| JANUARY, 1998 | DEMOGRAPHIC/ECONOMIC
TRENDS |
|---|
| 101 | Pyatt | Bricks and Mortar Built Year's Top Local Business Stories:
MCI, JKC, Nat'l Apt,, Metro Green ∓ Blue |
| 101 | Escobar | DC population Drops
Again--'97 count now 528,964, '96 down to 539,800, hshlds dwn, home sales up |
| 101 | Sanchez | Population Increases Highest in Western States, Nevada,
Arizona, Colorado, Utah |
| 102 | Levine | At Small Protest in Shaw, Convention Center is Big
Problem--called monstrosity |
| 102 | Raspberry | Enemies Won't Help You
Solve Problems--stop pretending all whites are villains--work together |
| 103 | Staff | 6 mos real
estate sales: units up 20% in DC, 13% Alexandria, price up 5%, 7%; down 4% in
Arlington |
| 109 | Williams | Council Seeks to Revive Development Corp Plan--Jarvis
wants National Capital Revitalization Corp. |
| 109 | Pan | (PG County) Waterfront Project
Wins Key Approval along Potomac--green space restrictions eased |
| 110 | Behr | Region's
Jobless Rate Fell to 3.3% in November--2.8% in suburbs, 7.8% in DC; VA:3.4%;
MD:4.5% |
| 110 | Berry | US Closes Out '97 with Big Jobs Gain--4.9% lowest jobless
since '73: payrolls up 3.2 to 123.9 million |
| 112 | Cohn | DC Revenue Survives Loss of
Residents--Affluent Influx helps tax base, says Tax Commission study |
| 117 | Staff | Fairfax
County 6-mos Real Estate: Prices Off 2% to $196K, Units Off 6% to 6400 |
| 118 | Milloy | Some
News Not Fit for a (ML) King: blacks haven't built 'larger cadre of trained, literate, committed
soldiers' |
| 118 | Cropp, Dwight | Performance, Not Race: incensed by locals still
putting race over competence--purveying mediocrity, lethargy |
| 119 | Pyatt | DC Loses
Out When Loses People, No Matter What New Tax Rpt Says--200,000 loss 'staggerng'
(???) |
| 124 | Staff | Montgomery County 6-mos Real Estate Trends: Prices down 1%
to 188K; Units down 4% to 5700 |
| 125 | Editor | Errandlock--75% of car trips are
not commuters; better arterial roads needed to avoid further gridlock |
| 127 | LeDuc | Silver
Spring Revitalization Plan Gets Boost from Glendening--wants to spend $21.5M on
Downtown |
| 128 | Perez-Rivas | Growth Approved for Friendship Heights--Divided
council backs plan for aggressive development |
| FEBRUARY, 1998 |
|---|
| | |
| 201 | King | DC Power--African-Americans
Frustrated by Suspension of Self-governance--not the first time |
| 201 | Fletcher | 30-Year
Changes in DC--region's blacks redefined by education, affluence--half 105K hshlds over
$50K |
| 201 | Carroll | DC's Varied Black Communities Found Common Anthem
after 1968: Majority Status = assertion of self |
| 201 | Finkel | DC Area Landscape:
Perrywood--black middle class moving to Pr. George's by 10K's, for homes,
schools |
| 201 | Battiata | Landscape: U Street, rebuilt after 1968 riots into one of
fifteen 'hippest neighborhoods in US' |
| 201 | Robinson | Reflections on 'Chocolate
City'--huge changes for blacks since 'upheaval of 1968' |
| 201 | Raspberry | DC Future--African
American middle-class must move beyond barrier of 'civil rights inclinations'
(mindset) |
| 206 | Behr | DC Attempts to Win 2000 MCI Jobs from Virginia, but MCI
says planning to build near Dulles |
| 207 | Behr | DC Area Jobless Rate (3.1%)
Lowest Since '90-- DC=7.7%; Fairfax 2.1%; MC 2.4%; Howard 2.8%, PG 4.8% |
| 207 | Staff | PR.
