Viewpoint: Delays in return to our offices are costing us across the board

The return to the office and revival of in-person collaboration is as much a civic duty to our communities as it is a value proposition to our employees and customers. It may be time for us all — employers, employees and civic leaders — to heed this call to action and commit to it.

As CEO of the Greater Washington Partnership, an alliance of the region’s leading employers from Baltimore to Richmond employing more than 300,000 people, I am proud of the commitment of our business leaders to the success of our companies, downtown corridors and the region’s long-term future.

Since the pandemic’s beginning, business leaders innovated to keep their doors open. As the former CEO of the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, I watched restaurants adapt their entire business model from digital menus to creative outdoor dining options to continue serving customers. Similarly, many of our region’s leading employers, including MedStar Health, Inova Health System, JPMorgan Chase…

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