Known nationally as an innovator in smart growth and environmental protection, Maryland has many opportunities for improved transportation, land use and equitable development policies.
In Maryland, the Coalition for Smarter Growth focuses on Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. We advocate for transit-oriented neighborhoods where people can walk, bicycle and take transit between home, work and play, the new transit investments to support these communities, and affordable housing linked to transit.
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Written Recommendations: MoCo’s More Housing N.O.W. Package
March 11, 2025Montgomery County Council100 Maryland AveRockville, MD 20850 More Housing N.O.W. PackageZTA 25-02, Workforce Housing - Development StandardsZTA 25-03, Expedited Approvals - Commercial to Residential ReconstructionSRA 25-01, Administrative Subdivision - Expedited Approval PlanExpedited Bill 2-25, Taxation - Payments in Lieu of Taxes - Affordable Housing Amendments Thank you for
Take action! Contact your representatives to support the Maryland Housing for Jobs Act
Support the 2025 Housing for Jobs Act! Contact your State Delegates Contact your State Senator Maryland has a housing shortage that is making it harder for people to afford to live here and is holding back our economy per this state report. And even when people have managed to find
CSG in the News: MoCo residents polarized over proposed workforce housing legislation
March 11, 2025 | Ginny Bixby | Bethesda Magazine Supporters who spoke at the hearing in general praised the legislative package’s aim to increase the county’s housing supply and create realistic homeownership opportunities for more county residents. “It’s a plain and simple fact that our county needs more housing,” said
In-Person Testimony: MoCo More Housing N.O.W. Package
It is a plain and simple fact that our county needs more housing. People want housing that they can afford, and they do not want to have to spend their lives sitting in traffic just to get to work.
Nothing demonstrates the strong support for these simple ideas more than the broad, diverse coalition that showed up in support of the announcement of the More Housing N.O.W. package.
Testimony: Support for the Flats at Glenridge Station, DSP-23008 & DDS-24002 (Prince George’s)
March 10, 2025 Mr. Peter Shapiro, Chair Prince George’s County Planning Board, M-NCPPC 1616 McCormick Drive, Largo MD Via: pgcpb@mncppc.org RE: Support for the Flats at Glenridge Station, DSP-23008 & DDS-24002 Dear Chair Shapiro and members of the Board: Please accept this testimony on behalf of the Coalition for Smarter
