By Adam Pagnucco. Few industries are more prominent in any local economy than the real estate industry. Consider everything this industry does. Realtors help residents buy and sell homes. Homebuilders…
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MoCo’s New Political Order
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By Adam Pagnucco. From a historical perspective, the most remarkable thing about the passage of Thrive 2050 was not its contents, the pushback against it or its possible impact on…
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Why I Am Not Excited About Thrive
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By Adam Pagnucco. Few issues have been more debated by county leaders and activists over the past three years than Thrive 2050, the long-term growth plan just passed by the…
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Elrich: Maybe We Don’t Need Developers
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, Bethesda Beat reported that County Executive Marc Elrich was seeking a developer to partner with the county on redeveloping White Flint, an area that has…
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Elrich Blasts WMATA Property Tax Break Bill
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of his veto message, County Executive Marc Elrich has once again blasted a bill passed by the county council granting developers at Metro stations…
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Elrich Vetoes WMATA Property Tax Bill
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has vetoed Bill 29-20, which would grant high-rise developers on Metro station projects payments in lieu of taxes in return for 15-year exemptions…
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Huge Demand for COVID-19 Applications
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s COVID-19 assistance application went live today around 3 PM and demand was both immediate and heavy. One applicant who completed the county’s form described the…
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By Adam Pagnucco. At 9:09 PM last night, I published a post on the county’s $20 million COVID-19 small business assistance program noting that no regulations governing its disbursements had…
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Fact, Rumor and Chaos on COVID-19 Assistance
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By Adam Pagnucco. The county has announced via press release that COVID-19 assistance for small businesses will be open for application tomorrow (April 15). But questions arise both from the…
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D.C. Leads MoCo on COVID-19 Grants
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By Adam Pagnucco. As complaints mount on MoCo’s not-yet-functioning process for distributing COVID-19 grants to small businesses, let’s contrast our performance to the District of Columbia. The D.C. City Council…
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