Neighbors For Smart Growth

Our city, like others in the megalopolis, is falling behind the surrounding urban sprawl in emissions of carbon. If we want to stay current with the strip mall fiefdoms' higher carbon emissions we're going to have to cap density and hobble public transit. How are we going to keep up irresponsibly if we're not being irresponsible?

Historic Preservation Board's weighing of solar wattage vs rooftop watching still rages on, and on, and on...

Evan Yeats, Erin Palmer and Geoff Bromaghim: It’s past time to modernize DC’s solar panel guidance As we confront the climate crisis, DC officials have set ambitious goals to lead our city toward a more sustainable future. One of the primary goals is having all of the District’s electricity generated by renewable sources by 2032. While we’ve made

Our newsletter from January 2015, (protesting the Zoning Commission's initiative to downzone 35,000 single family row houses throughout DC.), resurfaces as a photo for an article about land use at Greater Greater Washington.

Spoiler Alert: The Zoning Commission downzoned all those homes.

https://ggwash.org/view/64168/land-use-policy-can-push-for-an-inclusive-city.-ours-does-not

Land use policy can push for an inclusive city. Ours does not. DC’s Comprehensive Plan is a land use and policy document that is supposed to be a guide for inclusive growth in the coming decades. Unfortunately, it has too many parts that, in the hands of exclusionary and anti-development neighbors, are the means to push all of DC’s growth and change onto other,...

President & Mrs. Obama: We miss you already.