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Enterprise opens 10,000th location — and it’s on Rockville Pike

By Jeff Clabaugh

WASHINGTON — Enterprise Rent-A-Car hit a milestone this week: The car rental company has opened it’s 10,000th global location — and it is on Rockville Pike in Rockville, Maryland.

It is Enterprise’s 100th location in Maryland, and it’s 172nd location in the greater Washington region. It also recently opened locations in Hagerstown, Maryland, and Alexandria, Virginia.

Enterprise, which also owns National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car, has about 2,000 employees in the Washington area.

The location, at 702 Rockville Pike, occupies a 2,500-square-foot building that sat vacant for seven years.

Enterprise dates back to one of the first auto leasing companies, then called Executive Leasing Company, which opened in St. Louis in 1957 with just seven vehicles.

It changed its name in 1969 to Enterprise.

Founder Jack Taylor, a Cadillac dealership salesman and a World War II veteran, named the company after the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, on which he served.

Taylor passed away in 2016, at the age of 94.

Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids

By The Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state's lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users. The lawsuit, filed in 2023 by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, alleges that Meta did this to make a profit and that its actions affected hundreds of thousands of teenagers in Massachusetts who use the social media platforms. “We are making claims based only on the tools that Meta has developed because its own research shows they encourage addiction to the platform in a variety of ways,” said State Solicitor David Kravitz, adding that the state's claim has nothing to do the company's algorithms or failure to moderate content. Meta said Friday that it strongly disagrees with the allegations and is “confident the evidence will show our longstanding commitment to supporting young people.” Its attorney, Mark Mosier, argued in court that the lawsuit “would impose liabilities for performing traditional publishing functions” and that its actions are protected by the First Amendment.
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