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January, 2019 News 

• 1-31-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Noise From Purple Line Tunnel Work Returns for Long Branch Neighbors -- Elected leaders call for changes in ‘nighttime disturbances’ from blasting, other construction
• 1-31-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Rockville’s Draft Long-Range Plan Includes More Housing Options -- City putting finishing touches on vision for growth for next 20 years
• 1-31-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Montgomery Economic Development Group Making Pitch for Newseum -- Journalism museum’s D.C. building sold to Johns Hopkins
• 1-31-19 WTOP 103.5 FM:  New American Legion Bridge within years, says Md. highway administrator
• 1-30-19 MCDOT:  MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES FOR FEBRUARY 4-8
• 1-30-19 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Nighttime lane closures on I-270 in Md. as crews begin building bridge
• 1-30-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Bethesda Urban Partnership’s Management Contract Renewed -- Group prepares for impact of building, transit line construction
• 1-30-19 WDVM TV (Hagerstown):  Officials discuss ways to cut back on traffic congestion without widening I-270 -- Action Committee for Transit proposes all-day Marc services as a solution
• 1-30-19 Washington Business Journal:  Hogan delivers State of the State as speculation of presidential run mounts
• 1-30-19 Washington Post:  Making up for Purple Line delays will cost nearly $60 million, contractor says
• 1-29-19 Washington Business Journal:  Exclusive: Adventist’s White Oak hospital is coming. Here are the details.
• 1-30-19 Washington Post:  Longtime Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger will retire in April
• 1-29-19 Washington Post:  Virginia seals deal to extend toll lanes on the Capital Beltway and Interstate 95
• 1-29-19 Stars and Stripes:  Transformation underway across the Military Health System
• 1-28-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Zoning Change Would Allow Taller Buildings at Malls -- New rules get preliminary approval from council committee
• 1-28-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Lofts Being Proposed for North Bethesda Apartments -- Retail areas would be phased out at North Bethesda Market complex near White Flint
• 1-28-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Developers Agree To Protect Historic Cemetery -- Plans call for houses, offices and shops off I-270 north of Gaithersburg
• 1-28-19 Source of the Spring blog:  Georgia Avenue & Montgomery Hills: How to Get from a 1955 Suburban Design to a 2020 Neighborhood Complete Street
• 1-27-19 Marriott International, Downtown Bethesda:  Development Update: Week of January 28, 2019
• 1-26-19 ABC News:  How the Pentagon has saved $4.7 billion in the past 2 years
• 1-25-19 Baltimore Business Journal:  A look at Lyft's impact on Maryland's residents and economy
• 1-24-19 Washington Post:  Study: Montgomery County has grown older, more diverse and pricier -- Maryland planners analyzed demographic, economic changes since 1990 to help guide growth
• 1-24-19 Washington Post:  Region’s bus network is too slow, complex, and increasingly threatened by competition, analysis says
• 1-24-19 Washington Post:  Where We Live -- Awaiting the Amazon influx, Crystal City savors its urban feel and D.C. views
• 1-23-19 Baltimore Sun:  Extended government shutdown taking toll on Maryland-based workers, the state — and even breweries
• 1-23-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Bill Could Force Delay in I-270, Beltway Widening Projects -- Proposal would require environmental impact study earlier in review process
• 1-23-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Bethesda French Café Property Considered for Apartment Tower -- Planners expected to OK preliminary designs for La Madeleine site
• 1-23-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Advocates Want To Link Capital Crescent, C&O Canal Trails in 4,000-Mile Nationwide Network -- Nonprofit Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s project is long-term vision
• 1-23-19 Science Alert:  A DNA Test Just Shattered One of the Most Famous Nazi COnmspiracy Theories -- Decades after Spandau #7's death, researchers made the accidental discovery that a blood sample taken of the prisoner in 1982 still existed – and was stored at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre in Washington DC.