George's County real estate: prices off 3% from 1st half '96; numbers down 15% |
| 207 | Mayer | Minorities (up to 23%), Singles (up to35%) Lifted US Home
Sales--DC prices 18-20% above US norm |
| 207 | Berrry | US Jobless Rate Steady at
4.7%--less educated finding more jobs--'tide finally lifting all boats' |
| 208 | Boasberg | Tale of
Two Convention Centers--DC on brink of repeating a big mistake re new center's proposed
site |
| 209 | Reid | Maryland May Get Higher Gas or Sales Tax--to boost
transportation fund--roads, mass transit, port, etc. |
| 212 | Pyatt | MCI Placed A Wake-up Call to
DC:--by expanding in VA--no DC effective 'outreach' program in place |
| 214 | Williams | Control
Bd Halts Plan for Theme Park on 2 Anacostia River islands--no plans provided--DC Officials
fume |
| 214 | Mayer | 97 Home Sales Up 8.8% Across Area--existing: +11.7%,
new,+ 3.3%: total 77,500--DC up 31% to 5500 |
| 214 | Staff | Prince William 6-mos real estate
sales: numbers up 6% to 1600, median price down 5% to $135K |
| 222 | Booth | Myth of
Melting Pot: is '1 nation indivisible' history? '97-50: White 73-53%, Blk 12-14; Asian 4-8%;
Hisp 11-25 |
| 222 | Allen | VA Lawmakers Push to Fill Tech Jobs--to provide low-cost
training for unfilled jobs via comm colleges |
| 226 | Pyatt | If District Ditches Convention
Center asPlanned, MD and VA are Eager to Fill Void |
| 226 | Eggen | Pr. William Planners Back
$10,200 New House Fee--as part of effort to slow housing growth |
| 226 | Cohn | DC Losing
Longtime (15+yr) Residents--black hshlds to MD--younger, higher-ed, whites moving
in |
| 228 | Staff | 8-mos Real Estate trends '96v'97: DC units +12%, price +3%;
Alexandria +12%, +6%; Arlington +2%, -2% |
| MARCH, 1998 |
|---|
| 301 | Reid | Metro Gets Healthy Dose of
Increased Ridership--subway up 4.8% to 529K/day; bus up 2.5% to 364K |
| 301 | Editor | Just How
Well Off is Fairfax?residential growth is very expensive, wants to trim 10,400 person
gov't |
| 301 | Mayer | Home Buyers Moving In--Sales soar in DC, nearby
suburbs:DC+31%,Arl/Alex+18%,Ffax+6%,MC,+10% |
| 308 | Loeb | Seeking Better View on DC
Waterfront--GSA to rehab Nay Yard with pvt developers--want USMC help |
| 310 | Shear | Fairfax Bd
Considers Face Lift for Blighted Areas--relax some zoning, land-use rules to jump-start revitzn
|
| 312 | Loeb/Wilgoren | Council Plan to Hand Over Economic Development
Powers Criticized--by lone dissenter Ambrose, Ward 6 |
| 314 | Staff | Fairfax Cnty 8-mos real estate
trends--unit sales down 4% to 7703, prices steady at $199K |
| 317 | Wheeler | Ambassadors Start Polishing Golden Triangle--BID
underway 14 wks in 38-block downtown area |
| 318 | Cohn | Those Incredible Growing
Suburbs--area grew 9% in '90s while DC shrank 13%--good statistics |
| 321 | Staff | Montgomery
Cnty 7-mos real estate trends units down 4%; prices down 3%: Potomac/Bethesda
up |
| 324 | Morin | 'Crisis' Among Blacks--Major Changes in Family
Structure--women way ahead of men--only 38% married |
| 325 | Haggerty | Local
Lenders Often Discriminate, Study Shows--two out of five blacks/hispanics rejected for
mortgages |
| 328 | Staff | PG Country real estate 8-mos trends -- sales down 16%, prices
off 4% to $135K |
| 329 | Broder | Where the Engines Are--314 metro areas have 17% land, 80%
