2024
YEAR IN REVIEW
Inclusive,vibrant communities
Blueprint for a Better Region
Saferstreets, sustainable transit
Our Mission
The Coalition for Smarter Growth advocates for walkable, bikeable, inclusive, and transit-oriented communities as the most sustainable and equitable way for the Washington, DC region to grow and provide opportunities for all.
Executive Director’s Note
Dear Friends,
For over 27 years, CSG has acted locally, working with you to shape a more sustainable, inclusive future. Earlier this year, we released our Blueprint for a Better Region – our updated, hopeful vision with a focus on creating inclusive, vibrant communities, housing for all, and convenient, sustainable transportation options. I encourage you to check out our video showcasing this vision at smartergrowth.net/blueprint.
We are incredibly grateful to you—our supporters and fellow advocates—who stand alongside us every day in pursuing this mission.
Our small but mighty team has been on the frontlines with you, securing vital wins like Metro funding, improving bus networks, safer streets for walking and biking, and more housing, including affordable housing. I couldn’t be prouder of the creativity, dedication, and successes of Cheryl, Sonya, Carrie, Ayesha, and Bill.
In a world with many challenges, we offer a positive vision and practical solutions. I hope that as you read our Year in Review, you’re inspired to continue supporting and partnering with our team to act locally for a better region.
All the best, Stewart
Our supporters sent over 6,200 (and counting!) comments to local, state, and regional decision makers via CSG’s online action tools.
Blueprint for a Better Region
Traffic. Expensive housing. Dangerous streets for walking and bicycling. Disappearing farms and forests. Climate change. It’s all interconnected.
Our Blueprint for a Better Region outlines a path forward for the D.C. region to be more sustainable and inclusive. Our vision is a network of vibrant, inclusive, walkable communities connected by frequent and reliable transit.
Visit the Blueprint for a Better Region webpage
Inclusive, vibrant communities
• Guide new homes and businesses to existing communities with access to transit
• Create compact, walkable, bike-friendly, mixed-use communities
• Preserve rural farms, forests, and natural areas
Housing for all
• Allow a variety of housing options
• Preserve and build affordable housing
Safer streets, sustainable transit
• Provide convenient, frequent, and reliable public transit
• Invest in safe, comfortable walking and biking
• Shift away from highways and arterial road expansion
Future Plans
Your support for our team will enable us to work with you on our Blueprint for a Better Region priorities in 2025:
Create inclusive, vibrant communities with good access to transit
• DC Comprehensive Plan rewrite: Ensuring the new plan creates more housing, especially near transit, and making it easier and less expensive to build new housing.
• Wisconsin Avenue corridor rezoning: Partnering with Ward3Vision and WIN Ward 3 to support more housing and affordable housing between the Friendship Heights and Tenleytown Metro stations.
• Prince George’s TOD: Supporting a strong Blue Line-Central Avenue Sector Plan for transitoriented communities, and retrofits for dangerous streets.
• Duke Street transit communities: Ensuring walkable and vibrant transit-oriented development is planned along the Duke Street Transitway corridor in Alexandria.
• Fairfax 15-minute communities: Supporting walkable, mixed-use development at the AT&T Oakton site and other commercial corridor transformations to create 15-minute walkable neighborhoods with great placemaking.
Provide abundant, affordable housing options in accessible locations for all
• Regional housing supply and affordability: Partnering in finding the win-win state and local solutions to increase housing options in Virginia and Maryland via state legislation, incentives, inclusionary zoning, and trust funds.
• Alexandria Master Housing Plan update: Supporting solutions to address the city’s critical housing affordability challenge..
• Montgomery’s attainable housing: Supporting transitoriented development, medium-density multifamily housing, and missing middle housing options.
• Affordable housing vs highway expansion: Showing how expanded housing and dedicated affordable units near transit is not just an equity solution, but also a climate and transportation solution.
Offer convenient, safe, and sustainable transportation choices
• World-class transit: Serving on #DMVMoves and campaigning for a new transit vision and long-term dedicated funding for Metro and local transit systems.
• Progressive transportation in Maryland and Virginia: Winning reforms to state plans and funding to prioritize smart growth, fix-it-first, safety, transit, and climate goals.
• Offering alternatives to damaging highway expansion: Making the case for integrated land use/TOD, transit, demand management solutions.
• Safe streets for active transportation: Supporting transformation of suburban arterial roads including MDOT’s Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, People Before Cars in National Landing, progressive updates to Fairfax and Arlington transportation plans, and ActiveFairfax plan and complete streets guide.
