Washington Business Journal articles from January 2001, page 4

Washington Business Journal archives from January 2001

Children's learning centers embrace the 21st Century.
January 19, 2001... Every afternoon at Glasgow Middle School in Fairfax County, kids break dance, paint, play music and act. It's a program funded by 21st Century Community Learning Centers (www.ed.gov/2lstcclc), a component of the Clinton administration's...

Largest colleges and universities.
January 19, 2001... Largest colleges and universities Ranked by enrollment [1] RANK NAME/ADDRESS/PHONE/FAX ENROLLMENT FOUR-YEAR AND CONTINUING EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS...

Turning e-learning into 'real' cash scholarships.
January 19, 2001... The Kogod School of Business at American University has inaugurated a pair of" e-scholarships" worth $35,540 each. The new, merit-based scholarships will cover tuition and provide an annual stipend for two graduate students in the school's...

Largest metro-area computer training companies.
January 19, 2001... Largest metro-area computer training companies Ranked by metro-area employees [1] ...

BIOSYNEXUS.
January 19, 2001... BIOSYNEXUS, a private biopharmaceutical company based in Rockville, recently announced it has entered into a collaboration with APPLIED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION to develop a new drug to combat staph infections in infants. Under terms of the...

Coppersmith ready to make rain with new Calif. VP.
January 19, 2001... Reston-based RAINMAKER INTERACTIVE has drafted another player from corporate America to help the 2-year-old company build its new West Coast presence. The high-tech marketing company hired ANDY TRINCIA as senior VP of its public...

XM SATELLITE RADIO.
January 19, 2001... The launch of XM SATELLITE RADIO's first satellite has been rescheduled for Feb. 28. Workers with Long Beach, Calif.-based SEA LAUNCH stopped the countdown Jan. 8 after detecting a possible, "minor out-of-specification condition" on the...

SUBURBANSUNGAZETTE.COM.
January 19, 2001... SUBURBANSUNGAZETTE.COM has purchased the ANNANDALE NEWS INDEPENDENT and the FAIRFAX NEWS INDEPENDENT from FAIRFAX COMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition expands the Northern Virginia...

RADIO ONE.
January 19, 2001... RADIO ONE, a District-based conglomerate of urban-formatted stations, anticipates more than $57 million in fourth-quarter 2000 revenue and more than $29.5 million in broadcast cash flow in the same period. Official results for the...

MARKETSWITCH.
January 19, 2001... MARKETSWITCH, a Dulles-based maker of marketing optimization software, is preparing to unveil software aimed at helping telemarketers move particular products and maximize profits. Chicago-based ACCENTURE (www.accenture.com) -- formerly...

District rents, occupancies among highest in 2000.
January 19, 2001... D.C. has one of the 10 highest rental rates in the central business district and one of the 10 lowest vacancy rates in North America, according to a yearend study, released by ONCOR, a D.C.-based commercial real estate company with operations...

HOLLAND & KNIGHT.
January 19, 2001... HOLLAND & KNIGHT, one, of the 20 largest law firms in the world, will relocate its Northern Virginia office from Fairview Park to a new building under construction in Tysons Corner. The firm will occupy the seventh floor of 1600 Tysons...

CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP.
January 19, 2001... Bethesda-based CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP completed a 240,000-square-foot, mixed-use project including two four-story office buildings on North Washington Street in Old Town Alexandria. The project includes 45,000 square feet of first-floor...

DUDLEY & SINGLETARY.
January 19, 2001... Two apartment buildings totaling 54 units at 300 and 314 Anacostia Road SE were sold by DUDLEY & SINGLETARY to REGENCY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES, a North Carolina limited partnership, for $825,000. The seller had owned the property since 1979....

AMERICAN HEALTH ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION.
January 19, 2001... The AMERICAN HEALTH ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION purchased 4.9 acres in the GATEWAY 270 BUSINESS PARK in Bethesda for $1 million. The foundation plans to build a 30,000- to 35,000-square-foot office building for its corporate headquarters. TSC...

NATIONAL MULTI HOUSING COUNCIL.
January 19, 2001... Five local members of the NATIONAL MULTI HOUSING COUNCIL were elected to its executive committee Jan. 11. The NMHC (www.nmhc.org) is a D.C.-based trade organization representing companies that own, construct, manage and finance apartment...

