Spartan Business & Technology, a federal contractor with offices in Alexandria, VA and Fayetteville, NC, moved its headquarters into a 7,000-square-foot office space at National Harbor. This space accommodates its 100 employees and the 62 more that will come with a planned acquisition in early 2014. President Lorenzo Downing said the company has the option to expand another 7,000 square feet if needed.

Located at 161 National Plaza in a contemporary space overlooking the Potomac River, Spartan offers business management and information technology solutions to support institutions whose core missions are serving people.

MGM Resorts International emerged as the winning bidder on December 20, 2013, for the right to build a casino in Prince George's County. MGM's proposed $925 million casino resort at National Harbor is expected to generate more than $700 million in pretax gambling revenue in fiscal 2019.  

The Walton Group of Companies has entered into agreements with Mid-Atlantic Builders and Haverford Homes to build townhomes at Westphalia Town Center in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Each builder purchased 102 townhome lots that together commit the remaining 204 of 348 lots. Walton's first builder agreement was made with NVR, Inc., for 144 lots. The latest agreements with Mid-Atlantic Builders and Haverford Homes complete Phase 1 with 100% commitment for 348 homes. Phase I work is projected to be completed in early 2014.

The Greater Bowie Chamber of Commerce will host the Annual "State of the City" Address on Wednesday, January 29, at 8am. The breakfast meeting will be held at Bowie Senior Center, 14900 Health Center Drive, Bowie, MD.

Mayor G. Frederick Robinson will be the featured speaker and will discuss recent accomplishments in the City, as well as business issues, including economic development, public safety, transportation and education. Register online at www.bowiechamber.org  

Prince George's County Councilmember Karen Toles (D-7) was honored for successfully completing the Leadership Maryland program. 

Leadership Maryland offers leadership training and development to Maryland executives, officials, business owners and educators from both the public and private sectors.

"Leadership Maryland gave me many ideas about how to improve Prince George's County," said Toles. "The program has equipped me to be a more informed leader."

The Tech Council of Maryland has partnered with the Prince George's County EDC, Prince George's County Office of Information Technology and Prince George's Community College to expand and build our thriving technology community. 

Come and network with leaders in the technology and life sciences community in Prince George's County on January 23, 2014, 5pm-7pm, at Bobby McKey's Dueling Piano Bar, 172 Fleet Street, National Harbor, MD.  

**For more information & to register, click here** 

  

ANGARAI, a graduate of the Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation's Technology Assistance Center and a strategic partner, ended 2013 on a very high note.

With its commitment to quality and best practices, ANGARAI achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 certification. The ISO 9001:2008 certification is awarded to organizations that have a quality management system in place that achieves customer satisfaction through consistent services and products.

In addition, ANGARAI's President and CEO, Venkat Subramanian, was selected as one of the "Most Admired CEOs of 2013" for the state of Maryland by the Daily Record. Mr. Subramanian was also inducted into the Board of Directors of the Prince George's Chamber of Commerce.

The company introduced ANGARAI 2.0, a portfolio-based management approach to strategic business growth and operations. ANGARAI also announced the formation of a new technology, ANAIVA, that will exclusively focus on Technology Services and SaaS products.

As ANGARAI enters its 12th year of operations, look for more exciting news from this company, its CEO and its offerings.