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An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy.


"It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil—he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego." He continued, "The other is good—he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you—and inside every other person, too."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

First People - The Legends. Cherokee Legend of Two Wolves. November 16, 2004. [accessed April 7, 2012].

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Prince George's County, Maryland, is Home to at least 34 (update: 35) Federal Agencies



               While we wait for the new FBI headquarters to come to Prince George's County (we ARE working on this right?), I wonder what active steps we are taking to market what we have already here to work with.  There are approximately 34 federal agencies and departments, bureaus and organizations locate already right now here in our county. How are we letting the rest of the region and the country know what is here; what are we doing to identify the vendor opportunities as well as any private public partnerships that may be possible with these public agencies? Who is or are our local liaisons to each of these federal organizations? How are we working with them to "market" their needs to the private sector?

               I understand that none of this will fix our core community challenges; that working closely with existing federal agencies will not change any economic dynamics over night, but ignoring what we have most certainly will change nothing. With the looming 2013 federal budget cuts, we need to be strongly investing in private businesses to create new jobs. The federal government is not leaving but it may not be hiring. We need private enterprise to step in and build upon what we already have. 

               To do this we need to not only provide incentives but we need to speak about both obvious and not-so-obvious potential that our location , infrastructure and existing market platforms give us. And of course we need retail; my point is not that we should stop building malls, but that this cannot by itself be a solution to a vigorous sustainable Prince George's economy. Retail is vital part not the end all; retail follows innovation and money. Enterprise and entrepreneurs' do not follow  strip malls. We can do this; we can bring innovative industries from bioscience and agro tech as well as the information systems sector here to Prince George's County.


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1.     National Aeronautics & Space Administration;
Goddard Space Flight Center
8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771 - 0003
2.     National Archives & Records Administration;
National Archives at College Park (Archives II)
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740 - 6001
Washington National Records Center
4205 Suitland Road, Suitland, MD 20746 - 8001
3.     Social Security Administration;
Camp Springs Office
6110 Allentown Road, Suitland, MD 20746
Greenbelt Office 7
401C Forbes Blvd., Seabrook, MD 20706
4.     U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; Agricultural Research Service
Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705 - 2350
5.     U.S. Dept. of Agriculture;
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service,
4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 20737
6.     U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Center for Plant Health Science & Technology
9901 Powder Mill Road, Beltsville, MD 20705
7.     U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency
5301 Marlboro Racetrack Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
8.     Food Safety & Inspection Service
Civil Rights Division
George Washington Carver Center, Suite 1-2288 B
5601 Sunnyside Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705 - 5200
9.     Office of Field Operations
George Washington Carver Center, Suite 1-2288 B
5601 Sunnyside Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705 - 5200
10.  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; National Agricultural Library
Abraham Lincoln Building,
10301 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705 - 2351
11.  Natural Resources Conservation Service (National Headquarters)
George Washington Carver Center, 5601 Sunnyside Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705 - 5000
12.  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture;  Norman A. Berg National Plant Materials Center
BARC-East, Building 509, Beaver Dam Road, Beltsville, MD 20705 - 0001
13.  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; National Information Technology Center, IT Systems Operations Branch
George Washington Carver Center,
5601 Sunnyside Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705 - 5000
14.  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; National Technology Support Center
George Washington Carver Center, 5601 Sunnyside Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705 - 5000
15.  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; Upper Marlboro Service Center
5301 Marlboro Racetrack Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
16.  U.S. Dept. of Commerce; Bureau of the Census
4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746
U.S. Dept. of Commerce; Bowie Computer Center, 17101 Melford Blvd., Bowie, MD 20715
17.  U.S. Dept. of Commerce; NOAA 
5200 Auth Rd # 2, Camp Springs, MD 20746-4327
18.  U.S. Dept. of Defense; Dept. of the Air Force;
Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington,
Allentown Road, Camp Springs, MD 20762
19.  U.S. Dept. of Defense; Dept. of the Army; U.S. Army Research Laboratory,
2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783
20.  U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security; U.S. Secret Service
James J. Rowley Training Center,
9200 Powder Mill Road, Laurel, MD 20708
21.  U.S. Dept. of the Interior; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Patuxent Research Refuge & National Wildlife Visitor Center
10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD 20708 - 4027
22.  National Park Service; Fort Washington National Park,
13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744
23.  National Park Service; Greenbelt Regional Park,
6565 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770 - 3207
24.  National Park Service; National Colonial Farm,
3400 Bryan's Point Road, Accokeek, MD 20607
25.  National Park Service; Oxon Hill Farm,
6411 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745
26.  U.S. Geological Survey; Biological Resources Division
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center,
12100 Beech Forest Road, Laurel, MD 20708 - 4039
27.  U.S. Park Police, District 4
6501 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770 - 3299
28.  U.S. Dept. of Justice; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
Hyattsville Field Office
Aerospace Building, Suite 770
10210 Greenbelt Road, Lanham-Seabrook, MD 20706
29.  U.S. Dept. of Justice; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
National Laboratory Center
6000 Ammendale Road, Beltsville, MD 20705
30.  U.S. Attorney for District of Maryland; Southern Division
U.S. Courthouse,
6500 Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt, MD 20770
31.  U.S. Dept. of Labor; Wage & Hour Division, Hyattsville Area Office
Field Station, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20781
32.  U. S. Dept. of the Treasury; Internal Revenue Service
8401 Corporate Drive, Landover, MD 20785
33.  U.S. District Court for District of Maryland
U.S. Courthouse,
6500 Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt, MD 20770
34.  Smithsonian Institution
4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746 
35.  U.S. Government Printing Office; Warehouse
8660 Cherry Lane, Laurel, MD 20707



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