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Montgomery for All Meet-Up at Garden of Lights

Celebrate winter wonders with Montgomery for All at Brookside Gardens’ Garden of Lights on December 15! 

Webinar: Maryland housing needs & solutions

What is the scope of Maryland and the D.C. region’s

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VDOT's Outer Beltway

VDOT’s Outer Beltway

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VDOT's OUTER BELTWAY Community Meeting Monday, March 11 7:00 - 9:00 PM Chantilly Regional Library 4000 Stringfellow Rd - Chantilly (map) - served by Fairfax Connector bus rt. 605 Come early to view maps & displays Resources PowerPoint presentation Outer Beltway handout At the meeting, we discussed how the Outer

D.C.-region smart-growth organization releases transit report

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Earlier this week, the Coalition for Smarter Growth issued a report on the Washington, D.C. region’s public transportation, including a set of nine principles to guide long-term regional planning for the next generation of transit. The Coalition for Smarter Growth, a non-profit, works to promote smart growth in the Washington,

Transit, Purple Line Activists Hit Annapolis For Lobby Day

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Transit and smart growth activists greeted leaders in Annapolis today with gravestones representing “the impending death” of transportation projects such as the Purple Line if the General Assembly does not come up with transportation funding in this legislative session. Representatives from D.C.-based Coalition for Smarter Growth, which is spearheading the

Deal is near to shift traffic out of Manassas battlefield park

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The National Park Service and Virginia authorities are close to signing a major Civil War battlefield preservation deal that eventually would close two congested roads that slice through the twice-hallowed ground at Manassas. The agreement, which could be signed by the summer, would provide for routes 234 and 29 to

Testimony before Ms. Françoise Carrier, Chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board re: Long Branch Sector Plan Comments

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Dear Chair Carrier and members of the Board: Please accept these comments on behalf of the Coalition for Smarter Growth. Our organization is a regional organization focused on ensuring transportation and development decisions are made with genuine community involvement and accommodate growth while revitalizing communities, providing more housing and travel choices, and conserving