News Reports (Scroll Down for Latest)

December 17, 2008: (Gazette) 'Science City' Draft Details Jobs, Housing

Jan 7, 2009: (Gazette) Group calls for more Reasonable version of Science City

Jan 28, 2009 Letter:( Gazette) A Plea for Common Sense Growth

Jan 28, 2009: (Gazette) Small Biotech Companies falling ill

Feb 9, 2009 (Bus. Week) Should States be providing Venture Capital?

Feb 18, 2009: (Gazette) Belward Farm is at the Heart of 'Science City' Debate

Feb 25, 2009 (NY Times): FDA is Core of New Bio-Tech Development in White Oak

Feb 25, 2009 Letter: (Gazette) Tying higher density to cure for cancer

Mar 4, 2009 Letter: (Gazette) "Build it and they will come" approach

March 23, 2009: (Bus. Week) Drug Company Mergers Cut R&D Budgets

March 25, 2009:(Gazette) Questions, Alternatives before Planning Board Hearing

March 26, 2009 (Potomac Almanac) Concerns Mount over Science City

April 5, 2009 (Wash Post) Letter: Belward Farm and the GWMP

April 22, 2009 (Gazette) Rockville, Gaithersburg Question Density and Transportation Plan

May 20, 2009 (Gazette) Planners see big hurdles, hear from RRD, on Science City Plan

6/10/09 (Wash Post) Policy Change Proposal Ups Density, Lowers Developers Fees

6/17/09 (Gazette) Biotech Builders Fail to Sway Board

6/19/09 (WashBizJournal): Nearly 1 Million sq ft of Empty Biotech Space on I-270 corridor

7/17/09 Wash Post: Planners Approve Densely Packed Science City as new urban center

7/22/09 Gazette: Planning Board approves 'less than perfect' GWMP

7/29/09 Gazette: Letters about GWMP imposing Urban village on Suburban MoCo

8/2/09 Balt Sun: Why overbuild in MoCo?. 1.2 milllion SF Biotech space going up by JHU

9/9/09 Gazette: Science City Road Grid could Isolate Neighborhoods

9/14/09 Greater Greater Washington: Gaithersbungle, Part 8

9/15/09 Examiner: Science City will Bury Residents in Traffic

9/16/09 Gazette: County Executive Leggett Offers 10% Solution

9/16/09 WAMU: Audio Report on Sept 15 Council Public Hearing

9/18/09 BioRegion News: County Council hears Citizen Concerns about GWMP Proposal

9/23/09 Gazette: Clouds Gather over Science City

9/23/09 Gazette: Boosters and Opponents testify at Council Public Hearing

9/25/09 WAMU: Audio Report on Science City plans and Impact on Community

9/30/09 Gazette: Density in Gaithersburg West Plan Unreasonable (Letters)

9/30/09 Gazette: Belward Deed could be a 'Science City' Roadblock

10/2/09 Wash Post: Banks Family Angered by Belward Development Plan

10/2/09 Wash Post: Planning Board Member Warns against Blueprint for 'Science City'

10/2/09 Gazette: Montgomery Councilmen Need to Connect the Dots

10/7/09 Gazette: Letter. Gaithersburg West creates more problems than it is worth

10/7/09 Gazette: Science City Vision has some on council skeptical

10/21/09 Gazette: Councilman Elrich opposes traffic gridlock of "growth policy"

10/21/09 Gazette: Council President Andrews says Draft GWMP is not Smart Growth

10/21/09 Gazette: Letter. Money and Power shouldn't rule Gaithersburg West Plan

10/28/09 Gazette: Maryland Transit Administration Agrees CCT should run thru Science City

11/4/09 Gazette: Life Science Zone only requires 30% Life Science Use

11/4/09 Gazette: AAA Spokesman Questions Growth Policy designed for Gridlock & Misery

11/11/09 Gazette: Council Delays Gaithersburg West Vote due to many open issues

11/11/09 Gazette: Council Favors Rail Despite Higher Cost and Development Density

11/13/09 NY Times: Conn "urban city" in Jeopardy after Pfizer Pulls out Jobs

11/18/09 Gazette: RRD Questions Super-Sized Science City

11/24/09 Examiner: Councilman Andrews Questions Science City scale and Light Rail

11/30/09 Business Week: New Science Parks are in Urban Downtowns, not Suburbs

12/2/09 Wash Post: Floreen grabs Council Presidency. Will put Business First

12/2/09 Gazette: Group of Five makes Floreen President, Breaking Traditional Transition

1/6/10 Gazette: Letter. Scaling Back Gaithersburg West

1/13/10 Gazette: Memorandum of Understanding with Hopkins still not Secured

1/27/10 Gazette: Letter. Proposed Plan will Wreck Gaithersburg

1/27/10 Examiner: Rockville Mayor warns County Council of Gaithersburg West Problems

2/3/10 Gazette: If Funded, CCT Construction won't start before 2015

2/3/10 Gazette: Planning Board Traffic Guru tells Council Traffic to be Borderline Tolerable

2/8/10 Wash Post: Science City Needed in East County not Gaithersburg West

2/24/10: National Cancer Institute plans Admin Office move to Shady Grove

3/3/10 Gazette: NCI to move 2100 employees to new Shady Grove buildings

3/2/10 Channel 8 TV News: Excellent Story on the need to Scale Back GWMP

3/10/10 Gazette: Rockville and Gaithersburg Councils point out Failings of Science City

3/10/10 Gazette: Councilman Andrews Compares White Flint with Gaithersburg West

3/17/10 Gazette: Meeting Brings GWMP problems to At-Large Council Members

3/21/10 Wash Post: Science City Projections based on Flawed Data

3/24/10 Gazette: Fiscal Projections questioned, an art not a Science

3/24/10 Gazette: Residents Challenge Leggett on Size/Density of Science City

4/14/10 Gazette: Letters. Council Members will not Justify the Density on Belward Farm

4/14/10 Blogspot: Phil Andrews pushes Compromise on Gaithersburg West

4/28/10 Gazette: Letters. Science City to cost over $2 Billion and Cause Urban Gridlock

4/28/10 Gazette: 'Great Seneca Science Corridor' a Few Tweaks in Name and Plan

4/29/10 Wash Post: Council Near approval for 17.5 million sf and 40% Life Science

5/5/10 Wash Post: Montgomery council Approves 'Science City' plan unanimously