November 3, 2010 1 Comment
Here is another company moving to DC metro. This one is right up my alley, a wireless company.
Alvarion, an Israel-based developer of wireless broadband technology will move its North American headquarters from Silicon Valley to Montgomery County as soon as early next year. Read more of this post
September 28, 2010 Leave a comment
On May 4th, Montgomery County approved a $10B plan to spur the creation of up to 17.5M SF for a new life sciences city, 9,000 new residential units, 52,500 new jobs, and a transit-way that will link the Metro, “Science City” and Clarksburg. In addition to adding to the development potential of Shady Grove, it is designed to lead the County’s economic resurgence with a focus on innovation opportunities for the knowledge economy.
Will this spur the County to be able to compete with likes of Silicon Valley and Research Triangle by drawing new bioscience companies and federal agencies? What’s in it for the biotech community? Read more of this post
July 16, 2010 Leave a comment
Here is another great study I just read on Brookings Institution showing our city of Greater Washington, D.C. is the smartest city in the country. You may say that again! Washingtonians have something others do not: the best-educated population in the nation.
The study totally validates why I founded Awesome DC. Although, it compares DC with other cities in the country, as I pointed out in About section of our site, I am proud to say Washington, D.C. is the smartest city in the world from my own personal experience of having lived and worked in Asia, Middle East, Europe, and of course Awesome DC 
Haven’t been in any of the South American or African Countries yet. Anyone? Read more of this post
April 28, 2010 Leave a comment
by Elias Shams
Indeed President Obama’s passion for the green environment has generated a lot of buzz and excitement internationally. Montgomery County of Maryland just scored two energy company headquarters.
Smart Fuel Cell, based in Germany, moved its North American headquarters to Rockville, MD, and Paris-based power company EDF will move its U.S. headquarters to Chevy Chase, MD in the fall. read more…
April 18, 2010 1 Comment
by Elias Shams
The Dutch based company, Qiagen, a developer of technologies used in bioscience and genomics research plans to expand its North American headquarters in Germantown, adding at least 90 new full-time positions by 2015.
The company is investing $52 million to expand its corporate campus by 117,000 square feet, including both manufacturing and office space. Ground-breaking is expected to take place in the fall, with the project expected to be finished by 2012. read more…
March 10, 2010 2 Comments
by Elias Shams
Thanks again to the collapse of the financial market, our government money printing machine, and companies moving their headquarters to DC, jobs in Washington, D.C. are growing quickly. In 2008, the city produced more in goods and services than almost anywhere in the country.
According to research by Forbes, D.C. and nine other cities (among them: Boston, Los Angeles and a host of metros in Texas) are best surviving the downturn in part because they specialize in industries that are relatively insulated from economic volatility. Federal and state jobs all but guarantee the health of a local economy, and nowhere is there more government-related work than in Washington. The city has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, at 6.2%, and its output amounts to $362.3 billion, more than three times the average for the country’s largest cities. Read more…
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