David Leavy, the chief corporate operations and communications officer for Discovery Communications, told Bezos that he should not consider Discovery’s decision to move as a knock against Maryland. “I’m happy to champion Montgomery County whether it’s to Amazon or anybody else.” Leavy said.
The article also states that the former White Flint location is believed to be among the prospective sites. Leavy does not think that MoCo included the old Discovery space in their bid.
The MoCoShow and MoCoSnow will be teaming up with Koa Sports to host a “Best Shooter in MoCo Competition” on Saturday, March 24th at 4pm.
We will have 3 different age groups:
Bloomberg L.P.’s Tyler Cowen writes about the differences between the three D.C. area finalists (Washington D.C., Northern Virginia, and Montgomery County, mentioning Silver Spring and White Flint as examples of potential landing spots for the new Amazon headquarters.
He notes that even though the distance between NoVa and D.C. is similar to the distance between MoCo and D.C., the commute is made much easier by the public transit available in MoCo.
I called the Crown location in Gaithersburg to confirm and ask about their future. They were able to confirm the closing and told me there’s no plan to close the Gaithersburg location.
Any time you see/hear the terms “North Bethesda” or “North Potomac” you know a “You mean Rockville/Gaithersburg?” comment is not too far behind.
Staples on Georgia Avenue has closed permanently (Silver Spring).
After 41 years, Seneca Valley held the last sporting event at the stadium last Thursday (Germantown).