Speak Out: Is BARC A Good Spot for a New FBI Headquarters?
BARC, Greenbelt Metro's North Core, and Metro's South Core have all been recommended as locations for a new FBI headquarters—and its thousands of jobs.
Councilmember Rodney Roberts told Greenbelt City Council last Tuesday that Prince George's County was trying to lure the F.B.I. into building its headquarters on the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) grounds. Now that the idea is out in the open, what do you think about it? Is it a good idea or is there another Greenbelt or county location that you think would be more fitting? Roberts made it clear to council that he isn't keen on BARC's property being whittled down. But in an interview after the meeting, Roberts said he would love to see the FBI— along with its some 10,000 jobs— take up shop in the South Core of the Greenbelt Metro Station. But he thinks developers want townhomes on the South Core instead. The FBI moving is …
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Donald James
10:26 am on Thursday, June 7, 2012
The security requirements were different when the J. Edgar Hoover building was built. 9/11 brought about a whole different set of security requirements for federal buildings. If you haven't seen what the PG planning department has proposed for the North Core of Greenbelt station if the FBI with their stringent security requirements were to locate there, it was very very little room for any other … more ›