Today is the last day to get your early bird tickets for SGS! This year is unlike any other Smart Growth Social, as it falls on the day before Halloween! You don’t want to miss out! Ticket includes wine, beer, food, fun! 🍂 🎃 RSVP today and save: secure.everyaction.com/9tRhMhLZM0-a...

Let's support a more vibrant, walkable, inclusive Duke Street, including more housing options and affordable housing. Thursday, September 25, 2025 6:30 p.m. Bishop Ireton High School, 201 Cambridge Rd, Alexandria Can't attend in person? Register for Zoom: www.alexandriava.gov/news-plannin...

Support a vibrant, inclusive Duke Street! Alexandria is updating its Duke Street corridor land use plan, guiding future redevelopment, housing, public spaces, and character. Join us today to discuss community poll results and guiding principles: www.alexandriava.gov/news-plannin...

Who's up for some ✨transit-oriented birding✨? CSG team members @cmkisicki.bsky.social and @cherylcort.bsky.social took Metro and biked to check out a red phalarope this morning before work. This is only the 5th record of this little shorebird in D.C.!

Volunteer at CSG's Smart Growth Social on Oct 30! We need volunteers for guest check-in, food/bev assistance, and other tasks. Volunteers receive free admission! Enjoy networking, food, drinks, and inspiration for a walkable, transit-friendly future. Sign up here: forms.gle/9RnavG5Sg3Pn...

Continuing our tour of critical @wmata.com infrastructure, learning about the old but reliable signaling system. A top priority for our region needs to be funding for a new modern signaling system for Metrorail. It will allow for running more frequent trains.

Today is Car-Free Day! It's Car-Free Day! 🚇🚌🚲🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️ People who ride transit walk as much as 30 minutes more daily, increasing heart health, building muscle, & reducing risk of heart disease. Families using transit save about $2,800 annually on rideshare, parking, tolls, & $10,500 on car ownership.

On the DMVMoves task force tour of @wmata.com command center. You cannot come away and not be impressed by the modern technology, and the professionalism of the Metro staff. Thank you to Metro staff and regional leaders who have funded our world class transit system.

Tired of sitting in traffic? Today is Car Free Day. A day to try out @wmata.com Metrorail/bus, local bus, commuter rail VRE& MARC, or biking to work & nearby stores. We @betterdcregion.bsky.social are working every day to expand opportunities to walk, bike and take transit for our health & community

Connect with community activists, public servants, and urbanists at Smart Growth Social. October 30, 2025, 6:30 pm Eastern Market RSVP here: secure.everyaction.com/9tRhMhLZM0-a... 📷: @natalifg.bsky.social (center), SGS 2024 keynote speaker, with @stewartcsg.bsky.social & @cmkisicki.bsky.social

Thank you to all who could join us for our recent screening of the powerful Fault Lines film at the Angelika Film Center in Fairfax. Discover key discussion takeaways and additional ways to engage: www.smartergrowth.net/event-materi...

🎟Oct 30 @ Eastern Market, get your tickets now: www.smartergrowth.net/regional-fed...

Full room for the session on linking housing and transportation policy for sustainable, transit-oriented communities at @yimbytown.bsky.social! Featuring panelists from Clean Rides Network, MN, CO, @worldresources.bsky.social, and our very own @stewartcsg.bsky.social 🫡

@betterdcregion.bsky.social squad!!!!!!!

Happy Monday 🍂 Ensure your week gets off to a great start by purchasing your Smart Growth Social tickets today! Tickets include appetizers, one drink, and a fun night of networking and celebration: secure.everyaction.com/9tRhMhLZM0-a...

The W&OD Trail is a Northern Virginia treasure at risk. Yet Dominion’s clear-cutting and a potential long-shot commuter rail proposal could significantly change this important corridor. This op-ed explains why we must act now to protect the trail: ggwash.org/view/100790/...

📣 ACTION ALERT! Opponents are pushing to add further restrictions to a key part of MoCo's More Housing NOW package, allowing more types of homes on county corridors. The hearing is tomorrow. Email the Council today urging them to say NO to more barriers on the new homes we need!

Looking forward to hope and inspiration from @billmckibben.bsky.social at the @yimbytown.bsky.social conference. Glad our team @betterdcregion.bsky.social @cmkisicki.bsky.social & Becca Dedert & @montgomery4all.bsky.social can be here to find smart growth, housing, climate solutions.

No place I’d rather be but the @welcomingneighbors.us national gathering!!! 😍 Check out all these wonderful housing advocates together in one room!

Tour the old McMillan site! Go inside the silos! Join us to explore the Reservoir District walking tour (formerly McMillan Sand Filtration Site) on Saturday, Sept. 20, 10 am-12 pm. Sign up: secure.everyaction.com/i5Zavt9gikac...

Tonight’s inspiring conversation about housing wouldn’t be possible without the support of our generous partners and sponsors. Thank you for helping us bring this community together!

Moving Remarks from Carmen Romero, President and CEO at True Ground Housing Partners: “When people tell me what it feels like to move into one of our units, when they have been navigating this incredibly complex, hard system [...] people break down in tears.”

40% more housing supply in Falls Church by the end of 2027, according to Mayor Hardi. Quite impressive!

Chairman McKay: "We are not talking about the number of units. We are talking about humans here. We are talking about kids, we are talking about parents, we are talking about hardworking people, people with disabilities who have built those communities that are facing a housing crunch.”

In the panel, chairman McKay of Ffx CB says it's not just about housing, it's about the people. Humanize the struggle and solution. Stresses having a thriving non-profit & for-profit environment.