Winning emergency Metro funding
Metro is on the road to recovery thanks to Randy Clarke’s leadership and Metro’s board, management, and staff, but a major funding gap remains. CSG convened 19 groups in the ‘Fund Metro!’ coalition, leading efforts across the DMV to secure more funding. As advisors to the #DMVMoves task force, we’re helping shape a new transit vision and secure long-term transit funding.
Top Stories
Celebrating the progress we made together in 2024.
Seeking more housing options in Montgomery County
Working with Montgomery for All and partners, we won unanimous Planning Board approval of the Attainable Housing Strategies Initiative. The plan promotes transitoriented development and missing middle housing in some areas now zoned only for single-family. Amid community concerns, we’ll be seeking a winning formula.
Safer walking and biking in Northern Virginia
CSG and local partners are making progress due to our advocacy. Alexandria started five complete streets projects and Fairfax drafted the ActiveFairfax plan for sidewalks, bike lanes, and trails. We’re working for safer streets in National Landing and collaborating on safe streets with Culmore’s Place Based Initiative and the Korean Community Services Center.
Wins for affordable housing in DC
We helped win an 80-unit, all-affordable apartment near Takoma Metro, 100+ housing units at the U Street police and fire station, and 100-200 units at the Chevy Chase civic core. We also backed emergency legislation to save affordable housing providers from foreclosure.
Inclusive, vibrant communities
Growth and development should be focused in already established areas close to jobs and services, with access to nearby parks and trails.
A more inclusive Takoma Park, MD
CSG testified and inspired public support for the Takoma Park Minor Master Plan Amendment – new mixed-use neighborhoods along Maple Ave and housing and retail at the former Washington Adventist Hospital site. The Council approved the plan for a walkable, connected community with housing options, parks, and amenities.
Transforming an Oakton office campus
CSG is supporting the transformation of the underutilized AT&T office in Oakton with its acres of parking, into a vibrant mixed-use community with affordable homes, bike/ped connections, retail, parks, and tree preservation. We hosted a walking tour, engaged our supporters, and addressed the concerns of neighbors.
Opportunities to live near Metro in Prince George’s
We supported two important plans: the West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Plan for transitoriented development and diverse housing, and the Central Avenue–Blue/ Silver Line Corridor Sector Plan for zoning changes that would allow more housing, retail, services, public spaces, and urban street designs at three Metro stations.
Supporting downtown DC
Prioritizing spaces for people over cars is a key to downtown’s future. We advocated for revitalization based on great placemaking with new parks, bike and bus lanes, street cafes, and office-to-residential conversions. Retention of the Gallery Place arena, Metro’s comeback, and progress on Union Station will all play key roles in the recovery.
Housing for all
Providing housing options that are accessible to people with a range of ages, incomes, and family sizes is key to diverse, vibrant communities.
Public land for public good in Franconia
Amid fierce opposition to another critical affordable housing opportunity, CSG teamed with faith leaders and housing advocates to support mixed-income homes and amenities at the former Franconia Government Center. We turned out supporters, winning unanimous approval to transfer the county land to the housing authority for future affordable housing.
Homes instead of parked cars
We won DC’s approval of parking relief on the first 50 affordable housing units in projects near transit, and unanimous Montgomery County Council approval to eliminate minimum parking requirements for new homes near Red Line, Purple Line, and BRT stops. These changes will reduce costs and make it easier to build more affordable homes near transit.
Turning an old golf range into homes and a park
We teamed with affordable housing, bike, and conservation groups, and local civic associations to win unanimous Fairfax County Board approval to convert the TopGolf site in Kingstowne into a new neighborhood, to include 174 new townhomes (18 affordable), a oneacre public park, tree preservation, new bike/ walking path, and better stormwater control.
Homes on faithowned land in Montgomery
We helped secure the passage of ZTA 24-01 by the Montgomery County Council, making it easier for faith and private education institutions to build affordable housing on their land. This zoning change is a significant step toward increasing affordable housing. Our supporters quickly mobilized, sending 250 emails to the Council through our alert in just five days!
Safer streets, sustainable transit
By focusing on moving people instead of cars, we can offer more affordable and equitable access to opportunities, drive less, be healthier, and reduce pollution.
Reducing climate emissions from transportation in MD
We joined partners advocating for the Transportation & Climate Alignment Act (TCA) which would require MDOT to measure climate emissions from its projects and consider more sustainable options. The House passed the bill, but time ran out before a final vote in the Senate. We’ll bring a bill back in 2025.