ALAN MOLLEUR.
January 19, 2001... In other trade organization news, ALAN MOLLEUR was elected president of the PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. The PMA's 1,000 members from Virginia, Maryland and D.C. are responsible for management operation and asset performance for...

Wall Street Deli may unload three D.C.-area locations.
January 19, 2001... WALL STREET DELI is looking to sublease three underperforming stores, but the company won't specify which of its 16 D.C.-area locations are targeted. "There are certain locations that aren't doing what we want to do and we don't see them...

ROMANO'S MACARONI GRILL.
January 19, 2001... ROMANO'S MACARONI GRILL is about ready to open at BALLSTON COMMON MALL. After signing the lease more than a year ago, General Manager SCOTT FOSTER says the 280-seat eatery will debut Feb. 22. The Italian family-style restaurant...

QUARTERMAINE COFFEE ROASTERS.
January 19, 2001... Rockville-based QUARTERMAINE COFFEE ROASTERS is offering free home delivery via United Parcel Service or the U.S. Postal Service. Launched during the holidays, the service is available to most of Montgomery County, the District and...

NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION.
January 19, 2001... Membership in the D.C.-based NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION (www.restaurant.org) grew by more than 30,000 restaurants -- or 15 percent -- last year, according to a year-end report compiled by the group. The total membership grew to...

CHICKEN OUT and KIMBERLY'S, AN AMERICAN DAY SPA.
January 19, 2001... CHICKEN OUT and KIMBERLY'S, AN AMERICAN DAY SPA, will open locations at Springfield Plaza in Springfield in late spring. Springfield Plaza is west of Interstate 95 at the intersection of Old Keene Mill Road and Commerce Street. MARC...

Women's pro football league to tackle crowded field.
January 19, 2001... A new women's professional football league is giving it a go in the region. Alexandria will have a team in the new NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOOTBALL LEAGUE (NWFL), founded by CATHERINE MASTERS. The team will hold tryouts at Cameron Park in Alexandria...

STEPHEN DAVIS.
January 19, 2001... STEPHEN DAVIS' agent, STEVEN WEINBERG, is glad he took the risk he did earlier in the season, agreeing to an unusual de-escalator clause for the WASHINGTON REDSKINS running back. Weinberg and Davis a greed to give up as much as $2 million...

VIRGINIA TECH.
January 19, 2001... VIRGINIA TECH quarterback and would-be, could-be No. 1 NFL draft pick MICHAEL VICK met with a number of top football agents earlier this month, including LEIGH STEINBERG. Steinberg says Virginia Tech coach FRANK BEAMER invited him to...

PROS INC.
January 19, 2001... PROS INC. is now officially known as the golf division of sports agency OCTAGON. The Richmond-based firm has been a part of Octagon since the agency bought it in March 1999, but it has kept its old name. The company represents 25 golfers,...

OptiGlobe taps IT gold mine in Industry-E employees.
January 19, 2001... IKE BRENNER was cruising along in his business life, running a tech consulting shop that helped Internet companies build their technology infrastructure. He never imagined that one of his clients would like him and his coworkers so much that...

ITC Learning.
January 19, 2001... Hemdon-based ITC Learning sold its European subsidiary, ActivTraining, in a management buyout led by Phillip G. Jones. managing director of Activ.

International Bottled Water Association.
January 19, 2001... The International Bottled Water Association awarded the contract to design its 2000 annual report to laurel-based Dever Designs.

Iomai.
January 19, 2001... Iomai, a local biopharmaceutical company, hired Bethesda-based Frost Miller Group to create the company's Web site and design a logo for Xairo, a joint venture of Iomal and Elan Corp. of Dublin, Ireland.

Musicmaker.com continues liquidation.
January 19, 2001... The now soon-to-be defunct Musicmaker.com, announced Jan. 16 it added three additional members to its board, specifically naming Seymour Holtzman its chairman and James Mitarotonda president and CEO. Joseph Wright is the third new member on...

NPR, PBS plan cross-promotions.
January 19, 2001... Nonprofit, publicly funded broadcasting giants National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Services announced plans for a strategic alliance to co-produce live Web events, cross promote one another's content and online and explore joint...

A capital citizen.
January 19, 2001... Will W. mow his new back yard? As a new resident moves into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, the nation's capital has a vastly different look, feel and energy than it did eight years ago, when President Clinton moved into the White House. ...

