A new route through some of Prince William County’s rural north is pitched as pro-business and part of the area’s transportation solution, but critics have lined up to push back on a new run of pavement through a part of the region happy to be away from gridlock. The Commonwealth

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, August 2, 2013 Contact: Kelly Blynn, Coalition for Smarter Growth, 202-675-0016 x 127 Ben Ross, Action Committee for Transit, 301-706-6826 Advocates urge Gov. O’Malley to target funds to transportation projects supporting smart growth Gov. O’Malley to announce transportation spending on Monday in Bethesda In advance of Governor O’Malley’s visit to

The first major re-write of Washington's zoning code since it was established in 1958 is expected to be submitted by the Office of Planning today, ending six years of work and triggering another lengthy public process before the District's Zoning Commission, which will have the final say on new zoning

Two sites remain in the running for a new, $645 million regional hospital in Prince George’s County to replace the financially ailing Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly and create a full-service medical campus. The board of Dimensions Healthcare System, which oversees county-owned medical facilities, voted unanimously Thursday to send letters to

One of our regular readers brought to our attention an issue that we haven’t been covering: Northern Virginia’s proposed Bi-County Parkway. The parkway would connect Prince William and Loudoun counties, but it has sparked an impassioned debate about our region’s growth trends. On the one side, the Coalition for Smarter