Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The threat of widespread cuts at Silver Spring’s Food and Drug Administration is worrisome to local business owners.
Jewel of India, a hidden gem of a buffet in the Silver Spring neighborhood of Hillandale, stays busy during the week, thanks, in part, to the presence of thousands of federal workers at nearby Food and Drug Administration. The thought of furloughs for some government workers if a deal to prevent the so-called sequestration isn’t reached isn’t a happy one for the dozens of small businesses that populate Hillandale and White Oak, the neighborhoods surrounding the federal agency’s consolidated headquarters. Augustine Gomes, the restaurant’s manager, said 40 percent of his business on any given weekday comes from people working at FDA’s research center near the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and Columbia Pike. There’s a big group of up …
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Economist says the hospital will add jobs to Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties.
Days before the Maryland Health Care Commission prepares to hold a series of evidentiary hearings to determine whether Washington Adventist Hospital will be allowed to move from Takoma Park to White Oak, the hospital released a study that touts its involvement in the turnaround of East Montgomery County. The hospital invited community members to a presentation by Economist Stephen Fuller, Ph.D, on Wednesday, Aug. 3 to hear findings from an economic study. Fuller is Director of the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University. According to Fuller, Adventist’s proposed 48-acre, 249-bed facility would contribute to economic growth in East Montgomery County along with the expansion of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s White…
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The General Services Administration submitted a proposal to expand the unit that provides water to the campus.
The Food and Drug Administration's White Oak campus will expand it's Central Utility Plant, according to documents filed by the County General Services Administration to the National Capital Planning Commission on Oct. 28. (See PDF attached.) The Central Utility Plant (or CUP) provides both hot and cold water to the campus. The proposal states that a 50,000-square feet expansion of the CUP was approved as part of an FDA campus master plan in December of 2009. With an additional 1,100 or so employees expected to begin work at the campus, more room for the CUP was needed. The expansion will take place on the northwest side of the building and will be bordered by trees, according to the recommendation. The Administration's campus maintains …
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Brittany Marie
3:59 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
This really brings home the point of how what happens on the Hill affects us all. more ›