On Blair's blow to regionalism.
January 19, 2001... Regionalism is officially dead. Who do we thank for that? Blair Ewing, president of the Montgomery County Council, that's who. In a letter to The Washington Post on Jan. 14, Ewing decided to name himself king of the Washington...

Lessons to learn from 'tech-investor hell'.
January 19, 2001... 2001 is going to be a fantastic year. You can take that to the bank, print it, count on it and even trade on the news. Forget about the economic hard landing that many pundits are predicting; the landing will be as brief and smooth...

Service sector prospered in 2000.
January 19, 2001... Last year was a good one for the service sector. And it wasn't bad for the construction, transportation or mining industries, either. Employment in those four sectors grew faster than the national average of 1.5 percent between December...

Web-based tools grow as a resource for training.
January 19, 2001... Internet sites give companies new options for boosting employee skills As society changes, companies are being forced to design training programs that are both cost- and time effective and also keep employees abreast of technological and...

Cultural knowledge is key to global training manuals.
January 19, 2001... A training manual for an American energy company reads, "If there is an oil spill, who should you call?" As a joke, one of the multiple choice answers is "Gilligan." While this is humorous in the United States, the joke wouldn't make...

Team culture at the office affects the bottom line.
January 19, 2001... How professional is your working culture? Does it foster teamwork? Productivity? Information sharing? Commitment? Fun? If not, your company is not as competitive as it could be. Culture not only determines whether an organization is a...

Maryland gets high marks in new education ranking.
January 19, 2001... Quality Counts 2001, an annual special publication of Education Week, (www.edweek.org) listed Maryland's education system as one of the nation's best overall program in standards and accountability. New York was the only other state to...

Business schools play name game.
January 19, 2001... Attention, philanthropists: there just might be a business school or college building waiting to get your name on it. The renaming of schools and college buildings remains a hot national trend, especially with business schools. A robust...

College not always the next step.
January 19, 2001... College remains the next step for a majority of America's high school graduates, though not as many as in recent years. Sixty-three percent of 1999's grads enrolled in college the following fall, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.
January 19, 2001... * ADVERTISING, MARKETING * MEGHAN MCLANE was appointed media planner/ buyer at Laughlin, Marinaccio & Owens in Arlington. * DEBRA SILIMEO joined Hager Sharp in Washington as vice president. * DOUG FABO joined Reston-based Fraser...

James Clothiers helps kidney foundation.
January 19, 2001... James Colen, right, of James Clothiers in Montgomery Mall, hosted a fundraiser Dec. 2 at the store with Ronald D. Paul, left, to benefit the National Kidney Foundation of the National Capital Area. The event helped the NKF/NCA raise $7,200...

Builders event aids Ronald McDonald.
January 19, 2001... The third-annual Custom Builders Parade of Homes, sponsored by the Custom Builders Council of the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association, raised $13,000 for the Ronald McDonald House at Inova Fairfax Hospital. The event showcased 30...

Shakespeare steps out at Folger.
January 19, 2001... Mark Hall, attorney with Holland & Knight and a member of the Folger Shakespeare Library's Corporate Guild, joins in the fun with students from Cleveland Elementary during a "Shakespeare Steps Out" workshop at the Folger Dec. 12. The...

Red Cross bestows Tiffany Award.
January 19, 2001... Marie Anderson, director of general services at the Montgomery County Chapter of the American Red Cross, received the ARC'S prestigious Tiffany Award Dec. 5 for her 27 years of devotion to the chapter's technical and mechanical operation....

Hunter Holler.
January 19, 2001... Hunter Holler, president and CEO of Sandy Springs National Bank, was named executive of the year by the Montgomery Business Gazette.

Jason Gilmore.
January 19, 2001... Montgomery County won seven of the 11 awards presented by the Chesapeake Chapter Association for Commuter Transportation. Jason Gilmore of G.E. Global Exchange Services received the Unsung Hero award. Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. was recognized...

Algore.com.
January 19, 2001... Algore.com, the official campaign Web site for Democratic Presidential candidate Al Gore, was named U.S. Campaign Site of 2000 by PoliticsOnline.