popn, 84% jobs, 83% GDP: DRI/McGrawHill |
| APRIL,
1998 | |
|---|
| 402 | Spinner | Developer Pollin Offers $60M Remake of USAirways
Arena--into shops, sports,entertainment complex |
| 402 | Behr | Virginia Leads as Region Gets
$3.2B Bigger Slice of $113.7B Fed Pie: DC,$23B; MD,$37B ;VA$53B |
| 404 | Staff | Prince
William 8-mos Real Estate Trends: unit sales up 3%, prices down 5% |
| 404 | Loose | The Power
Brokers of 14th Street..since 1968 riots, non-profits have taken charge of corridor's
renewal |
| 406 | Pyatt | Pollin's Plan for USA Arena Capital Idea for Pr. George's
remake 'Capital Centre', provide needed shops |
| 406 | Mayer | Home Sales Bloom Across
Region--properties gong fast--often in days--up 15-25% over 1st Qtr last yr |
| 406 | Eggen | Home
Values Stagnant Despite Good Economy--assessments show only slight increase in
VA,MD |
| 408 | Loose | Local Companies Urged to Give More Freely: tell corp
philanthropy summit they'll expand role--good table |
| 411 | Staff | 9-mos real estate trends: DC unit
sales +22%, prices +4%; Arlington +5%,-2%; Alex +18%,+6% |
| 412 | Pierre | MD's
Glendenning Hopes Aid to DC Suburbs Pays Off--$59M more for PG, $88M for Montgomery
County |
| 412 | LawlahOpEd | In Preparation for a Population Boom--MD to have over
1M over 60, 101K over 85 by 2020! |
| 412 | Perez-Rivas | Most new Montgomery
Voters Going Independent--as of 1998: 227K Dems; 127K Reps; 72K Indeps |
| 415 | LeDuc | MD
Suburbs Count Their Winnings--Pr. George's, Montgomery county officials pleased by
Assembly actions |
| 416 | Staff | Metro Washington COG gives new pop'n projections--4167K up
to 5620K by 2020, jobs 2542K up to 3588K |
| 421 | Perez-Rivas | Montgomery Cnty
Duncan Signs Pact for $321M redevelopment of downtown Silver Spring |
| 421 | Fehr | Call Goes
Out to Revitalize Downtown by Millenium--ex-Amtrak Chief Downs to lead Wash Cntr Alliance
|
| 423 | Wilson | Dispute Imperils Bid for 2012 Olympics: leadership infighting
disrupts region's effort |
| 424 | Spinner | National Harbor Project Endorsed--but final approval to await
developer's solutions to traffic problems |
| 425 | Staff | DC Group Proposes Downtown
Ballpark--would be built near MCI Center, Convention Centers |
| 425 | Melton | Virginia's
first Technology Chief (Don Upson) to Be from North VA |
| 426 | Warfield ltr | Make
Arlington More Family-Friendly--more important to preserve middle class than low-income
housing |
| 426 | Spinner | Both Sides Deny Harbor Project Debate Racial--$1B
entertainment/retail/dining complex vs mom/pop shops |
| MAY,
1998 |
|---|
| 501 | Vise | Appleseed Center Releases Report Saying DC Has Lost 26,000
Federal Jobs since 1980. |
| 502 | Editor | A New Harbor on the Potomac--'National Harbor' is statement
that Pr. George's is 'open for business' |
| 503 | Chinoy | Low-Income Players Feed
Lottery Cash Cow--shows highest $ sales in lowest income ZIP codes--97 data |
| 504 | Pyatt | High
Tech Has Home in Pr. George's--dozens of small firms, 10 fed research agencies already
there |
| 506 | Editor | Choke Point for the Region--May 28th conference not
enough--mere talk doesn't get people anywhere |
| 509 | Berry | US Jobless Rate Hits 28-yr
Low--down from 4.7% to 4.3% in April to 5.9M--44% out of work 5wks or less |
| 509 | Behr | DC
