WASHINGTON, DC-Members of the multifamily housing industry petition Congress for what they say are much-needed changes to the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.

FLINTSTONE, MD-Allegany County's 235-acre Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort comes under new management for the third time as Crestline Hotels & Resorts signs a deal worth as much as $1.5 million to oversee the property.

WASHINGTON, DC-The area committee charged with pursuing the District's bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has submitted a bid addendum that calls for a massive Olympic Sports Complex to be located at RFK Stadium.

WASHINGTON, DC-Work is underway on the development of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms' new $104 million headquarters. The 422,000-sf facility will house 1,100 Bureau employees upon completion in 2004.

LAUREL, MD-Star Hotels spends $719,000 on 2.1 acres of land at the 65-acre Montpelier Research Park, where it will construct an 80-room Holiday Inn Express hotel.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA-The $21 million renovation and expansion project for the Virginia Living Museum gets underway with a groundbreaking ceremony, attended by city and state officials. Upon its planned 2004 completion, the 36-year old museum will have tripled in size from 20,000 sf to 62,000-sf.

BALTIMORE, MD-The once-bustling, now down-trodden Belvedere Square will get a much-needed makeover as the city's mayor reveals plans for city and state kick-ins to the project.

WASHINGTON, DC-In a press conference on Monday, President Bush urged the Senate to pass terrorism legislation, but despite his appeal, partisan disagreement on the bill continues to be a factor.