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CSG Testimony: Attainable Housing Strategies
We strongly support the direction of the Planning Department’s recommendations for more diverse housing typologies in Montgomery County, especially in places near transit, amenities, and jobs. Inequitable, unsustainable land use patterns are a systemic problem at the root of some of our most difficult social issues. Montgomery County should not
CSG Testimony: Thrive 2050 to County Council
We strongly support the Planning Board’s draft of Thrive 2050, although we urge you to further strengthen certain areas. Thrive creates a vital blueprint for a county that is more affordable, walkable, prosperous, resilient, and racially and economically integrated, and recognizes that the best way to achieve that vision is through

RISE Prince George’s 5/18/21 event with Angie Rodgers
On May 18, 2021, RISE Prince George’s convened a virtual event to discuss the future of housing & economic development in the County. The talk was titled: “We can't have quality economic development without affordable housing: so how do we get it all?” with: Angie Rodgers, Prince George’s Deputy Chief

Take Action: Don’t let the MD General Assembly kill Prince George’s zoning rewrite
No matter where you live in Maryland, join us in supporting Prince George's County. Montgomery County and the City of Baltimore recently updated their zoning codes but the General Assembly could in effect block Prince George's from doing so. The Prince George’s House delegation is sponsoring a bill (HB 980),

CSG Testimony in Support of PG 416-21: Finish the Countywide Rezoning
RE: Testimony in Support for PG 416-21: Prince George’s County – Public Ethics – Definition of Application Click here for CSG testimony in support of PG-416-21Download At the Virtual Delegation Bill Hearing on Local/Bi-County Legislation By The Prince George’s County House Delegation, February 2, 20201 By Cheryl Cort, Policy Director,