Jobless Up to 9.3%, MD down to 4.6, VA down to 3.3--DC workforce over 608K, losses due to
govt jobs |
| 509 | Staff | 9 Mos Pr. George's Real Estate Trends: numbers down 15% to
6380, price down 4% to $134.9K |
| 512 | Perez-Rivas | Zoning Official Endorses
North Bethesda hotel/conf center complex--counts on road improvements |
| 515 | Staff | Ward 4
Profile: pop'n -12% in 6 yrs; 78% black; 85% Dem;36% gov't wkrs; 53% turnout; 19% kids
privschls |
| 516 | Staff | 9-mos real estate sales in Fairfax County--unit sales (8788) and
prices ($197K) down 1% |
| 518 | Behr | Tracking Local Economy:inflation, jobless below nat'l avg; job
growth par; 80% new jobs in services |
| 518 | Swoboda | The Sky's the Limit:
Region's Airports are Teeming Business Centers--Profits Taking Off too--not for
DC! |
| 518 | Pyatt | Help Wanted in DC--for failing job market--9+% DC jobless, vs
3-% in suburbs: (low) skills don't match jobs |
| 520 | Staff | Too Many Teen/Single
Moms--2/3rd babies illigit.; 1/6th moms under 20--Feds offer $20M to biggest
drop |
| 521 | Staff | Ward 8 Profile: -19% pop'n; 90% blk;86% Dem; 45% govt
wkrs; 44% turnout; 94% Barry;10% kids pvt schl |
| 526 | Hull | In Outer Suburbs, Name of the
Game is Children: 60% married, 45% w/kids--DC: 29% married; 25% w/kids |
| 528 | Loeb/Deane | Survey Finds Optimism Re DC's Future: 75% blks, 72%
wht optimistic; 38%blk,29%wht say on right track |
| 530 | Staff | 11-mos real estate trends, Faifax:
numbers hold at 10,500, avg price down 1% to $196K |
| 531 | Staff | Ward 7 Profile: -19% pop'n; 96%
blk; 87% Dem; 45% govt wkrs, 49% turnout; 86% Barry; 7% kids pvt schl |
| JUNE, 1998 | |
|---|
| 601 | Behr | Case of
Disappearing DC Taxpayers: 20.3K move in v 25.5K out, 1.49 v 1.73 fam size, $30.4K v $34.8K
avg inc. |
| 604 | Staff | Ward 1 Profile: -10% pop'n; 49% blk; 76%Dem; 23% govt wkrs; 42% turnout;
51% Barry; 12% kids pvt schl |
| 605 | Haggerty | Ritz-Carlton to Return to DC--with hotel as
anchor for mixed-use 1-block project in 'West End' (22 and MSt) |
| 606 | Behr | Joblessness
Fades in DC Suburbs: 2.2% overall, 1.9% NoVA; 2.2% Montgomery Cnty; 8.3% in
DC |
| 606 | Staff | 11-month Montgomery Cnty real estate trends: units sold down 5% to 9260, price
down 3% to $186.5K |
| 606 | Smart | (Labor Dept) Report Finds US Economy Still
Strong--4.3% jobless lowest since 1970--adding 300K jobs/mos |
| 608 | Twomey | As
District Comes Back, so Does Sarah--optimism over city lures back the young, childless, and
professional |
| 611 | Staff | Ward 3 Profile: -4% pop'n; 5% blk; 65%Dem;
20% govt wkrs; 58% turnout; 7% Barry; 65% kids pvt schl |
| 611 | Loeb | For
Washington, a Positive Mark of Distinction: Money Mag. names DC area "best place to live in
NE USA" |
| 612 | Staff | PG County Exec Curry Laments Lack of Economic
Development Funds in newly approved MD budget |
| 613 | Staff | Prince Wm
County 11-mos real estate trends: sales down 13%, median price down 27% |
| 614 | Utt | The Mirage of
Megaplax Development--questionable economic contribution to shrinking base of
residents |
| 615 | Editor | Another Go At Potomac Yard--300 acre
development must balance residential, business wishes |
| 615 | Haggerty | Commercial Construction in DC Area Surged in '97--473 new projects valued at
$1.8B=banner year, says COG |
