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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

County Mulls Issuing New RFP for Bethesda Police Station

County officials are "much further behind" than anticipated on the project after developers JBG backed out of a land-swap deal to build the station.

Montgomery County’s Department of General Services may need to issue a new request for proposals for Bethesda’s second district police station after developer JBG backed out of a deal to construct the building. The county is considering several options—among them renovating the aging station at its current Wisconsin Avenue site, looking for a new location to build, and issuing a new RFP, said Greg Ossont, deputy director for DGS's office of planning and development. A decision on how to move forward should be made shortly after the first of the year, Ossont said. “We realize the second district police station is in poor condition,” Ossont said. “It puts us much further behind than we thought we’d be at this point due to JBG pulling out, so…

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Wheaton Small Business Survey Shows Parking Concerns

The survey results will help Montgomery County's Department of Economic Development, as it tries to flesh out a new small business assistance program.

  A survey of small businesses in the Wheaton Urban District found that the top three "immediate business concerns" are parking, rent and safety.  The Wheaton Redevelopment Program, which is part of the county's Department of General Services, conducted the survey in April and May. There was a 36 percent response rate; of the 298 surveys given to businesses, 108 were returned.  Peter McGinnity of the Wheaton Redevelopment Program said the survey will help to inform the county's Department of Economic Development, as it tries to flesh out Bill 6-12. The bill, which was passed earlier this year by the County Council, calls for assistance to small businesses negatively affected by county development projects. The survey showed that the top …

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