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2025 Livable Communities Leadership Awards & Reception
The countdown has officially begun for our annual Prince Livable Communities Leadership Award & Reception and you’re invited! We’ll be gathering in the heart of Downtown DC on the rooftop of the beautifully restored and expanded Martin Luther King Jr Library.
Montgomery for All — Silver Spring Community Meet-Up
Join CSG and Montgomery for All to catch up with & support one another as we continue our shared work of building equitable, inclusive, and sustainable communities.
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Latest Happenings
CSG in the News: Metro’s Financial Crisis Demands Leadership from D.C. But the Prospect of New Taxes is Making Politicians Skittish.
“I think they’re frustrated with having to lead the way, but I do think it is so much easier for the District to lead on this,” says Stewart Schwartz, the executive director of the influential Coalition for Smarter Growth and a veteran of many Metro funding debates.
TAKE ACTION: VDOT’s “495 Southside Study” is biased toward building more toll lanes. What happened to the promise of Metrorail?
Alexandria was promised future Metrorail across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to connect Virginia and Maryland when the bridge was reconstructed 15 years ago. And WMATA is currently studying a Blue Line loop across the bridge. But, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is racing ahead with a biased study designed solely to extend High Occupancy Toll Lanes (aka “Express Lanes”) from Springfield across the bridge to MD210. The comment period ends on October 10!
TAKE ACTION: These two projects would put Prince George’s on the wrong road
We have two urgent actions we need you to take. Two massive road projects would undermine a sustainable and prosperous future for Prince George’s County.
CSG in the News: Metro Says It Needs More State Funding To Avoid Drastic Service Cuts And Layoffs
Stewart Schwartz, executive director of the transit advocacy non-profit Coalition for Smarter Growth, says it’s “concerning” that the agency may have to rely more on capital budget funds to reduce the deficit.
We can’t save Downtown Largo by destroying it
Rethink the I-495/Medical Center Drive interchange project FACT SHEET CSG-Factsheet-Beltway_Medical-Center-Drive-at-Downtown-Largo-InterchangeDownload
