{"id":12254,"date":"2020-01-23T12:59:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T17:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=12254"},"modified":"2020-01-23T12:59:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T17:59:48","slug":"alsobrooks-brags-about-beating-moco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=12254","title":{"rendered":"Alsobrooks Brags About Beating MoCo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Adam Pagnucco.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a blast email sent today, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks bragged about a recent Washington Post story<\/a> showing her county pulling ahead of Montgomery County in job creation. The email is reprinted below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prince George\u2019s Overtakes Montgomery as Top Job Creator in Maryland Suburbs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Prince Georgians:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In case you missed it, an article published Monday in the Washington Post<\/a> showed that our County has officially overtaken Montgomery County in terms of job creation for Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2013 to 2018, we added 21,236 jobs in our County,\ngrowing by 7.1%.  That growth secures our\nCounty\u2019s spot as the top job creator for the entire State of Maryland.  I am Prince George\u2019s Proud to say that these\nnumbers confirm what we have been saying, which is that we are the economic\nengine for our State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the article states, our job growth is due in part to\nhonest and effective political leadership in our County over the past several\nyears.  In addition, our County has\naggressively courted businesses by making key investments over several budget\ncycles.  We are not just waiting for\nbusinesses to come, but instead going out and beating the bushes to tell the\nstory of Prince George\u2019s.  These factors,\nplus the strong working relationship that we have with our colleagues on the\nCounty Council, have contributed to a very business-friendly environment in our\nCounty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we maintain the spot as the top job creator for the\nState of Maryland, we will not rest on our laurels.  Over the next several years, we plan to\ncontinue making investments to incentivize businesses to locate to Prince\nGeorge\u2019s County.  Some of our top\npriorities include high-quality dining and amenities, technology companies, and\neven federal government facilities that are looking to relocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also plan to invest in creating what we call the\nDowntowns of Prince George\u2019s.  These are\nareas where we will focus on mixed-use, transit-oriented development to\ncontinue attracting new businesses and growing our commercial tax base.  In the past year alone, we have seen several\nsuccesses with these projects and the investments we have already made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, in the area around the New Carrollton metro,\nKaiser Permanente opened its new regional headquarters last year, and we\nlearned that WMATA plans to move its regional headquarters there as well.  Construction will soon begin on the Carillon\nProject in Largo, which will revitalize the former Boulevard at Capital Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, we broke ground on the Hampton Park Project,\nwhich will replace the former Hampton Park Mall in Capitol Heights.  We\u2019ve already secured several commitments\nfrom businesses to open in this location when construction is done, including\nthe award-winning Ivy City Smokehouse restaurant and a Market Fresh Gourmet\ngrocery store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those are just a few of the accomplishments we had in\n2019 in terms of attracting new businesses and job creation.  You have my commitment that my administration\nwill continue telling our story, making critical investments and attracting new\nbusinesses to create even more jobs over the next several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best is truly yet to come for Prince George\u2019s, and I\nknow that by working together, we\u2019ll have an even better story to tell in the\ncoming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yours in service,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angela Alsobrooks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prince George\u2019s County Executive<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additional Coverage: The Economy is Booming in Prince George’s County<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the Washington Post article, WJLA ran a story discussing the booming economy in Prince George’s County.\u00a0 We have thousands of job openings in the County, and engineering firms like ATCS are excited to be here and hiring now. In case you missed the story from WJLA, watch it online by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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