| 619 | Editor | Luring High Tech Here--region has potential to
attract many more businesses, but gotta offer more than tax cuts |
| 622 | Mills | Call of the
Dialing Dollars--Chairmen of MCI,WorldCom Talk Merger, plans to train 2000 for DC
jobs |
| 623 | Haggerty | Ground-breaking Week for DC--3 office bldgs to rise on spec S of old Convention
Center, 4000 wkr spaces |
| 624 | Editor | Downtown is Looking Up--ec development
up--Congress should avoid back-door schemes to derail plans |
| 624 | Pererz-Rivas | Rockville Pike Project Approved: Montgomery Council backs (6/3) rezoning for
(small) convention center |
| 625 | Staff | Ward 5 Profile: -10% pop'n; 89% blk; 86%Dem;
37% govt wkrs; 48% turnout; 78% Barry; 13% kids pvt schl |
| 629 | Pyatt | A 'Living
Downtown' Needs Places To Live: downtown ec development OK--housing is missing
element |
| 630 | Wilson/Heath | DC Joins Baltimore in bid for 2012
Olympics--Barry/Schmoke each appoint 5 bd mbrs execs pledge $500K |
| JULY, 1998 |
|---|
| 703 | Berry | National Jobless Rate Climbed
to 4.5% in June (frm 4.3% low), despite 205K payroll job gains |
| 704 | Staff | Montgomery
Cnty Real Estate Trends ('96-'97) house sales up 10% to 10K, median price up 3% to
$185K |
| 705 | Editor | Let the Games Begin--no better place than
Washington/Baltimore for 2012 Olympic Games--decide in 2002 |
| 706 | Pyatt | Tale of Two
Cities and One Big Opportunity--two cities' businessmen working together is key for region
|
| 707 | Segal | DC's Law Firms Scramble to Recruit as workload
intensifies--revenues up 11% to $2.1B, profits up 10% to 859M |
| 708 | Wheeler | Ward 6
Profile: -19%pop'n; 69% blk; 81% Dem; 37% govt wkrs; 46% turnout; 62% Barry; 12% kids pvt
schl |
| 709 | Editor | More Flights at National?--shouldn't let whims and travel plans
of key lawmakers upset air traffic patterns |
| 711 | Lelen | Moving Up In SE DC--1128
new homes, low cost/int rates revitalizing Ward 7,8--replacing empty pub housing |
| 711 | Reid | Senator
McCain Softens Stand on Flights at National--wont hold up appointments, funding |
| 713 | Vise/Evans | Convention Center to Get Backing of DC Control
Board--plans to help expedite giant bldg: Moran approves |
| 714 | Evans | Control
Board Endorses Conv. Center; Foes Say They're Being Silenced--Davis, Norton ignore
opponents |
| 715 | Evans | GAO Says Convention Center Costs Rise--estimating 9%
Increase to $708M--Davis, Norton will scrutinize |
| 715 | Fehr | Flight Plan for National Taking
Off--operating at only 80% of capacity--opponents worry over noise, safety |
| 718 | Staff | Prince
George's real estate trends for '97: sales down 22% to 8100; prices down 4% to
$133K |
| 718 | Wheeler | Celebrating the Civil War's Forgotten Ones--Statue of Back
Troops to be Unveiled at U St/Cardozza Metro |
| 719 | Reid | In MD, End of Red Line
Beginning for Glenmont: last metro station to open--route reshaped Montgomery
Cnty |
| 719 | Pyatt | Throwing Cold Water on Plans for New Convention
Center--crucial $ questions remain--like ground water |
| 724 | Eggen | Washington Region Leads
Nation in Housing Growth--330K bldg permits in '90s beats LA, Atlanta, NY,
Chicago |
| 725 | Staff | Fairfax County '97 Real Estate Trends: total sales up 2% to
11500, price down 0.5% to $195K |
