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Smart Growth Social 2025
Smart Growth Social is our most popular event of the year.
Explore the Reservoir District – a walking tour
Join the Coalition for Smarter Growth for a walking tour
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Smart Growth Social 2025: Coming together for our community
Celebrate community and smart growth at Smart Growth Social on Oct 30 at 6:30 pm, Eastern Market. Connect with activists, public servants, and urbanists and hear from Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins.
Speak up for a walkable, housing-rich Duke Street
Join us at the upcoming Sep 25th community meeting to support a more vibrant, inclusive Duke Street! Alexandria is updating its Duke Street corridor land use plan from west of Old Town to Landmark/West End. This plan will guide future redevelopment, housing, public spaces, and the general character of Duke Street. Duke

Explore the Reservoir District
A Walking Tour (formerly McMillan Sand Filtration site)
CSG in the News: Moore plans to ‘supercharge’ affordable housing. The crisis will still take years to resolve.
September 15, 2025 | Sam Janesch | The Baltimore Sun “What people need to understand, what our legislators and decisionmakers need to understand, is we’re already years behind on making these changes,” said Carrie Kisicki, the Maryland advocacy director for the Washington, D.C.-based Coalition for Smarter Growth. “As fast as they can

Fault Lines: Key takeaways and how to get involved
Thank you to all who could join us for our recent screening of the powerful Fault Lines film at the Angelika Film Center in Fairfax. Whether you were with us in the theater or couldn’t make it this time, we are grateful to have you as part of this growing