Join us to share your feedback on Fairfax County’s Franconia-Springfield Planning Study and their Route 29 Active Transportation Study. Two great opportunities to shape a more walkable, livable future for these two areas.
Category: Take Action
Demand safe streets in Four Corners
Call on the Montgomery County Council to deliver on the safe streets that our county has promised us and that our communities need.
DC Alert: Support more homes for Cleveland Park and Woodley Park
Send a letter of support by Dec. 1, 2025 to the DC Zoning Commission in support of upzoning along Connecticut Avenue, Zoning Case No. 25-09.
Tell the DC Zoning Commission that you support the proposed new mixed-use zones (Zoning Case No. 25-09) to permit taller buildings to allow for more homes, including affordable homes, above shops for the Cleveland Park and Woodley Park business districts on Connecticut Avenue. Any new buildings would be subject to the design guidelines adopted by the Historic Preservation Review Board. The zoning proposal would also remove the cap on restaurants in these business districts, which will help fill in vacant storefronts and attract new businesses. Send your letter before December 1.
Sign up in advance to testify on Dec. 1 at 4 pm. The hearing is virtual!
Image by DC Office of Planning, ZC No. 25-09.
Council needs your input on University Boulevard
Help us get the word out on University Boulevard!
Speak up for better transit along Route 7
The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) is conducting a study of the benefits and impacts of the proposed Route 7 BRT that will connect the Mark Center in Alexandria to Tysons via Bailey’s Crossroads, Seven Corners, and Falls Church.
What to know about the University Boulevard Corridor Plan — and how you can help
The University Boulevard Corridor Plan lays out in detail how we can achieve safer streets, a wider and more accommodating variety of housing options, and greater environmental resilience.
Support transit and inclusive housing options in the University Boulevard Corridor Plan
The University Boulevard Corridor Plan envisions a community with safer streets, thriving local businesses, better public transit, and more housing choices to meet people’s needs at all ages and stages of life.
Visit our landing page at smartergrowth.net/ubc to take action and learn more about the plan.
Help shape the future of Duke Street
There are two opportunities for you to speak up for a more vibrant, walkable, and inclusive Duke Street as the city updates its Duke Street Land Use Plan.
Alexandria wants your feedback on its Housing Master Plan update
Alexandria wants your feedback on the next phase of its Housing Master Plan (HMP) update! We commend the city for promoting goals and strategies essential to fostering an inclusive Alexandria and would like to encourage you to show your support for the plan’s Revised Draft Housing 2040 Principles and Goals by the October 19 deadline.
Ward 3 Smart Growth & Affordable Housing Happy Hour
Residents and community activists got together in Tenleytown on October 7 to socialize and talk about opportunities to build more sustainable inclusive and walkable neighborhoods, especially in Ward 3.