Posts tagged Walmart
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Breakfast links: Running on Empty
Shutdown impact grows; Gray proposes environmental legislation; 3 vie for last PG casino license; Rough day on Metro; Heating plant plans heat up; Fare hike coming?; ICC traffic increasing; Cab drivers file suit; Kilpatrick gets 28 years; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting around
PARK(ing) Day 2013; Go car-free; Crosswalk conundrum; Travel-time signs change minds?; Bike commuting continues to rise; Metro revises exitfare policies; To rent or to own?; White Oak envisioned as new Silicon Valley; DC unchanged since 2011?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New laws
DC Council resumes work; How Downtown DC came to be; Let riders’ voices be heard; Customer value should drive Metrorail; Bike lanes don’t hurt retailers; A restart of sprawl?; Trees illegal in Georgia?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Save money, live better?
Gray vetoes living wage bill; Were job losses exaggerated?; Walmart moves forward with stores; All-night Metrobus service possible; Metro employees protest background checks; Potomac Yard Metro design still unknown; Congestion in the Loudoun sprawl; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The downside
Purple Line would displace homes and businesses; DC Walmart in jeopardy; Vote on housing authority; Metro proposes more bus changes; Go to National Harbor by boat; Japan hops on the maglev train; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Development under the lens
Red Line could close for 6 weeks; How United stadium stacks up; Skyland awaits a decision on Walmart; Too many developers on CTB?; Do parking taxes help development?; Are yard requirements increasing housing costs?; More traffic cameras in Maryland; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Biking for the win
Bike sharing helps close gender gap; Texas cities get it; Metro train kills student; MoCo pedestrian safety; Should DC listen to retailers?; Developer still thinks it’s TOD; HOT lane decision-making; And…. Keep reading…
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Workforce, business development creates jobs, not Walmart
Last week, the DC Council passed an act that requires big box retailers to pay a living wage, and Walmart threatened not to build 3 of 6 planned stores here. Opponents say it’s proof that the Large Retailer Accountability Act will kill jobs, but there are better, proven ways to encourage economic development. Economic development experts know what works: a long term coordinated… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Slow beyond the Beltway
Silver Line delayed; PG dodges water crisis; Clarksburg concerns; 2 die on bikes in Maryland; Steal bike, get stung; Forget statehood, DC goes to Maryland; House not keen on autonomy; The unlicensed show monuments; More retailers oppose wage bill; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Unwanted developments
Wage bill threatens more developments; Mixed-use Safeway causes mixed feelings; Farm-to-table, literally; Enough money for Purple & Red?; ConNeb? Comet Corner?; Can merger save Detroit?; Same story, different places; And…. Keep reading…