Legislative Priorities
The Prince George's County Chamber of Commerce released its 2005 legislative agenda last week. Its top priorities include economic development, education, public safety, health care and transportation.
• Economic development: The chamber plans to push for more Class A transit-oriented development along with state funding to draw commercial investment to the county.
• Education: The chamber supports increased funding for school repairs and for Prince George's Community College.
• Public safety: The chamber supports funding to deter gang activity and to police the county's borders.
• Transportation: The chamber supports user fees to reimburse the state for investment in the Woodrow Wilson Bridge project. It also advocates for construction of an intercounty connector and the so-called Purple Line light-rail line from New Carrollton to Silver Spring. And it supports efforts to sell land belonging to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which could be used for development.
The chamber also supports making health care more affordable, "maintaining and enhancing" medical malpractice law revisions to sustain affordable health care and repealing "unnecessary mandated health benefits."
Seminar on E-Mail
The Baltimore/Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce will hold a seminar from 8 to 9:30 a.m. tomorrow on ways to use e-mail and e-magazines to improve name recognition and keep in touch with clients. The cost is $10 for prepaid members and $20 for members and non-members at the door. The chamber is at 312 Marshall Ave., Suite 104, Laurel. Call 301-725-4000.
Discussion on Contracting
The National Women's Business Center will hold a seminar about boosting federal business for small contracting businesses from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday. The center is at 1001 Connecticut Ave. NW in the District. Call 202-464-1400.
-- Compiled by ARUNA JAIN
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