"We take pride in creating one of the best school systems [..] in the nation, yet many of these children today can’t imagine a path to be able to come back to live in the community where they were raised [...] to be able to raise a family here." Powerful opening remarks by FFX Supervisor Palchik

Thank you to everyone who filled the room at our sold-out screening of #FaultLines. "You could be anywhere now, but you are here, talking about housing," - VA State Senator Saddam Salim @salimvasenate.bsky.social Couldn't make it? We’ll be sharing highlights, photos, and next steps. Stay tuned!

Our Sept 7 screening of Fault Lines is officially sold out! Your response proves how deeply our community cares about housing issues facing the region. We can’t wait to welcome a packed house for the film, panel, and social hour this Sunday. Stay connected: secure.everyaction.com/DaJnpL9qvUWr...

Save the date! Smart Growth Social returns October 30 at Eastern Market. Connect with community activists, public servants, and fellow urbanists, and hear from Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins on building equitable and sustainable communities. Register today: secure.everyaction.com/9tRhMhLZM0-a...

“We believe that housing is a foundation on which we will build everything else,” Moore said. “If you want to create wealth, start with housing. If you want to create jobs, start with housing. If you want to attract new businesses, create housing.”

Rally: Speak for the trees along the W&OD Trail Join CSG and partners on Sep 6, 10am, at the Vienna Town Green for a rally urging Dominion to cease clear-cutting trees along the W&OD Trail and renegotiate a vegetation management agreement with NoVA Parks. patch.com/virginia/vie...

The DMV area deserves a better plan that prioritizes climate- and people-friendly investments. We should demand more #SafeStreets, #walkability, #TransitOrientedDevelopment, and frequent transit service—and less highway expansion and #InducedDemand. Let's demand better for our region.

Our region could be a national leader on climate action, but its new transportation plan is holding us back. Visualize 2050, the new long-range plan from the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, would doom us to continued unsafe global warming pollution.

Honored to be with housing leaders from AIM, ACT and PATH as Governor Moore announces the Housing Starts Here Executive Order today! “Housing is a foundation on which we build everything else. […] Gone are the days of no and slow. We will be a state of yes and now.” - @govwesmoore.bsky.social

Join us on Saturday, Sept 6 at 10 AM at the Vienna Town Green to celebrate the W&OD Trail and call attention to the devastating impacts of Dominion's tree-cutting. We demand to stop tree cutting and negotiate a new agreement on the tree maintenance policies. www.eventbrite.com/e/rally-for-...

We thank ‪@ddotdc.bsky.social‬ Director Kershbaum for her comments supporting better road designs. DC has more work to do for safer crossings, road diets, and more protected bike lanes citywide, including Arizona and Connecticut Avenues. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t...

Celebrate Metro, celebrate transit. Join this thread to highlight DC Metrorail as one of our nation's top infrastructure achievements and to share other small transit wins ⬇️

PGC Planning Board Chair Darryl Barnes & Director Hull graciously met with RISE Prince George's activists & LISC friends. We talked about keeping Blue Line Sector Plan TOD rezonings moving forward, expediting Central Av Connector Trail/bridge and a transformed, walk/bike friendly Central Ave.

Hard to believe Virginia state housing trust fund is just $87.5 million per year. For comparison, the state transportation budget is $8 bullion per year! (Attending the Virginia Housing Commission meeting with our @betterdcregion.bsky.social newest staff person Becca Dedert.)

Fault Lines asks tough questions about housing and policy. Sept 7 @ 3:15 pm Angelika Film, FFX RSVP here: www.smartergrowth.net/virginia/fau... Watch, join the conversation, and take action @marcussimon.com @hollyseiboldva.bsky.social @ggwash.org @nvaha.bsky.social

Can we build a future where everyone can afford to live here? Join us for a screening of Fault Lines, a documentary asking tough questions about housing, followed by a discussion with regional leaders. Sept 7 @ 3:15 pm Angelika Film, FFX Get your free ticket: www.smartergrowth.net/virginia/fau...

Thank you, @betterdcregion.bsky.social, for helping to amplify this. We hope everyone will take a moment to read and take action. Here’s one thing you can do right now: www.pecva.org/region/albem...

VDOT’s I-495 toll lane expansion is based on a fatally flawed study. “The project is not ready,” said @betterdcregion.bsky.social executive director @stewartcsg.bsky.social during a public hearing on the project, as quoted in a recent story in ‪‪FFXnow. www.ffxnow.com/2025/07/30/c...

I’m sorry but Maglev is not our only option for high speed rail. We have more opportunity to create high speed rail w/ aggressive, well-funded Maglev campaign out of the way. “Dream of a high-speed maglev train between D.C. and New York is dead for now” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

how it felt being the 4th @betterdcregion.bsky.social MoCo advocacy manager to work on this and get to finally see it happen… I stand on the shoulders of giants!!! 🫡

The vote is in! 10-1 to approve the Master Plan of Highways and Transitways—and after 60+ years, M-83 is OUT of county plans!

Good morning from the County Council, where the Councilmembers are discussing removing the unbuilt northern portion of M-83 from the Master Plans of Highways and Transitways! We need real transportation solutions for upcounty residents—not false promises that more road capacity will fix traffic

“Concentrating future growth near transit is the best way for our region to grow without choking on traffic.” CSG’s @stewartcsg.bsky.social weighs in on DC traffic congestion in this piece from @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Thx to Yonah & UI for more helpful research on the pro-housing land use agenda!

Thank you @wmatagm.bsky.social & the @wmata.com team for great progress at Metro! More frequent rail & bus service, improved reliability, bus network redesign, easier fare payment, low cost fare option for people who need it, increased ridership, more transit-oriented development deals. Keep it up!