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Livable Communities Leadership Award & Blueprint Premiere

This spring, we'll awarding Metro's General Manager, Randy Clarke, with our 2024 Livable Communities Leadership Award! But wait, there's more! We'll also be premiering our Blueprint for a Better Region. Don't miss this exciting event! You'll want to be there for the unveiling of the first piece: a video designed to inspire.

Experience Water Bar, National Landing’s newest watering hole

Join CSG and National Landing BID for an evening of networking, drinks, and exploring this exciting new public space. The Water Park features exciting new food concepts, a stunning water sculpture, and beautiful placemaking. 

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Zoning Rewrite Will Keep Parking Minimums Intact Throughout Much of D.C., But Not Downtown

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Harriet Tregoning, the director of D.C.'s Office of Planning, just made some big news as far as the city's developers, smart-growth advocates, and car owners are concerned. The long-overdue update to D.C.'s 55-year-old zoning code, which the office is currently working on, will preserve mandatory parking minimums in transit zones
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In Arlington, state wants to develop and build over I-66 in Rosslyn, East Falls Church Metro

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The proposed area in Rosslyn where Virginia is asking for possible development suggestions. The area in pink is the main area, the areas in light green are secondary possibilities. Air rights are rapidly becoming a hot topic in Northern Virginia. Some heavy-hitters in Fairfax are pushing for development over the Silver Line
D.C. Defends Proposal to Change Mandatory Parking Minimums

D.C. Defends Proposal to Change Mandatory Parking Minimums

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After six years of work, the first major rewrite of Washington, D.C.'s zoning code since 1958 is inching closer to approval. But it's facing fierce opposition from some residents who worry it will shrink parking. A parking garage in D.C. On Tuesday, the District's top planning official defended her office's

Maryland Transportation Authority Report Glosses Over Shortfall in Future Predicted Trips

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The Maryland Transportation Authority issued a press release today about a report done with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and promoted time savings and traffic relief as a result of the Intercounty Connector. "First, it's not surprising that some people experience time savings from using the high speed ICC over local roads, but how many trips out of the hundreds of thousands of daily trips in the area encompassing the Beltway, I-270 and I-95? " said Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director of the Coalition for Smarter Growth. " The real question is whether the fact that a small percentage of trips save time was worth the $3 billion cost of the ICC (more with debt costs), as compared to a wide range of other investments."

Public-Private Toll Deals Have Taken Control of Public Process and Ignore Local Concerns

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"Every Virginia resident should be concerned about how the Public Private Transportation Act is distorting transportation decision-making and shutting down objective public review and debate," said Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director of the Coalition for Smarter Growth. Today, the McDonnell administration announced their pursuit of a Public-Private Transportation deal for a HOT lanes project on I-66. This announcement comes on the heels of a vote by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, protesting the decision to exclude rail transit options as priorities for the I-66 corridor and asking for reconsideration of the plan. The Commonwealth Transportation Board voted in May, just a few weeks after public comments on the I-66 proposal.