PermitsNow.
January 19, 2001... PermitsNow formed a strategic marketing alliance with the Home Builders Association of Maryland. Through the alliance, the PermitsNow online permitting service will be made available directly to the members of HBAM. PermitsNow and HBAM also...

QuadraTech Group.
January 19, 2001... Arlington-based QuadraTech Group purchased Lockheed Martin Energy Technologies, also based in Arlington, and Retech Systems, a Lockheed-Martin company based in Northern California.

Flights deliver National from slump.
January 12, 2001... Reagan National Airport is enjoying a boost in business from the 24 new flights added last fall by congressional edict, but local officials worry that further expansion could cause problems. After decades of tight restrictions on the...

Mulling the ozone decision.
January 12, 2001... Environmentalists have postponed plans to sue the EPA over the region's ozone rating. The SIERRA CLUB and one of its legal arms -- the EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND -- said late last year it intended to sue the Environmental Protection...

D.C. COUNCIL.
January 12, 2001... Washington's convention industry might get bigger marketing muscle if a new contract makes it through the D.C. COUNCIL and the financial control board. The WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY board has approved a contract for the...

MICRO-STRATEGY.
January 12, 2001... In case you didn't get enough talk of pregnant chads in Florida, it's time for more election lawsuits. The D.C. law firm that sued MICRO-STRATEGY on behalf of disgruntled shareholders has filed suit against Florida election officials,...

RONALD REAGAN BUILDING AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER.
January 12, 2001... Just how big is the RONALD REAGAN BUILDING AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER? Big enough for two of D.C.'s biggest real estate heavyweights to get lost. TONY COSTA, head of the GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION's Public Buildings...

2001 ADDY AWARDS.
January 12, 2001... Ad execs, breathe easy. You've got more time to gather your best work. The metro-area Ad Club has pushed back the deadline for submissions to the 2001 ADDY AWARDS from Jan. 12 to Jan. 17, says RON OWENS, club president. "We're...

CORRECTIONS.
January 12, 2001... * Neo Business Systems is a corporate business portal application development company focusing on hospitality; travel and tourism, with special emphasis on food service and lodging chains. The company was misidentified in the Business...

UPS & DOWNS.
January 12, 2001... Winners and losers this week in Greater Washington business. [up] Reagan National: Flights to West are a hit. But, boy, do we miss that drive to Dulles. [up] Spy tour: New tour will uncover espionage hot spots. We hear there's great...

American to take stake in DC Air.
January 12, 2001... Bob Johnson, chairman and CEO of BET Holdings, says American Airlines has agreed to buy a 49 percent share -- including an $82 million cash payment -- of his proposed airline, DC Air. The first newly formed airline to gain a significant...

Swales snags $350M NASA contract.
January 12, 2001... Swales Aerospace, a Beltsville-based government contractor that has quietly grown to 900 employees over the past 20 years, has-landed its biggest contract ever. The contract, with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, is worth...

XM delays launch of satellite.
January 12, 2001... The launch of XM Satellite Radio's first satellite was halted Jan. 8, delaying the District-based company's foray into the untested world of pay radio. Workers with Long Beach, Calif.-based Sea Launch detected a "minor...

Power center proposed for NE D.C.
January 12, 2001... Some look at Fort Lincoln in Northeast D.C. and see an untapped -- and undesirable -- retail market. Paul Weinschenk sees potential. More specifically, he sees a 375,000-square-foot power center with a grocery store, department...

Not so top secret: Tour uncovers spy sites.
January 12, 2001... There's a small restaurant under the Whitehurst Freeway in Georgetown that could serve as the setting for a Tom Clancy novel. And in real life, it wouldn't be far off. Sixteen years ago, Chadwick's restaurant on K Street served as...

Downtown BID studying 'state of retail'.
January 12, 2001... Three studies are under way in the District to determine what retail the city has, what it needs and how to go about getting it. "I think it means that we've realized we're under-retailed and we have essentially not exploited this...

Regional road body resurfaces in Md.
January 12, 2001... Efforts to create a regional transportation authority have languished in Congress since 1998, and they face strong opposition from Gov. Jim Gilmore in Virginia. Now business groups and their allies are trying their luck in Annapolis. ...

Sunrise sells 11 properties, shifts focus to development.
January 12, 2001... McLean-based Sunrise Assisted Living plans to sell nine assisted living communities to entities of Prudential Real Estate Investments (PREI) for $131 million. As part of a separate agreement, Sunrise sold two other properties -- one in...

