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He worked his way up from casual custodian to plant manager at the Dulles plant, only recently considering retiring. “I happen to love my job and the things that we do,” he said. Payne certainly isn’t the only long-timer at the Dulles plant. Benita Sprow has been with USPS for 33 years, saying she keeps coming back because of the family-like friends she formed when she first started.

Imposing a personal property tax on planned data centers in Frederick County could generate up to $112.1 million in additional revenue per year, according to a new analysis presented to the county’s data centers work group on Wednesday. The consulting firm MuniCap was hired to perform the tax revenue analysis, which will help the 12-member work group convened by County Executive Jessica Fitzwater develop a report that will inform the county’s regulation of the nascent industry.

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Wednesday narrowly approved a mega-rezoning that stands to bring nearly 30 million square feet of new data centers to the Gainesville area. Despite the county planning commission’s recommendation that it reject the so-called Digital Gateway project and over objections from dozens of citizens at a marathon hearing that stretched for 27 hours, the Board of Supervisors approved the proposal by a 4-3 vote, with one supervisor abstaining.

Medifast Inc. has invested $20 million in a virtual health care provider as the Harbor East company makes a push into the booming weight loss drug market amid a slowdown in revenue. The partnership will blend Medifast’s coaching and diet-based approach with LifeMD doctors who can prescribe weight loss drugs like Ozempic to Medifast customers. Medifast (NYSE: MED) is purchasing $10 million of LifeMD (Nasdaq: LMFD) stock and contributing $10 million to LifeMD to launch the collaboration and improve the telehealth platform. Medifast CEO Dan Chard will join the board of directors at New York-based LifeMD as part of the deal.

The organization overseeing six of Baltimore’s markets could soon receive millions from the city to help its recovery post-pandemic. City officials will consider giving a $3 million grant to Baltimore Public Markets Corp. during a meeting of Baltimore’s Board of Estimates on Wednesday. The money from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) would aid the organization in rebuilding its revenue levels following the Covid-19 pandemic, along with supporting its vendors.

Michael Graves Architecture will move its headquarters to Downtown Baltimore early next year, consolidating its two offices in the region into one space. The international firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, recently leased 5,000 square feet at 233 E. Redwood St. and will relocate about 25 workers into the downtown space blocks from the Inner Harbor.