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Development plans flood Fairfax, Montgomery counties

The number of construction projects in the works is at the highest level in four years.

Tags: andrew mollenbeck,

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Alexandria council votes 6-1 to rezone waterfront

Tags: Alexandria waterfront,

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Competition for a new FBI headquarters heats up

The FBI headquarters, currently at the Hoover Building in Downtown D.C., will soon be history. The building's condition is deteriorating and security concerns are forcing the Justice Department to look for a new location.

Tags: FBI headquarters, Mark Warner, Tim Kaine, Justice Department, commuters

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Planners ID neighborhoods for targeted development

Dozens of neighborhoods and communities throughout the Washington region are being targeted by planners to serve as hubs of work, housing, transit and entertainment centers.

Tags: Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, sprawl & crawl, growth, Dick Uliano, Mary Hynes, Albert Dobbins, sprawl & crawl

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Montgomery County making bid for FBI headquarters

Montgomery County is the latest jurisdiction to make a bid to host a new headquarters for the FBI.

Tags: FBI headquarters, GSA, federal office buildings

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Downtown neighborhoods enjoying resurgence

Along with other major cities like New York and Chicago, Washington is seeing populations increase in downtown neighborhoods, reversing decades of population losses to the green lawns of the suburbs.

Tags: Census, downtown revitalization

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Bethesda street to close for apartment construction

A street closure near downtown Bethesda is expected to cause headaches for drivers and parkers for almost 2 years.

Tags: Bethesda, Md., Woodmont Avenue, Adam Tuss, The Washington Examiner

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Rivers group assess water-friendly codes in Va.

An analysis of non-tidal Virginia localities that are part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed found wide variations in the adoption of development codes intended to keep sediment and runoff from entering rivers and streams.

Tags: Chesapeake, conservation, river health

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Alexandria Planning Commision OKs controversial plan for West End

Alexandria's Planning Commission approved Wednesday what's known as the Beauregard Small Area Plan, after a public hearing where many residents begged them to reconsider.

Tags: Alexandria City Council, Beauregard Small Area Plan,

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Va. Beach OKs deal to preserve waterfront property

Tags: virginia beach, conservation, oysters, Lynnhaven River, wetlands

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