Known nationally as an innovator in smart growth and environmental protection, Maryland has many opportunities for improved transportation, land use and equitable development policies.
In Maryland, the Coalition for Smarter Growth focuses on Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. We advocate for transit-oriented neighborhoods where people can walk, bicycle and take transit between home, work and play, the new transit investments to support these communities, and affordable housing linked to transit.
Latest Happenings
Release: CSG welcomes Governor Moore’s executive order to boost housing production in Maryland
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 3, 2025 CONTACT:Carrie Kisicki, Montgomery Advocacy Directorcarrie@smartergrowth.net The Coalition for Smarter Growth commends the Moore-Miller administration for enacting the Housing Starts Here executive order, demonstrating Maryland's commitment to building the homes we need in a strategic, sustainable, and inclusive way. "The Moore-Miller administration recognizes that housing means
Maryland: Comments on Frederick draft Climate and Energy Action Plan
August 22, 2025Rayla BellisClimate and Energy ManagerDepartment of Climate and EnergyFrederick County, MD Jenny WilloughbySustainability ManagerCity of Frederick Re: Comments on Frederick draft Climate and Energy Action Plan Frederick County and City of Frederick officials and staff: On behalf of the Coalition for Smarter Growth, I am submitting the following
MD Comments: Draft Go Prince George’s
August 13, 2025 Ms. Lakisha HullDirector, Prince George’s County Planning DepartmentMaryland National Capital Park and Planning CommissionWayne K. Curry Administration Building1301 McCormick Drive, Largo MD via: gopgc@mncppc.org Dear Director Hull: Thank you for your active engagement with the public on the preparation of Go Prince George’s. We wish to provide
CSG primer: Visualize 2050, our region’s 25-year transportation plan
The draft Visualize 2050 plan, our region's long-range transportation plan, has too many highway and arterial road expansions that will increase driving and climate emissions. We will miss our region’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 – even if there’s a rapid switch to electric vehicles.
VICTORY! M-83 Highway is Removed from Montgomery County Plans
Advocates spanning the generations celebrate our win at the Council Office Building on Tuesday, July 29! On Tuesday, the County Council voted 10-1 to remove the unbuilt portion of Mid-County Highway Extended (M-83) from county plans. This was a victory decades in the making! Left on the books since the 1960s but
