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Spending, taxes are focus of Montgomery primaries

The Washington Post

July 10th, 2010

“Ms. Floreen, completing her second term on the council, is seasoned and pragmatic, and she has been smart to stress the need for a broader tax base and longer-term fiscal planning.” (more...)

Many counties, Maryland maintain top bond ratings

Gazette

July 10th, 2010

Montgomery County officials announced Wednesday the retention of the county’s AAA bond rating — the best available rating — with all three major rating agencies. (more...)

Leventhal, Floreen Dazzle White Flint Crowd

FLOG - the Friends of White Flint Blog

July 9th, 2010

Council President Floreen revealed that she had directed the Council staff to prepare materials  “by the end of the month” to resolve the long-delayed question of financing the White Flint infrastructure. This had been discussed privately all week, but this was the first public announcement that Floreen, who has a hard-won reputation as being able to prod the sluggish MoCo bureaucracy into action, was turning her attention back to moving the White Flint Plan, now that the big budget battles are done. (more...)

Governor joins top staff in Silver Spring

Gazette

June 23rd, 2010

Last week Council President Nancy Floreen joined Governor Martin O’Malley and County Executive Ike Leggett in Silver Spring to celebrate Silver Spring’s designation as Maryland’s “Capital for a Day”. (more...)

Montgomery converts foreclosures into affordable housing

Gazette

June 6th, 2010

16 homes already have been purchased in Germantown and Wheaton, which have the highest rates of foreclosure in the county, and nine are occupied by renters. (more...)

Getting Montgomery County back on track

Gazette

January 6th, 2010

Without question, my top priority as County Council president will be to restart our economic engine and make sure it stays ignited. (more...)

Floreen proposes economic county development authority

Gazette

December 9th, 2009

Montgomery County Council President Nancy M. Floreen is proposing a new economic development authority in the county, but says the role and scope of the panel are undetermined. (more...)

Montgomery County Council president plans new task force

Washington Business Journal

December 7th, 2009

Montgomery County Council President Nancy Floreen wants to jump start economic development in the county, which has 14,000 more residents out of work today as compared to a year ago. (more...)

Leaders sift through chaos of traffic signal crash

WTOP

December 7th, 2009

For two days in early November, the traffic situation in Montgomery County was literally thrown into chaos when the antiquated traffic signal system crashed. (more...)

Montgomery County may get more economic development cooks in the kitchen

Washington Post Maryland Politics Blog

December 7th, 2009

New Montgomery County council president Nancy Floreen is pushing the idea of creating an economic development authority to try to spur job growth in the county. (more...)