- Send over 9,000 emails to decision makers
- Add more than 1,200 signatures to our Metro Funding petition
- Attend our forums and walking tours from Capitol Riverfront to Shirlington
- Talk to us on Twitter
- Contribute to us monthly and annually online
- Help make our communities even better places to live
- District of Columbia
- Prince George's County
- Fairfax County
- Montgomery County
- Transportation Reform
- Working at the Regional Level
- Walking Tours and Forum Series
- Our Amazing Volunteers and Partners
- Looking Ahead
Thanks for all the hard work you've done this year: emailing your elected officials, attending forums and walking tours, and contributing to our work financially.
2009 was a successful year because of you and your involvement, leadership, and financial support.
This year, you joined with people from around the region to:
2009: Year in Review
Our nation's recession has shown that smarter growth policies are more important than ever. Outer suburbs have suffered particularly from high foreclosure rates. Household and government budgets everywhere are strained. We have always promoted communities that provide safe, affordable and convenient places to live and work for people of all incomes. The smart growth and equitable development solutions we offer help save governments money by building where we already have infrastructure - and help save families money by providing a range of housing and transportation options near jobs.
For over twelve years, we have been the leading non-profit organization addressing where and how the Washington region grows, partnering with communities in planning for the future, and offering solutions to the interconnected challenges of housing, transportation, energy and the environment.
We have been recognized for our effectiveness again this year: our Executive Director, Stewart Schwartz, was a finalist for the Washington Business Journal's Green Business Awards - and we received the inaugural American Institute of Architects Northern Virginia Chapter Award.
Our reach in the media is as powerful as ever. We were featured in the PBS Frontline Documentary "Poisoned Waters" showing that compact development will consume less land and help to save the Chesapeake Bay. In print and blogs, and on radio and TV, we foster common understanding of the challenges faced by our region.
We are out in the community nearly every day, helping residents and officials with planning, transportation and community design. This year we made over eighty major powerpoint presentations and speeches on smart growth issues. Our significant investment in online communications and advocacy offers in-depth information and inspires public action on important issues.
Read on to find out how busy we were in 2009:
Learn about our work in 2008.
