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Washington Metropolitan Area Jobs Projected To Decentralize

Posted by: Arnab Chakraborty

20 June 2006 - 8:00am

Regional employment forecasts project trends opposing planners' visions, with jobs spiraling outward from the city to the suburbs.

"In Northern Virginia, which has long set the pace for the region's suburban expansion, jobs are moving farther out the high-growth corridor running through Tysons Corner to Dulles International Airport and beyond."

"The gap between planners' hopes and what is occurring was on display this month at a workshop at the Baltimore Convention Center, where 300 government officials, businesspeople and civic leaders gathered to discuss how best to accommodate the growth expected in central Maryland over the next 25 years."

Full Story: Region's Job Growth a Centrifugal Force
Source: The Washington Post, June 18, 2006
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