• 1-23-19 MCDOT:  MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT -- PLANNED LANE CLOSURES FOR JANUARY 25 thru FEBRUARY 1
• 1-23-19 Washington Business Journal:  Marriott sells longtime HQ to retirement community developer
  • 1-22-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Retirement Community Developer Buys Marriott’s Bethesda Campus for Housing -- Redevelopment to begin in 2022 after hotelier moves into new headquarters
• 1-22-19 WUSA/CBS9 TV:  Speed camera hidden behind Porta Potty on I-270 will start issuing citations
• 1-22-19 Annapolis Patch:  Bill Requiring Environmental Study May Delay MD Highway Project -- Gov. Larry Hogan's highway expansion plan could be delayed by a new bill that would first require a completed environmental impact report
• 1-22-19 POLITICO:  Even giant federal contractors feeling shutdown's bite -- The historic length of the political impasse is reverberating at the Fortune 500 level, making it one of the most economically damaging in history
• 1-22-19 A Miner Detail blog:  Montgomery County Council members react to latest business group’s report showing dismal economy
  • 1-22-19 Bethesda Magazine:  New Report Urges Shift in County Spending Priorities -- Nonprofit suggests building more schools, reducing reserve funds, incentives for business
• 1-22-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Dump Truck Traffic at Marriott Construction Site Increasing -- 200 trucks a day being deployed, bedrock blasting to begin in March in Bethesda
• 1-22-19 Source of the Spring blog:  A Tribute to Montgomery County’s First Urban Farmer, Mr. Charles Koiner
• 1-19-19 Washington Post:  Metro Red Line riders to face SafeTrack-like disruptions this summer
• 1-18-19 Marriott International, Downtown Bethesda:  Development Update: Week of Jan. 21, 2019
• 1-18-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Kensington Retail Project To Be Completed in February -- Wine restaurant headlines Knowles Station establishments
• 1-17-19 MCDOT:  MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT -- Emergency Evacuation Drill scheduled for Wednesday, January 23, 2018 at 11:30 AM (NOTE: Drill is only for Project construction personnel
• 1-17-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Businesses Near Proposed Farm Women’s Market Development Worry About Impact on Parking -- Business owners sign petition, urge developers to provide same amount of spaces in new project
• 1-17-19 Washington Post:  Hogan outlines $46.6 billion budget that includes tax relief, raises for state employees
• 1-17-19 Reuters:  U.S. Army vows to fix 'broken' housing at Fort Meade in wake of Reuters report
• 1-17-19 Washington Post:  The National Museum of Health and Medicine is a fascinating nightmare
• 1-17-19 New York Times Magazine:  At War -- I’m Prepared to Talk About the Things I Did in Iraq. Are People Ready to Listen?
• 1-17-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Capital Budget Plan Delays Funding for Metro Station Improvements -- Council members say White Flint, Forest Glen projects are vital to increase Metrorail use
• 1-16-19 Washington Post:  Purple Line opponents file third lawsuit over Maryland light-rail project -- An environmental group says a permit allowing construction in streams and wetlands is illegal
• 1-16-19 MCDOT:  MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES FOR JANUARY 18-25
• 1-16-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Funding Slashed for Montrose Parkway East -- County executive's capital budget proposal removes construction funds for east-west road
• 1-16-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Five-Story Mixed-Use Building Approved Near Wildwood Shopping Center -- Bethesda project includes age-restricted housing, green space
• 1-16-19 Bethesda Magazine:  More Townhouses, Fewer Apartments in Revised Plan for Shady Grove Metro Project -- Developers cite changing market, tastes in proposing 'more diverse mix' of housing
• 1-15-19 Mass Transit:  Maryland and Virginia senators concerned about how shutdown will impact WMATA -- Federal employees make up close to 40 percent of peak hour ridership on Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's system
• 1-15-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Developer of Discovery Headquarters Envisions Multiple Office Tenants, Shops and Restaurants -- Property was instrumental in helping boost Silver Spring’s redevelopment
• 1-14-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Elrich Wants To Lure Top-Level Information Technology Companies, Jobs -- County executive planning West Coast corporate recruitment trip
  • 1-11-19 Washington Business Journal:  MoCo's new county exec plans aggressive business recruitment efforts
• 1-14-19 Washington Post:  He helped put Prince George’s on the map for environmental issues. Now he’s focused on Montgomery County
