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Maryland: Gaithersburg

May 18, 2009 - 11:18 am
NEWS FEED: Salisbury News

EVERYBODY'S DOING IT!

By noreply@blogger.com (joealbero)


Crown Village Farm LLC, a developer for the billion-dollar proposal for the Crown Farm — Gaithersburg's largest planned housing project — filed for bankruptcy.
Developers for the billion-dollar Crown Farm retail and residential project in Gaithersburg filed bankruptcy this month.

KB Home Maryland LLC and Centex Homes Crown LLC, which teamed to form Crown Village Farm LLC, tried selling the 181-acre property near interstates 270 and 370 at Fields Road last summer. Bidders offered barely half the $140 million they paid for the property in 2006.

A 2006 annexation agreement for the property requires a $1 million donation to Gaithersburg in 2010, said City Attorney Lynn Board.

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Mon, 11/17/2008 - 09:50

Former delegate attacked by wild deer, but doesn't miss meeting with House speaker

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Delegate-turned-lobbyist Gilbert Genn (D-Montgomery County) was attacked by a wild deer last week, but that didn't stop him from attending his scheduled meeting with state House Speaker Michael E. Busch (D-Annapolis) before heading to the hospital.

Genn was leaving his Gaithersburg home Thursday to walk his dog, Yuffie, when the deer charged at him, according to WTOPnews.com.

There have been 44 comments posted in response to this story.
Mon, 06/09/2008 - 11:53

Ali fundraises for 2010, pledges to run for re-election

By Kevin Agnese

Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) was among those in attendance at a fundraiser for Del. Saqib Ali (D-Gaithersburg) at the home of family friends in Potomac, Saturday.

"It is a campaign event for my re-election," Ali told PolitickerMD.com over the weekend.

The 33-year-old legislator, who represents District 39 in Montgomery County, is thought to be considering a run for higher office in the future, but pledged that he would "run for delegate" in 2010.

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