| 725 | Lewis | Latest Downtown Silver Spring
Plan Shows Considerable Promise--new commercial/civic town center |
| AUGUST, 1998 |
|---|
| 806 | Behr | DC Makes Local Jobs Its Business--marketing
project aims to lure firms...pushed by DCDHCD's Monteilh |
| 808 | Behr | Jobless Rate
Up Slightly in DC Area frm 8.1% to 9.0%: 612K jobs in DC; govt jobs 227K down 3% in
year |
| 808 | Berry | US Jobless Rate Unchanged in July at 4.5%--131.1M employed, down
300K--66.9% of working age popn |
| 813 | Ginsberg | Suburban Firms Turn to City for
Workers--inner city workers have 90% retention vs 60% nationwide |
| 816 | Kendall (BoT) | Build More Roads and Bridges Too--BdofTrade urges DC,VA and MD to back
new MWRegTransAct |
| 818 | Melton | VA's Gov. Gilmore on Wave of Good Cash
Flow--expects to fulfill tax cut, hire 3400 more teachers |
| 818 | Babington | Democrats Hedging on MD tax cut being pushed by Gov candidate
Sauerbrey |
| 819 | Baker | MD Dem Gov Glendening May offer Tax Cut to
Maryland, to counter plan by Rep challenger, Sauerbrey |
| 822 | Montgomery | Funding of DC Convention Center Challenged: Shaw activists sue over use of
improperly collected taxes |
| 822 | Lelen | Local Housing Sales Volume Up Across the
Region--DC:+48%, Montgomery Cnty: +30%, Fairfax: +34% |
| 822 | Editor | To Get The
Region Moving: DoT providing valuable assistance to get region working together on
plans |
| 829 | Staff | Fairfax County real estate trends Jan-Feb '97 vs '98: volume up 23% to 1338,
price steady at $185K |
| 831 | Cohn | Lives Transplanted, Region Transformed--350K+
immigrants since '83--16% pop'n from 180 countries |
| SEPTEMBER, 1998 |
|---|
| 907 | Pyatt | Can 'Rising Tide Initiative' Lift
DC's Economy?--do big businesses need tax credit to relocate in DC? |
| 910 | Montgomery | Ward 8 Residents Lose Their Last (41-yr old Safeway)
Supermarket--nearest 2 miles away in PG Cnty |
| 912 | Lelen | Stock Slide Trims Area Home
Sales in $400K+ Category--lack of down payment, collateral |
| 912 | Staff | Montgomery
Cnty real estate trends 1Q98: sales up 3% to 2140; price down 6% to $182K frm
1Q97. |
| 914 | Behr | Tech Industries Rival Fed Work Force in Region--shaping up as
'Info/comm cluster'--328K v 340K fed wkrs |
| 919 | Havemann | Cambridge, Mass Gets
Economic Boom--as rent controls end, poorer pay price--only 4 states,DC remain |
| 921 | Behr | For a
New Mayor--an Old Problem--DC's chronic unemployment (24K) almost 3x metro
avg |
| 923 | Staff | Council Tries to Prevent SE Supermarket from Closing--by
emergency legislation extending notice period |
| 925 | Vise/Williams | Control Bd Wants More
Work on Bill to Block Ward 8 Safeway Closure (no financial impact statement) |
| 925 | Wheeler | Historic Proposal for Shaw--proponents urge new 36-block
preservation area for black's 'U St Corridor' |
| 925 | Vobejda | Poverty Falls as US Median
Hshld Inc Up to $37K: (PovLev $16.4K); Asians $45.2K; Whts $39K; Blks $25.0K
|
| 925 | Spinner/Reid | Metro's Greenbelt Complex on Track--huge new
investments planned at MD subway stops--little in DC |
| 926 | Editor | Wrong Way on Safeway--DC
Council errs seriously in trying to halt closing of non-profitable SE supermkt |
| 926 | Staff | Prince
George's County real estate trends--1Q98: sales up 15% to 2141, price down 6% to $132K over
