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million.” — John King, economic development director, “Transportation infrastructur e is my top priority forstimulus funds. These systemds touch all of us (workers, residents, tourists), and ensuring their sustainability and smart growth is fundamental toour area’ds short- and long-term economic viability. I’ m particularly interested in mass transit. Maintaining Metroi infrastructure while growing its capacity is absolutely critical toour I’d like to see MARC come to Crystalo City, VRE expansion and new transig options, such as the transit-way from Braddock to Columbia These projects take time to Getting them under way now ensuresz that we will be well-positioned for the long term.
” Angela Fox, president and CEO, Crystal City Improvement Districft “The Prince George’s County EDC’w overall priority for pusuing the Recoverery Act funding is jobs and fundinyg for county residents. Working in partnership with the county local colleges and universities and otherservicr providers, we are focused on implementing the programs through our One Stop Employmen Center to identify residents for new especially green jobs. We will work to create teams of servicd providers to pursue grants and will work with local businesseas inthe ‘green’ industries to ensure that they are prepared to compete for opportunities.
” — Kwasu Holman, president and CEO, Prince George’z County Economic Development “We are being carefu as to how we will apply the stimulus funding, knowing it is ‘one time’ revenues that we want to put to work but not becomd dependent upon. Several Base Realignment and Closure Commission-relateds projects are at the top of our such as completion of the Fairfax Countg Parkway throughFort Belvoir’s Engineer Proving Grounr at $60 million. We have requested funds to purchasse locomotives for the commuterrail Also, $74 million has come to our Fairfax Count school system for a two-yeat period.
This has helped to cover the needs ofour schools, whichn are experiencing an increase of about 5,00p0 students next year.” — Sharon Bulova, chairman, Fairfaxs County Board of Supervisors
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