  • 1-10-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Montgomery Hires Prince George’s County’s Environmental Director -- County executive calls his choice ‘ahead of the curve’
• 1-14-19 Defense News:  US lawmaker links small defense firms in Maryland
• 1-13-19 Maryland Matters blog:  Hogan Plan to Ease Road Congestion Struggles to Win Support
• 1-12-19 Frederick News-Post:  Residents share frustrations over rapid growth and development in Frederick -- Workshops scheduled to address balance of growth, infrastructure
• 1-11-19 Marriott International, Downtown Bethesda:  Development Update: Week of Jan. 14, 2019
• 1-11-19 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Purple Line lawsuit is over -- but still causing problems
• 1-11-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Rise in Montgomery Home Prices Among Highest in Region -- Market expected to pick up in spring
• 1-10-19 Source of the Spring blog:  New Lyttonsville Place Bridge Now Open
  • 1-9-19 Montgomery County Government:  Purple Line Transit Partners Has Opened New Lyttonsville Place Bridge; MCDOT to Close Temporary Connection at Stewart Avenue at Noon on Thursday, January 10
• 1-10-19 Montgomery County Sentinel:  Construction for Ripley II project to begin in Silver Spring
• 1-10-19 Federal News Network 1500 AM:  Army says it must hold on to medical research facilities to protect soldiers from disease
• 1-10-19 Military.com:  Tom Philpott's Military Update -- More Than 17,000 Military Medical Jobs Eyed for Elimination
• 1-10-19 Washington Post:  Where We Live -- In this Hamlet, no slings and arrows, but nice homes and English design
• 1-10-19 Washington Post:  Purple Line will open at leaast one year late and delays will cost at least $215 million, contractor says
• 1-10-19 Washington Business Journal:  Amazon will be a magnet for D.C.-area talent, a new survey finds. That's not good news for current employers.
• 1-9-19 Montgomery County Government:  MCDOT Reopens Talbot Avenue Pedestrian Bridge in Silver Spring
• 1-9-19 Washington Business Journal:  Another trophy office building is coming to Bethesda. Take a look at this $300M tower
• 1-9-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Major Gaithersburg Corporate Campus Sold -- Frederick real estate company gets ‘rare development opportunity’ in I-270 tech corridor
• 1-9-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Police Cite Protesters For Disrupting Public Meeting on Cemetery Site -- Church group continues push for memorial at River Road property
• 1-9-19 Defense One:  Pentagon Owns Fewer Buildings Than Previously Thought: Audit
• 1-8-19 MCDOT:  MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES FOR JANUARY 11-18
• 1-8-19 OZY News:  Can He Rehabilitate Wounded Warriors With New Age Medicine? -- Why you should care: Because he’s bringing a new style of medicine to an old-school organization — the U.S. military
• 1-8-19 BISNOW Real Estate News:  Walter Reed Development Team Closes Land Sale, Financing For First 2 Ground-Up Buildings
  • 1-8-19 Washington Business Journal:  Walter Reed developers line up financing for first market-rate projects
• 1-8-19 Bethesda Magazine:  WMAL Bethesda Project Nears Final Approval -- Plans call for 309 homes at former radio tower site near Westfield Montgomery Mall
• 1-5-19 Washington Post:  Ford's futurist, and city planners, try to see past the conventional car
• 1-3-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Pedestrian Safety is Goal of Trust Fund Bill Proposal -- County legislators want to increase the minimum fine for failing to yield at a crosswalk
• 1-3-19 Baltimore Business Journal:  Maryland among states most affected by the government shutdown
• 1-3-19 Washington Post:  Why developers are offering ‘experiences’ to attract suburbanites
• 1-2-19 Washington Post:  This official fulfilled his resolution in 2018 to visit every park in Montgomery County. All 421 of them.
• 1-2-19:  Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) to Hold January 8, 2019 Public Meeting on Draft Environmentl Assessment & Transportation Study for USUHS Expansion
  • 5:00 - 7:00 PM
  • Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda MD
  • Background Info (NOTE: the links in the highlighted notice above are wrong; the following links are accurate):
    • https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/ndw/installations/nsa_bethesda/om/environmental_support/USUExpansion.html
    • https://go.usa.gov/xEcMe
  • Questions?  Contact Ms. Jennifer Steele at navfacwashnepa@navy.mil
• 1-2-19 Bethesda Magazine:  Top Planner Completes Yearlong Tour of 421 Parks -- Anderson visited every county park in 2018, documenting needed upgrades
• 1-1-19 WRC/NBC4 TV:  (VIDEO REPORT)  Plan to Expand Beltway, I-270 in Maryland Sparks Opposition
• 12-19-18 MCDOT:  MD 355 CROSSING PROJECT: PLANNED LANE CLOSURES FOR DEC. 26-27, 2018 AND JAN. 4-11, 2019
   
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