1Q97 |
| 928 | Pyatt | DC Council's Chilling Message to Safeway and Other
Businesses--better way needs to be found |
| 930 | Staff | PG County High Tech Jobs Surge
to 33.5K in 837 firms, 2nd only to Montgomery with 2104 firms |
| 930 | Haggerty | Gas
Assn Moving (2 mi?) from Rosslyn VA to DC--to gets its 120 employees closer to Hill,
regulators |
| OCTOBER, 1998 |
|---|
| 1002 | Barr | Funding Bill
for Treasury, USPS, Gen Gov't Opns Stalled, Revealing GOP split--13 spending bills
stuck |
| 1005 | Bus
Times | CarrAmerica Creates DC Unit to Develop Offices--to cater to
clients wanting more downtown offices |
| 1007 | Vise | Economist
O'Cleireacain Warns of Weakness in DC Recovery--urges changes in fiscal, labor
policies |
| 1009 | Sipress | New Flights At National Opposed---Gingrich
stand makes increase pushed by McCain less likely |
| 1010 | Staff | Montgomery
County 4 mos real estate trends: units up 7% to 3120, price down 7% to $181K for 4 mos
98 |
| 1012 | Editor | Discovery in Silver Spring--downtown revival suddenly within reach--due to
AmFilm Inst, Discovery Comm. |
| 1012 | Bus Times | High Tech Firms Defend Pursuit of Foreign
Workers--pushing INS to relax visa caps claim labor shortage |
| 1012 | Haggerty | Rennovation Blues--Upgrading downtown office bldg to force out tenants paying
$18 v normal $40/sqft |
| 1017 | Staff | Prince William County 4-mos real estate
trends--sales up 22% to 858, price down 5% to $130K |
| 1024 | Staff | PG County
4-mos real estate trends: sales up 6% to 2920 units; prices down 6% to $132K |
| 1028 | Fehr | An Alliance
No More: Downtown Group Splits, chairman quits--office rent at $45 or living rent at $20/sqft
? |
| 1030 | Constable | Civil Rights Group Pans DC--too few Latinos (624) among city workers (35,415!)
claim to be 10% of DC pop'n |
| 1030 | Shear | Congress Allows Land Swap--would give family
OK to develop Lorton, in return for Mason Neck sanctuary |
| 1031 | Staff | Howard
County 5-mos real estate trends: sales up 9% to 1621, price up 1% to $171.2K |
| NOVEMBER, 1998 | |
|---|
| 1102 | Cohn | A Different
DC Goes to Polls--shift gives more power to whites, affluents; blacks below 62%, more
diverse |
| 1106 | Berry | Jobless Rate Flat at 4.6%--despite lower than expected job growth--average hourly
wage $12.88 |
| 1107 | Staff | Loundon County 5 mos real estate trends sales up
11% to 1784; price up 3% to $195K |
| 1108 | Behr/Vise | Ec Growth Plan in Works for DC--Williams,
Control Bd target 6 neighborhoods--along Capitol St/7thSt axis |
| 1110 | Leibovich | AOL
Makes New Connections with Local Industry--CEO Steve Case helps boost region
hi-tech |
| 1112 | Behr/Vise | DC Plan Envisions New Ec
Incentives--business, civic leaders plan big with DC gov't DHCD Monteilh |
| 1112 | Morley | From
Parking Lot to Park--after 20 yrs, prospects up for spruced-up 10-acre park along Potomac in
G'town. |
| 1113 | Vise/Behr | Williams Plans Tax Cuts for Small
Businesses--pushes hi-tech private sector w/neighborhood focus |
| 1114 | Roberts | DC
Business is Beaming--Mayor-elect lights up Chamber of Commerce faces--promises tax cuts,
etc. |
| 1116 | Pyatt | (economic ) Plans Grow on Trees, But Don't Get to the Root (neglected
neighborhoods non-downtown) |
| 1116 | Cohn | 1 in 3 (Metro) Area Households Headed by
