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Join us for a DC – MoCo happy hour April 8 in Friendship Heights! 

Join us for a happy hour to meet up with local smart growth, urbanist, and affordable housing supporters!

Livable Communities Leadership Awards & Reception

Please join us for our Prince Livable Communities Leadership Award & Reception!

Latest Happenings


Thinking about a cottage for you or grandma? Help revise Fairfax's ALU requirements!

Thinking about a cottage for you or grandma? Help revise Fairfax’s ALU requirements!

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Don’t miss your opportunity to weigh in on the update to Fairfax’s accessory living unit (ALU) regulations by Sat. Feb. 28! 

Testimony: Support for HB 386 — Metro Funding Modification Act (MD)

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The Metro Funding Modification Act will ensure that critical tri-state capital funding for WMATA is adjusted for inflation and scaled to meet state-of-good repair needs starting in FY29. The funding will also enable timely modernization of outdated rail system infrastructure.
Release: Northern Virginia Environmental and Active Transportation Groups welcome NOVA Parks and Dominion Energy agreement on tree cutting along W&OD Trail

Release: Northern Virginia Environmental and Active Transportation Groups welcome NOVA Parks and Dominion Energy agreement on tree cutting along W&OD Trail

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The Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA), Sierra Club Great Falls Group, Nature Forward, Coalition for Smarter Growth, Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling and Fairfax Families for Safe Streets, as part of Fairfax Healthy Communities, are excited to see that NOVA Parks and Dominion have a new agreement to steward and restore the Washington & Old Dominion Trail’s natural resources, helping to ensure the trail remains a cherished open space for its nearly 3 million annual visitors.
Testimony: MD 214 PSAP project plans fail to address pedestrian safety (MD)

Testimony: MD 214 PSAP project plans fail to address pedestrian safety (MD)

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The proposed concepts to address pedestrian safety on this segment of MD 214 are greatly disappointing and fall far short of where we believed we were headed with this project.

CSG in the News: How a simple bingo game gets people moving through the city

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Greater Greater Washington: TranspoBINGO is a DC-born game that challenges people to try new ways of moving through and exploring the city.