Rockville eyes 12 acre site for conference center deal
Montgomery County pushes a $60 million plan to build a conference center and Marriott run hotel opposite White Flint Metro. The project aims to raise a 7 percent hotel tax to fund initial cash flow with state and county contributions and a private sector loan, with ground breaking in 18 months and opening in 1998.
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Rockville
Flint
Douglas M. Duncan
Rockville Pike
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Duncan
Marriott International
Marriott
Quadrangle Development Corp
Public hearing on housing bond refinancing scheduled
A public hearing to refinance a 6.2 million housing bond will be held Tuesday February 6 at 4 p.m. in the City Department of Housing and Community Development at 615 N Market St. Housing director William duBell said the hearing is standard to hear public comments and that no one will attend. The tax exempt bonds are not city guaranteed, risk lies elsewhere, and 182-unit Orchid Hills at Orchard Way and Hill Street was financed 14 years ago for low to moderate income residents.
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Tey
Nancy Dacek
Michael L. Lubin
Council
Gail Ewing
Duncan
Parris Glendening
City Department of Housing and Community Development
N. Market St
William duBell
Mr. duBell
Orchid Hills
Orchard Way
Hill Street
duBell
Frederick County Tourism Plan Breakfast in Annapolis
The Tourism Council of Frederick County and the county’s State House delegation will host a breakfast in Annapolis to market Frederick as a tourist destination. Jeanne Vasold and John Derr organize the event to highlight Civil War heritage and the planned National Museum for Civil War Medicine. About 300 to 400 officials and lawmakers are expected. Governor may be absent but leaders such as Comptroller Louis Goldstein will attend.
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Tourism Council
Frederick County
State House
Frederick
Jeanne Vasold
John Derr
Ms. Vasold
National Museum For
Vasold
Derr
Loew's
Annapolis Hotel
General Assembly
Louis Goldstein
Voter registration deadline for March primaries nears
Prospective voters have one week to register for the March 5 presidential and congressional primaries. Registration closes Monday Feb 5 at Winchester Hall election board desk until 9 p.m. In-person options include the Motor Vehicle Administration and the Department of Social Services. Mail registrations must be postmarked by Feb 4 and received by Feb 6.
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Election Board
Winchester Hall
Motor Vehicle Administration
Department of Social Services
Preservation panel gets extension for county plan
Frederick County Commissioners granted the Historic Preservation Committee another year to complete the county historic preservation plan. The panel seeks to map historic sites and guide zoning and land use. They cite meeting cancellations due to the blizzard and aim for a June 1997 implementation.
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Frederick County
Historic Preservation Committee
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