By Adam Pagnucco. Last May, the county council unanimously approved a $20 million special appropriation from reserves intended to subsidize job creation. The program, titled…
Economy
Do Housing Reforms Matter?
By Adam Pagnucco. Which of the following statements about the Planning Board’s hotly debated Attainable Housing Strategies initiative is true? 1. It will facilitate a…
Yup, We’re Redlined
By Adam Pagnucco. Every now and then, when I program a post for publishing, I know it’s going to throw a rock into the soup. …
By Adam Pagnucco. According to a nationally known real estate writer, Montgomery County and the Maryland D.C. suburbs were just called out at a national…
Will Marriott Keep its County Subsidy?
By Adam Pagnucco. Late last week, travel news site Skift broke the news that Bethesda-based Marriott International had notified its employees of pending layoffs. Later,…
Elrich Wants Us to Be Like Virginia. Really?
By Adam Pagnucco. It won’t be a surprise to Montgomery Perspective readers that County Executive Marc Elrich wants to raise taxes. After all, he has…
By Adam Pagnucco. I will begin this post with three statements. Montgomery County government has no idea how many housing units it has permitted prior…
By Adam Pagnucco. New Census estimates of population in 2023 show slow growth for most of Maryland and the D.C. region. Compared with 2020, population…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last summer, I revealed that the U.S. Census Bureau had been publishing inaccurate data on Montgomery County building permits for years. That…
Office Building Owners Cry Out for Help
By Adam Pagnucco. Besieged by rising office vacancy rates, depressed leasing activity and weak sales, a group of office building owners has commissioned a report…