bureau chief tracy wilkins has the story. >> reporter: i'm on the top floor of the kaiser isbuilding. construction project in new carolton made possible through a federal program called opportunity zones. now, these are areas that are normally not developed. places that need business need ojob growth andortunities for residents who live in them. in princ georges county, they have 25 opportunity zones new carolton being one of them. e governor spoke to the county executive and other folks about why these s programs are important for the state of maryland. >> let's maximize the value of these opportunity zones so we can really take advantage of transforming some of our forgotten communities and our communities that really needob creation and job training and avestment. >> reporter: the two opportunity zone projects already under way in prince georges county, thi one in new carolton being one of them. the developer tells me once this is comete they're expecting some $20 million in equity. in new carolton, i'm tracy wilkins, news 4. >>> and good morning, everybodya we ready for another ni

bureau chief tracy wilkins has that teory. >> rep i'm on the top floor of the kaiser building, this istion proje in new carolton made possible through a federal program called s.opportunity zo now these are areas that are n normal developed, places that business need job growth and opportunities for residents who live in prince georges county, they have 25 opportunity zones, new carolton being onef em. the governor spoke to the county executive and other folks about why theses progr are so important for the state of maryland. >> let's maximize the value of these opportunity zones so we n really take advantage of transfor ong some of forgotten communities and our communities that really need job creation and job training and investment. >> reporter: there are two opport already under way in prince georges county. this one in new carolton being one of them. once this is complete, they're expecting se $20 million in equity. in new carolton, i'm tracy in wi news 4. >>> it's just about 4:50. spring and summer storms, heavy rain, lightning strikes, power outage and maybe even a tornado. >>re

prince george's bureau chief tracy wilkins with the school's next steps coming up on news 4 at >>5:00all right, friends, get your brackets ready. the ncaa tournament kicked off. sixth seeded maryland will take on 11 seed belmont tomorrow just after 3:00. johnny holiday joins our march madness coverage and caught up with star bruno fernando this afternoon. >> i think everyone is excited and can't wait to get on the court and start playing. and i think everybody's on the sameage right now and you can just see the excitement in everybody's face. so we just can't wai to get it ggoing. >> comp on news 4 at 5:00 he joins us live from jacksonville. >>> switching dpeergears, thougo systems moving towards each other right now on the radar. doug and amelia coming with timing andhat to expect. >>> plus new video shows some of the rigorous new testing of youth football helmets. >>> and a unique occurrence tonight as spring begin and wse why are all these busid?ss owners so exci we're going to comcast. it's ahead of the game, ahead of the curve. a it's going to the productivity of our business. it

in college park i'm tracy wilkins, news 4. >>> breaking now at 6:00, rescued from 120 feet. >> how d.c. fire got a man safely down from a communications tower after he was straded in the cold for hours. >>> a senator taking on sexual assaults in th military opens up about her own attack at the hands of aff seniorer in the air force. >> i blamed myself. i was ashamed and uscoed. >>> and the peak bloom predicti is here. tonight storm team 4 is live to give our forecast for the cherry blossoms. >> that's right, welcome to this busy wednesday. first to that dramaticcu r 120 feet in the air a utility worker suffering from hypothermia stuck on this radio tower in northwest d.c. >> it was really gripping stuff. he'd been up there for hours until rescue crews were able to get to him. and amazingly he still had enough strength to walk down under hiswn pow to safety. >> the good news, everyone made it home safely this afternoot or three hours it was touch and go as the man dangled

inya httsville, tracy wilkins, news 4. >>> well, you know, nl's going to be drinking in a beer garden on saturday. >> where'd you hear that. >> i heard it over here just a second ago. >> we got to get through morrow and friday first. >> even on saturday the storm is going to affect saturday, with rather breezy conditions. so this storm is going to be rather far reaching we're talking about rain, tomorrow, breezy conditions on saturday before things start to turn a bit of a corner for us. nothing but cloud cover across the area today. cool afternoon. again, below average but not bad. temperatures today got io the mid-50s, so that was quite nice. we've got some shower activity on the radar. we've got some showers to the north and west. we've got showers to the north and east, and that'shere the two storm systems are. one way north and west coming through areas like cincinnati, back towards st. louis ame his right now. and this storm south of rul.a., but some showers trying to make their way up. this storm helping this storm to move right up i-95, and that's why we've got the potential f

. >> the owner told her story to prince georges cnty tracie wilkins in hopes it strikes a chord. >> thisd by another six-year-old playing drums. ey learned to play their instruments here at the utley music school. >> we grew from 18 students and 12 teachers to 252 and 24 teachers. >> reporter: the school's founder novella utley says the school opens doors to endless possibilities. >> as thislo school de, the higher your aspirations for what you're going to do in the community. so music is vital to all human interests. >> reporter: in recent years,en llment has declined in this school and it's fallen on hard financial times. , e last federal government shutdown didn't heeither. >> people not able to pay and so forth, and you don't want to stop, you know. but i can't haveha teachers don't get paid. >> reporter: so now utley is selling some of the school's instruments from pianos to woodwinds and springs to help ends meet. >> to not continuing in the next generations wld be anxtreme loss to everyone. >> reporter: her dau pter starteying piano here in second grade. now a high school senior.