Thursday, April 11, 2013
The lawmakers issued letters to two federal agencies in a joint show of support.
Maryland’s entire congressional delegation has declared its support of Prince George’s County as the new home of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters. The delegation came together this week and issued letters to heads of the FBI and the General Services Administration (GSA) urging the selection of Prince George’s County based on access to public transportation, the high number of federal employees living in the area, and proximity to other federal agencies. Greenbelt's city council voted in favor of supporting the FBI's relocation to a parcel of land near the Greenbelt metro station in January. “We understand that competition for this facility will be fierce among the region’s jurisdictions, but we firmly believe that an …
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Montgomery County will reportedly throw its support behind Prince George's bid.
In late February, Patch reported that Montgomery County was one of a number of suitors seeking to host the new FBI headquarters, alongside Prince George’s County, Fairfax County, Loudon County and the District of Columbia. Montgomery County has apparently chosen not to pursue the project any longer, according to a recent piece in the Washington Business Journal. The General Services Administration told the Journal that it has received three dozen responses to its Request for Information (RFI) which is a method for gauging interest in a project, but Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker told the Journal that Montgomery County was not one of the groups that submitted a response. “Montgomery County has thrown its support to us,” …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The bureau's potential move is shaping up as a battle between Maryland and Virginia, according to the county executive.
Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker told WTOP recently that Greenbelt has the most potential in the county for a new FBI headquarters, saying "we're pushing very hard." But Baker is not alone in the bid for the federal institution: he told the station it's coming down to a battle across the Beltway between Maryland and Virginia. Loudoun County officials are salivating at the prospect of wooing a $1.2 billion complex and nearly 12,000 jobs its way, according to the Washington Post. And some Fairfax County officials have urged the FBI to take up shop in a General Services Administration-owned building next to the Franconia-Springfield Metro station. Facing a long-derided structure that no longer meets its needs, the FBI is …
Monday, June 4, 2012
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 …
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Councilman Roberts urged council to tell the FBI it was not wanted on the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center's grounds.
Point blank, Councilman Rodney Roberts told the Greenbelt City Council Tuesday, "We don't want the FBI at BARC." But according to Roberts, Prince George's County does. If the FBI relocated its headquarters to the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), it would bring thousands of jobs into the county. Facing a long-derided structure that no longer meets its needs, the FBI is considering alternative options, and one of them is relocating, according to the Huffington Post. "Out of nowhere" the county told the Metropolitan Washington Council of Government's Transportation Planning Board, that Roberts sits on, that they needed to do a bridge project on Sunnyside Avenue, according to Roberts. This made him suspicious, he said. Much of …
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Council deliberated on black mold in the community center, a task force on the FBI location, and other local and state issues.
At its last regular meeting Greenbelt City Council took up issues including whether a Greenbelt Community Center HVAC assessment should cover the entire building due to a black mold problem, attempting to get on a task force that will try to attract the FBI to Prince George's County and an ongoing debate over meeting minutes from Jan. 9. VOTING RECORD Feb. 13 Minutes’ Debate For its second consecutive regular meeting council did not approve the minutes from its Jan. 9 regular meeting. The language in question concerns the Jan. 4 work session record of an exchange between Mayor Pro-Tem Emmett Jordan and Councilmember Edward Putens over city committee assignments. Jordan and Putens have different recollections of what happened when they …
Workerbee
3:23 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
OverlyOptimistic and John Crouse have good points. Why are you moving a federal building into an highly populated crime area? Its not going to change anything, the only thing it will do will put the employees at risk. Virginia is a much better option, and plus alot of the federal employees who work at the FBI DO NOT reside in Maryland, they reside in VA and Pennsylvania, as well as Philly. … more ›