Amen: Vacant houses near St. Matt's to become offices.
January 12, 2001... Pigeon roosts and rotting walls will come down at four vacant 19th-century row houses on Rhode Island Avenue NW near Connecticut Avenue to make way for a 153,000-square-foot office building. District-based Karchem Properties signed a...

Locals: Mineta will stock Cabinet with D.C. support.
January 12, 2001... Local officials are cheering the choice of Norm Mineta for U.S. Transportation secretary, citing Mineta's strong ties to the Washington region and his past involvement in helping to solve local transportation problems. Mineta, a former...

XO ekes out space at top of food chain.
January 12, 2001... XO Communications, seeking to put some space between itself and other cash-strapped telcos, is set to raise $517.5 million in a convertible debt offering. The deal -- led by Salomon Smith Barney, with Goldman Sachs acting as co-lead -- was...

Updata closes in on $100M target for institutional fund.
January 12, 2001... Updata Capital, a venture firm based in Reston, recently closed on $62 million for its Updata Venture Partners II Fund (UVP II), and firm executives ultimately expect the fund to top $100 million. Managing director John Burton says the...

National teachers' union to bring '08 convention to D.C.
January 12, 2001... The powerful union that represents 2.5 million elementary and secondary school teachers is bringing its annual meeting back to Washington in 2008. D.C.-based National Education Association will bring that year's six-day convention to the...

New real estate partners seek deals around D.C.
January 12, 2001... A real estate firm with a $75 million equity investment from the Goldman Sachs Whitehall Fund plans to sell 480,000 square feet of office space in Maryland and acquire at least 1 million square feet in Greater Washington this year. WP...

Virginia newspaper chain pushes sales tax increase.
January 12, 2001... Herndon-based Times Community Newspapers will publish a 20-page advocacy piece in its 17 suburban newspapers Jan. 17 in an attempt to build support in Richmond for a tax hike that would help unclog Northern Virginia roads. The 20-page...

Lacrosse set to power past cool reception.
January 12, 2001... "Feel the power." "Power up." "Power surge." "Power play." The corny phrases about Washington's new indoor lacrosse team, the Washington Power, may be endless, but they don't make the team any more recognizable. Still,...

Metro hopes new ads will serve as 'reintroduction'.
January 12, 2001... Metro has unleashed an all-out advertising blitz -- and the media onslaught will only build in the next several months. The first television spot ran Jan. 7 during an NFL playoff game. From here on out, ads using the new slogan "Metro...

Biotech firm wins grants to help fund oral health.
January 12, 2001... BioMat Sciences, a "biomaterials" company in Rockville that combines bioscience and dentistry, recently received three grants and an award for research and development. An additional grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is...

2nd Century seeking cash despite new difficulties.
January 12, 2001... After bailing out on a national service plan, getting sued by former executives and firing nearly half its staff, 2nd Century Communications is trolling for money again. CEO John Prisco expects his Arlington-based telecom to raise $50...

Commerce nominee urged to enforce trade deals.
January 12, 2001... Democratic senators urged Don Evans, President-elect George W. Bush's nominee to run the Commerce Department, to take action against countries that do not comply with trade agreements -- something they say the Clinton administration failed to...

Global Mail delivers blow to operations in Sterling.
January 12, 2001... DEUTSCHE POST GLOBAL MAIL is moving 125 jobs, or 55 percent of its local work force, from Sterling to Rutherford, N.J., a New York suburb. The North American arm of the massive German parcel delivery company is downsizing its Dulles mail...

MARTIN O'MALLEY.
January 12, 2001... Two of Maryland's rising political stars got together Jan. 5 to discuss health care, economic development and public safety issues. Baltimore Mayor MARTIN O'MALLEY and Montgomery County Executive DOUG DUNCAN met in Silver Spring to...

VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP.
January 12, 2001... The VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP has four formal trade missions scheduled for the first four months of 2001. The state economic agency (www.yesvirginia.org) will send representatives and business leaders to Saudi Arabia and...

MARYLAND STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
January 12, 2001... The Maryland and Virginia state legislatures started their 2001 sessions Jan. 10, and you know what that means: schmoozing time for business groups in Annapolis and Richmond. The MARYLAND STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE held its annual business...