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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=851252716-14032006>Dear
TownTalk Neighbors -- I thought you'd be interested to see a photo (attached) of
what the new NOAA building will look like.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=006593716-08032006>Ken
Laureys</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=006593716-08032006>4718
Riverdale Rd.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=006593716-08032006>Riverdale Park, MD 20737</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=006593716-08032006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=006593716-08032006>H: 301-779-1034</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=006593716-08032006>W:
301-952-3991</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=006593716-08032006>C: 240-304-8996</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=006593716-08032006><A
href="mailto:K.Laureys@Comcast.net">K.Laureys@Comcast.net</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=006593716-08032006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=006593716-08032006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> PrinceGeorgesCountyMedia
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 14, 2006 10:26 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
PrinceGeorgesCountyMedia<BR><B>Subject:</B> PRESS RELEASE: County Executive
Breaks Ground For NOAA Weather and Climate Prediction
Center<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoTitle><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Press Release<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">For Immediate
Release:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">March 14, 2006<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">For more
information:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Denise Roberts<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Press Information Officer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Prince
George</SPAN></FONT></st1:City></st1:place>'s County <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Office of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Executive</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">301-952-4131, cell
240-417-8013<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">County</SPAN></FONT></B></st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Executive</st1:PlaceName> Breaks Ground For NOAA Weather and
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Climate</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Prediction</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">COLLEGE
PARK</SPAN></FONT></B></st1:City><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">, <st1:State
w:st="on">MD</st1:State> – </SPAN></B><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Prince George</st1:City></st1:place>’s County Executive Jack Johnson,
along with officials from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Opus East, LLC and other
elected officials, broke ground today for NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate
Prediction.<o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“Today’s groundbreaking for the Center for Weather and
Climate Prediction is a true testament that we are continuing to establish a new
era of greater growth and prosperity in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Prince George</st1:City></st1:place>’s County,” Johnson said. “I want
to commend GSA and NOAA for selecting <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Prince George</st1:City></st1:place>’s County as their new location
for this state-of-the-art facility.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Center for Weather and Climate Prediction will be
located at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Maryland</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>’s 130-acre research park, M
Square. This building is 270,000 square feet of build-to-suit office space
and will become the new home for NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service, Air
Resources Laboratory and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Centers</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Environmental Prediction, and
office of the National Weather Service. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Meteorological data collected globally will arrive at
NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate Prediction. Environmental scientists
will analyze this information and generate a wide variety of atmospheric and
oceanic forecasts and guidance products using sophisticated numerical weather
and climate prediction models.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This development project brings 800 employees to work in
the county. The NOAA facility will be completed in late fall 2007, with
full occupancy in February 2008.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">###<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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