Community Center Plan, Former Project Rep Says -- Legal appeals have bogged down proposal for new church, condo complex
• 10-1-17 USA TODAY:  Letter to the Editor: Terrorism survivors’ plea to Maryland -- Maryland emergency services officials recently rejected a proposal from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to become a Washington-area trauma center. As terrorism survivors, my wife and I regard this as a failure of vision and leadership.
   
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