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Article: Business, residential opportunites plentiful in county.(Friday Home Guide)(Focus: Prince George'S County)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 7, 2000
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Don't call us PG County. It's Prince George's County, thank you. That's the mantra heard in the office of Joe James, president and chief executive officer of the Prince George's County Economic Development Corp., a quasi-public organization that has been charged for the past 12 years with ensuring that the county attracts businesses and residents.
Shedding the "PG" moniker also has been part of the group's work.
"Organizations like this are becoming more common among jurisdictions," says Mr. James, who has been with the group since January 1998. "A lot of jurisdictions are spinning their economic development functions outside of the government to ...