Women--rate growing everywhere but declining in DC |
| 1119 | Behr | DC's
Phantom Contracts--study surprised to find federal impact way overstated--$1.4M v 'official'
$4.2M |
| 1119 | Saulny | Curry Paints Rosy Prince George's in State of the
County Address--ahead in education, crime, economics |
| 1121 | Staff | 5-mos Prince
Williams real estate trends: sales up 21% to 1191, price down 4% to $132K |
| 1127 | Staff | Census
Promotes Public Awareness--help get people counted--1990 may have missed 21K
minorities |
| 1128 | Staff | 5-mos PG real estate trends: sales up 6% to 3685
units, price down 6% to $131K |
| DECEMBER, 1998 |
|---|
| 1201 | Behr | DC Moves
to Grab Share of Tech Boom--form a Tech Council to promote NoMa area S of NYAve,
Wof1stSt |
| 1205 | Berry | US Jobless Rate Falls--Layoffs offset by hiring--US down to
4.4%; DC up to 9%, MD, 4.1%, VA, 3.1% |
| 1205 | Staff | Montgomery Cnty 6-mos real
estate trends: unit sales up 9% to 5417, price down 6% to $183.9K |
| 1206 | Williams | Environmental Issues Aired in DC--Norton urges
redevelopment of urban areas at 'summit' meeting |
| 1206 | Leibovich | Digital Capital Emerges on
Potomac--327K jobs:52% VA, 39.4% MD; 8.6% DC--DC below 4.3% nat avg |
| 1207 | Behr/Weeks | Dreams Give Rise to an Industry--Technology Inc--how
the region embraced innovation---w/fed help |
| 1207 | Pyatt | As for NoMa Triangle: Try
Measuring Downside--should await Council's coming Comprehensive Plan |
| 1208 | Henry | Extending
an Entrepreneurial Helping Hand--Washington's Investing 'Angels' help new
companies |
| 1208 | Cottman | Williams Urges DC/University Partnerships--to help
revitalize run-down areas of DC (like Howard U plan) |
| 1209 | Wilson | Montgomery Leaders Split on
Transit Plans--some want 'light rail' line parallel to Beltway further out |
| 1211 | Shear | Marriott to
Build New Offices--plans spark contest among area counties--new headquarters for 3000
wkrs |
| 1214 | Pyatt | Supermarkets Need Some Fresh DC Addresses--groceries a basic
necessity--equal access needed |
| 1215 | Lipton | 11th Hour Debate on 'Vibrant'
Downtown--outgoing Council may restore plan's housing incentives |
| 1215 | Wilson | MD
Urged to Offer More to Keep Marriott Headquarters with 3000 jobs--might move to VA (not
DC!) |
| 1216 | Lipton | Blueprint for Building Better Capital City--Council Plan seeks
more jobs, housing, hotels, downtown, elsewhere |
| 1218 | Behr | Technology Firm (Qwest Com
Inc) Picks City Site at NY/Fla Ave for switching terminals--'few dozen jobs' |
| 1219 | Staff | DC Area
1997 real estate trends: DC sales up 23%, price +6%; Alexandria sales up 24%, price +8% for
yr |
| 1221 | Editor | The Real 'Plan' for DC--contains many good features, but new
mayor, Council should 'take a fresh look' |
| 1221 | Pyatt | Ad Hoc Planning No Planning at
All:--last minute changes favor non-residential uses; NY Ave plans ignored |
| 1228 | Behr (cont) | New
Year Brings New Problems--Bd of Trade Potomac Conf to focus on regionalizing future ec
growth |
| 1231 | Cohn | DC Population Loss Eases Again in '98--Census claims only
6800 net loss: MD pop'n up 40K, VA up 54K |
| 1231 | Haggerty | Area Office Bldg Sales Soar
(to $4.5B)--300M sqft tot--DC=$2.1B, @$210/sqft v Md @$122, VA @$162/sqft |
