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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

Latest Happenings


Testimony: Support and recommendations improving Go Prince George’s (MD)

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We applaud the Go Prince George's plan for fully applying the 2023 DPW&T Urban Street Design Standards mandated by the County Council. But the plan could be even better.
Attention Ward 4: Dance Loft's affordable housing & arts project needs your help to win ANC 4E support 3/24

Attention Ward 4: Dance Loft’s affordable housing & arts project needs your help to win ANC 4E support 3/24

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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.
Guest blog: Dance Loft on 14 survived DC’s affordable housing meltdown. ANC 4E shouldn’t let it die now.

Guest blog: Dance Loft on 14 survived DC’s affordable housing meltdown. ANC 4E shouldn’t let it die now.

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After three years of financial limbo caused by DC’s affordable housing funding crisis, Dance Loft on 14’s exciting mixed-use development in Ward 4 finally has a path forward. But it needs ANC 4E’s support to get there, and the commissioners who will decide its fate weren’t in office when the project was originally approved.
Press release: Dance Loft on 14, a unique, affordable housing and arts center project, hangs in the balance

Press release: Dance Loft on 14, a unique, affordable housing and arts center project, hangs in the balance

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Supporters urge ANC 4E to endorse modifications to advance project at crucial Tuesday vote.
Virginia General Assembly: Urgent action item and exciting housing updates!

Virginia General Assembly: Urgent action item and exciting housing updates!

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This has been a monumental year for housing at the Virginia General Assembly. An unprecedented number of housing bills are heading to the Governor’s desk - but before we share the updates on successful bills, we need you to join us in an urgent action!