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Posted 30 March 2015 - 03:27 PM

The Washington Post, posted 3/29; published 3/30:
 

Suburbs such as Montgomery County rethink transit to court millennials

 

After moving to Washington from Akron, Ohio, six years ago, Katie Reed and her husband, Brian, happily ditched their two cars to live in Chinatown, where they enjoy walking to restaurants and shops.

 

So when she searched for a new job two years ago, Katie Reed, 32, considered it “critical” to find one on a Metro line. She also wanted to walk to lunch and after-work errands.

 

She landed at Choice Hotels International, which had just moved its headquarters to Rockville Town Square from Silver Spring. Its old offices, just outside the Capital Beltway, were reachable only by car and bus and had one restaurant within walking distance. The new digs are across the street from the Rockville Metro station. A gym, a CVS pharmacy and loads of restaurants are steps away.

 

“We didn’t have to change our lifestyle,” said Reed, a headquarters liaison to the hotel chain’s franchisees. “We didn’t have the burden of having to get a car.”

 

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