Posts tagged Economic Development
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Is Metro accessibility a factor for Northrop Grumman?
Northrop Grumman has narrowed down its headquarters search to two locations, one in a walkable and transit-adjacent area of Ballston, and the other in a generic, car-dependent suburban office park off the Beltway in Fairfax County. Stewart Schwartz of the Coalition for Smarter Growth is urging Northrop to choose Ballston (PDF): I am writing to you in my capacity as Executive… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Building near Metro
Southwest becoming more livable, walkable; Will Grumman be near Metro? Does Leggett know Metro exists?; Tickets getting overturned. Problem?; Battle of the colors; Next up, bottles?; Too much preservation in NYC?; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Where to live, where to build
Houses houses everywhere…; 2030 sprawl?; Bike, Smart Growth bills pass; Post recommends wire-hybrid streetcars; Southwest needs a playground; Rewriting the crazy MoCoZoCo. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bringing in business
No new restaurants?; A fake small town for your office; Chevy Chase against something; O’Malley fights to preserve MTA, not WMATA; VDOT drops “pave the preserve” plan; VA maps bikes; Meet the ambassador; Dots from DDOT?. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Announcements and non-announcements
Metro gets 2nd highest ridership; WMATA doesn’t announce rapes; Trolley tunnel RFP released; East and green?; No minimums in downtown Frederick?; Donuts and death; Some drivers don’t yield even to bunnies. Keep reading…
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5th and I residents get eyesore, DC only gets $60,000/year
On Tuesday, representatives of DC’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) faced tough questions from the Mt. Vernon Square Neighborhood Association about 5th and I. DMPED turned the site into a “temporary” parking lot with zero advance notice to the community after the planned development, the Arts at 5th and Eye, stalled… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: All in the family
Kids + buses = challenge; Dense housing is for families too; I’m on the radio, twice; New daytime parking deal in Adams Morgan; DC gets snow money, Alexandria ha’ sno money; Another tax break; MARC Area’s Really Crowded. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Secrets and plans
Problems aren’t secret, solutions shouldn’t be; Hearing a better snow plan; Town Centers the future of suburbs?; Recycle, really; New Arlington bike map; Them’s the breaks?; Funding runs out at USDOT. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Virginia rails rule
Money train to Lynchburg; VRE gains Gainesville study; Work out on the train; Out of sight but not out of mind; Driver texting?; DC eagerly repeating DC USA; It’s not “your” space. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On a mission
$18M for snow, $1B for railcars; Shovel in Deanwood; Real estate mission delayed; Hoboken fixing parking by improving other modes; LaHood is reading!; No more Lincoln Memorial (or trolley car). Keep reading…