How a pizza franchise led off an economic...

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The Little Caesars Pizza on Annapolis Road in Bladensburg might not seem the poster child for economic development, but in Prince George’s County, the $300,000 loan that helped Irfaan Lalani open his sixth restaurant was the start of something much bigger. How much bigger? Think $623 million in project costs and more than 3,300 new jobs. The county’s loan to Lalani in 2012, which has since been repaid, was the first in a string of projects funded by Prince George’s $50 million Economic Development…