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Tales Of Two Cities: HoCo EDA Chief Becomes AA Exec
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Tales Of Two Cities. A blog about stuff around here. Ellicott City and Columbia, MD. Thursday, February 21, 2013. HoCo EDA Chief Becomes AA Exec. After three rounds of balloting tonight, Laura Neuman. The CEO of the HoCo Economic Development Authority was elected to fill out the remainder of John Leopolds term. As Anne Arundel county exec. Many AA politico observers. Shortly after the vote Allison Bourg. The top three candidates were thought to be Delegate Steve Shuh. Former first lady Kendel Ehrlich.
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Tales Of Two Cities: Beans Last Days
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Tales Of Two Cities. A blog about stuff around here. Ellicott City and Columbia, MD. Thursday, May 09, 2013. Thirteen years ago, at The Rouse Company annual shareholders meeting, Tony Deering. Announced that catalog retailer LL Bean. Despite this corporate silliness. LL Bean opened its. Store in May of 2001, a few months after Tysons Corner. This Sunday, after twelve years selling khakis and canoes to HoCo locos, the. Of the old main entrance. Announced that catalog retailer LL Bean. LL Bean opened its.
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Tales Of Two Cities: Spring Fever
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Tales Of Two Cities. A blog about stuff around here. Ellicott City and Columbia, MD. Wednesday, April 24, 2013. The blog has slipped down my priority list lately. It’s not that I don’t have the time is just that I've chosen to spend that time differently. For instance, Mama Wordbones and I spent the last five weeks binge watching Homeland. Wilde Lake Village Center. There is more to come too, with at least two more projects being announced in downtown. Before the summer is over. Columbia Gateway has 4,18...
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Tales Of Two Cities: Growler Guy
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Tales Of Two Cities. A blog about stuff around here. Ellicott City and Columbia, MD. Monday, May 06, 2013. Beer is best when it’s fresh from the tap and one of the best ways to enjoy that freshness at home is the beer growler. Last year the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation. To allow HoCo restaurants and liquor stores to sell draft beers in growlers. Less than one year later I've become a regular growler guy. Growlers are also one of the best ways to enjoy the seemingly endless. He’s ...
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Tales Of Two Cities: The North Pole In Ellicott City
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Tales Of Two Cities. A blog about stuff around here. Ellicott City and Columbia, MD. Saturday, December 09, 2006. The North Pole In Ellicott City. If you have never visited Mumbles and Squeaks Toy Shoppe. In Ellicott City, you are missing one of the best toy stores around. Two years ago The Washington Post. Even did a story on the place in their "You Haven't Lived Here If You Haven't." series. If Santa is looking for something beyond the standard fare found in the national chains, this is the place to go.
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Tales Of Two Cities: Jim Rouse Was Not an Oracle
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Tales Of Two Cities. A blog about stuff around here. Ellicott City and Columbia, MD. Friday, October 30, 2009. Jim Rouse Was Not an Oracle. Photo Credit: City Paper. Was the chief architect for Columbia in the early years. He worked at Jim Rouse’s. Side as Columbia took shape on the farm lands of Howard County. Recently he remarked to me that he never heard Jim use the word “vision.”. You’d never know that by listening to the debate over General Growths. Redevelopment plans for Columbia Town Center.
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Tales Of Two Cities: Rain Clouds
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Tales Of Two Cities. A blog about stuff around here. Ellicott City and Columbia, MD. Tuesday, May 07, 2013. Rain Nobody seems to be enjoying the rain. Today It doesn't help that its cold too, at least for May. I was thinking about this as I drove from The Mall back to my office. I think it’s doomed. What started with grumbling on the fringes of the left and the right is now becoming a bipartisan backlash. The lefties. Came out against it. But when a prominent Dem like city councilperson Mary Pat Clarke.
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Tales Of Two Cities: In This Months Business Monthly
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Tales Of Two Cities. A blog about stuff around here. Ellicott City and Columbia, MD. Wednesday, May 08, 2013. In This Months Business Monthly. When my family moved into the Bryant Woods neighborhood in. In the summer of 1968 there were model homes on our cul de sac making it a regular stop for the. Tour buses. There was 7-11 store nearby with a snack bar but the real action was up at the. Where, in addition to a grocery store, there was a butcher. A bookstore, a cheese. For some residents of. Though came...
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Tales Of Two Cities: On the Fringe of a Boomtown
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Tales Of Two Cities. A blog about stuff around here. Ellicott City and Columbia, MD. Wednesday, May 01, 2013. On the Fringe of a Boomtown. Bloomberg recently ranked the Top 12 American Boomtowns. The business editors “sorted through U.S. Census data for metropolitan areas to rank those with the greatest population growth, then scored areas on growth in gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation.”. A quick calculation using Google Earth puts Round Rock about 16.5 miles from. As the crow flies. They sh...
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Tales Of Two Cities: Captain of the Dream Team
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Tales Of Two Cities. A blog about stuff around here. Ellicott City and Columbia, MD. Saturday, January 14, 2012. Captain of the Dream Team. In the sixties, as. Began to take form in the farm fields of HoCo,. Joined The Rouse Company as part of the. Design team. He was hired to master plan Symphony Woods but soon found himself working on The Mall instead. Forty some years later, he’s getting the chance to finish. What he never really got started. Mike Reimer and Monk Askew. 8217;s central park. Actually, ...
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