There are two opportunities this week to get involved in shaping the vision for the Duke Street corridor. Provide feedback on their draft Land Use Plan framework before it closes this Friday, June 26, and attend the next community meeting on Monday, June 29!
Category: Take Action
Get caught up on master plans in Montgomery County!
How well do you know the master plan process? And do you know what master plans are currently underway in Montgomery County?
Tell your VA legislators: fund Metro!
Virginia state delegates and senators will reconvene this week in Richmond to (hopefully) pass a budget by the June 30 deadline. Send an email letting them know that Metro and other VA transit are essential services!
Take action: Support affordable housing (again!) at the Chevy Chase, MD Library
In 2022, CSG, Montgomery for All, Action in Montgomery, and other organizations teamed up to rally for co-locating affordable housing with a redeveloped Chevy Chase Library—and won.
Now, in 2026, we need to speak up once again.
Attention Ward 4: Dance Loft’s affordable housing & arts project needs your help to win ANC 4E support 3/24
Dance Loft on 14, approved three years ago, is an exciting Ward 4 mixed-use development that includes affordable housing, a performing arts center, retail space, and net-zero energy design. But it encountered delays due to the city’s unprecedented crisis in affordable housing funding.
Urgent: email today to secure transit funding in VA
Without this funding, we will see fare hikes and service cuts during a time when frequent, reliable, and affordable transit is more important than ever.
Support these three key Maryland housing bills!
Maryland has a housing shortage, and is losing residents to other states where housing is more affordable. The following bills can help change this trajectory by ensuring our communities can build homes that truly reflect the diversity of needs of Maryland residents.
Two community events in Alexandria: Duke Street & Housing 2040
Alexandria is holding two community open houses next week where you can offer your input on two major ongoing projects: the Duke Street Land Use Plan and Housing 2040.
Support 3 key reforms for better Maryland transportation
A transportation trifecta is moving through the MD General Assembly: more climate-friendly projects, more options than driving, and more homes and businesses near transit. Send an email to make sure these three bills get passed!
Speak up for a more walkable, bikeable Braddock Road!
Alexandria wants to make Braddock Road safer for people walking and biking, including children walking and biking to school, and people connecting to Metro, area trails, retail and services. Please consider speaking up in support of these needed improvements.