development

3 Cities That Used Natural Disasters to Revitalize Their Futures

Hit by tornadoes and earthquakes, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Greensburg, Kan.; and San Francisco all learned how to turn local tragedy into a new and vibrant vision. Their lessons are a playbook for local officials dealing with disasters.

Originally published in the August 2013 issue of Governing Magazine

Turning toward the sky

For Montgomery County, congestion solution is to build up, not out

The Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) June 24, 2010 
By Liz Farmer
Daily Record Business Writer

In what used to be a quintessential bedroom community just outside the Capital Beltway, Anthony Greenberg is standing in a gleaming silver tower that looks like it should be 13 miles south in Washington.

He pointed 23 stories down at the White Flint Mall in North Bethesda.

"From here you can get a really good view of what Rockville Pike used to be and what Rockville Pike is becoming," Greenberg, a developer with Chevy Chase-based JBG Companies, said.