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Montgomery County is holding a Bicycle Swag Bag Contest in honor of Car Free Day next month. Participants who submit a photo of themselves riding a bike on a path or trail in the county can enter to win a “swag bag” every Monday though September 26. (Sandy Kozel / WTOP)
From DC’s police department to Baltimore County and Fairfax County’s school systems, small local government agencies across the region have suffered from ransomware attacks. Aging IT infrastructure and limited cybersecurity resources make them easy targets. (Karina Elwood / Post)
Amazon is investing in community outreach efforts across the region to build goodwill as it opens its HQ2 campus in Arlington. Some community leaders are cautiously optimistic, though many still have reservations about the headquarters’ effects on affordable housing and small businesses. (Editor’s note: Amazon’s head of community development, Catherine Buell, is on GGWash’s Board of Directors.)(Hannah Denham / Business Journal)
Another residential project coming to Deanwood in Northeast DC could bring 16 units via a three-story apartment building. The units would range from studios to two-bedroom and have access to both vehicle and bicycle parking spaces. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
Some Montgomery County officials want to create a cooperative purchasing program, or a “group buy” program that would allow the county to secure lower prices from electric car manufacturers in exchange for a guaranteed level of sales. (Jordan Pascale / DCist)
2021 brought many storms to the Washington region, but one weather expert says overall data doesn’t clearly indicate that those storms have become more severe over the past several years. We are, however, feeling the effects of climate change in other ways. (Mark Lieberman / DCist)
