WTOP: Woodmore Towne Centre in Prince George’s County, Maryland — one of the largest open-air shopping centers in the D.C. region — has signed more tenants at the property that is already more than 90% […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: Eating cereal has long been considered a breakfast activity, but D.C.-area author and entrepreneur Brandi Forte and her partner, Noel Warner, have taken the morning meal to an all-day experience with the opening […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: The first annual MBE (Minority Business Enterprise) Advocacy Day in Prince George’s County, Maryland, will take place on March 28 in downtown Largo at the Wayne K. Curry Administration Building from 9 a.m. […]
WTOP: Prepared meals and meal kit delivery company Home Chef will open its fourth production facility and its first on the East Coast in Baltimore, Maryland, this summer. The Chicago-based company said the 170,000-square-foot production facility, at […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: D.C.’s Department of Small and Local Business Development announced the launch of the 2023 Dream Pitch Program. The program, in its sixth year, will be conducted by DSLBD in concert with the Department […]
HYATTSVILLE WIRE: Wawa is coming back to College Park after a 16-year absence. The Pennsylvania-based chain of convenience-store-slash-eateries will open a new location at 10050 Baltimore Ave., next to the College Park Ikea store. The 4,736-square-foot […]
WTOP: Unemployment rates rose in seven states, including Virginia. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says the unemployment rate in Virginia was 3.0%, rising from 2.8% in November, but still lower than 3.3% a year […]
HYATTSVILLE WIRE: A new coworking space opened in Hyattsville on Saturday. Located at 4318 Hamilton St., just behind Polka Dot Park, the Hyattsville Business Center features a 1,459-square-foot work area and a 356-square-foot private kitchenette. The business center […]
HYATTSVILE WIRE: After holding a soft-launch today, Manifest Bread in Riverdale Park will officially open to the public on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Located at 6208 Rhode Island Ave. next to the former home of Banana Blossom Bistro, the […]
WASHINGTON POST: Prince George’s County’s incoming council has launched its new legislative agenda, halting decisions made by the previous council and eliciting concerns about a changing vision for development. In some of their first moves […]
HYATTSVILLE WIRE: An artsy new apartment building is coming to the area around the West Hyattsville Metro station. Gilbane Development Co. is planning a five-story building with first-floor retail space and a parking garage that would open […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: D.C.’s unemployment rate fell to its lowest rate in over four decades in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau’s latest statistics show that the city’s jobless rate stood at […]
WTOP: Within the next year, the city of Bowie, Maryland, is set to take ownership of a horse racetrack that was once a jewel in the industry. The track later became a training center, but […]
WTOP: D.C. software company BuildWithin has been awarded the Apprenticeship Building America grant through a federal program aimed at creating more apprenticeship programs across the country. The company plans to create 10,000 apprenticeships for unemployed or underemployed […]
Hyattsville Wire: College Park is moving ahead on a project to build shops and apartments on a stretch of land off Campus Drive near the airport. Known as “Aviation Landing,” the 1.3 million-square-foot project will […]
WTOP: D.C.’s newest museum is an illusion. Actually, it is dozens of them. The Museum of Illusions will open Dec. 13 at CityCenterDC by the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro. The museum has more than 50 exhibits, many of them […]
HYATTSVILLE WIRE: Construction is underway on a long-delayed Peruvian chicken restaurant coming to an empty building at the northern edge of Hyattsville’s Arts District. Suya’s Pollo a la Brasa, owned by Takoma Park resident Patrick […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: D.C. has the highest unemployment rate in the nation when compared with states, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The city’s jobless rate in September was 4.7%, WTOP reported. By comparison, Minnesota had […]
Washington Informer: Wow. What a difference a year makes! Last summer we were still in the grips of COVID-19, inflation was tame and 30-year mortgage rates were around 3%. As of September 1, 2022 average […]
The Prince George’s County Council unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would give some of the Maryland county’s older residents a 20% property tax credit. According to the legislation, residents 65 years old or older […]
April Richardson’s eatery, Ninety Ten by DC Sweet Potato Cake Bakery & Cafe, opened Tuesday in downtown Washington, close to Farragut Park, to a crowd of roughly 50 people including D.C. Deputy Mayor of Planning […]
There are new conceptual images of a massive redevelopment adjacent to Union Station that has been 20 years in the making. Developer Akridge released the images of the planned Burnham Place development as part of […]