Safer streets for Prince George’s County
We won Urban Street Design Standards, convened a Complete Streets training for staff and officials, and cohosted a walk audit with Central High School, Del. Kent Roberson, and MDOT. We identified dangerous conditions students face walking to school and suggested safer street designs.
Defending good policies and pushing good projects in VA
CSG challenged efforts to undermine the state’s nationally recognized “Smart Scale” project prioritization system, which recognizes the value of accessible land use. We rallied local jurisdictions to protect future Metrorail on the Wilson Bridge, and advocated for new bus rapid transit including the Route 7 BRT.
Changing regional transportation priorities
We generated record comments and testified on the region’s Visualize 2050 transportation plan, winning reduction in new interchanges, highway and arterial widening projects – from 900 new lane miles down to 700. However, officials refused to model a smart growth/ transit plan that would perform better and reduce our climate emissions.
Education & Engagement
Smart growth means informed and engaged advocates shaping the future of our community.
Fairfax Healthy Communities meetings and presentations
Montgomery for All meetings and presentations
RISE Prince George’s meetings, presentations and meetups
Forum: University of Maryland student affordable housing with UMD students
Workshop: Complete Streets for Prince George’s County
Happy hour: An Inclusive Ward 3 with Ward3Vision, WIN Ward 3 & DC YIMBYs
Happy hour: RISE Prince George’s and Prince George’s Planning Director Lakisha Hull
Happy hour: Water Park in National Landing
Panelist: Accessory dwelling units –supporting a changing demographic
Webinar: Affordable Housing Financing 101
Webinar: Launch of our Blueprint for a Better Region
Webinar: Metro’s 2025 Better Bus Network
Webinar: MD Transportation & Climate Alignment Act
Webinar: Winning Safer Streets for Prince George’s
Bus tour: Arlington Missing Middle housing (with GGWash)
Walking tour: Ashton-Sandy Spring attainable housing (with GGWash)
Walking tour: AT&T Oakton redevelopment
Walking tour: A safer Central Avenue for Prince George’s
Walking tour: More housing options in Silver Spring, Ashton, and Friendship Heights
Walking tour: Silver Spring’s Aquatic Center + the Leggett
More Highlights
We’re honored to work with so many great advocates, business leaders, and officials for a more inclusive and sustainable region.
In May, we honored Metro General Manager, Randy Clarke, with our Livable Communities Leadership Award and launched our Blueprint for a Better Region.
In October, we hosted Smart Growth Social where Montgomery County Councilmember Fani-González shared her vision for creating diverse, welcoming, transit-oriented communities.
Speaking Up
We speak up in favor of smart growth projects and policies, while encouraging our supporters to do so as well. We also oppose projects that undermine a sustainable region.
2024 Master Plan of Highways and Transitways (MoCo, Comment)
I-495 Southside express lanes and widening, May and June (Regional, Oppose)
Affordable Housing at the Franconia Government Center (Ffx, Support)
Alexandria West development (Alx, Support)
Attainable Housing Strategies Initiative (MoCo, Support)
Better Bus Service Act of 2024 (MD, Support)
Better Buses coalition letter on summer Red Line closures (MoCo, Comment)
Brightseat Tech Park (PGC, Support)
Chevy Chase DC rezoning (DC, Support)
COG-WMATA letter on long-term Metro funding (Regional, Support)
Complete streets projects on five corridors (Alx, Support)
Data center zoning update (Ffx, Comment)
DDOT Director, Sharon Kershbaum, confirmation resolution (DC, Comment)
Delaying implementation of the modern zoning ordinance (PGC, Oppose)
Department of Housing and Community Development budget (DC, Comment)
E-bike rebate and voucher program (MD, Support)
Eliminating parking requirements near transit (MoCo, Support)
Elm Gardens redevelopment (DC, Support)
FY25 Budget for Dept. of Housing and Community Development (MD, Support)
FY25 Capital Budget & FY25-30 Capital Improvements Program (MoCo, Comment)
FY25 Operating Budget (MoCo, Comment)
Hearing on Dept. of Housing and Community Development (DC, Comment)
Housing Expansion and Affordability Act (MD, Comment)
Housing on faith-owned land (MoCo, Support)
Implement Plan 2035 (PGC, Support)
Legislation for federal operating funding for transit (Fed, Support)
Low-Income Housing Tax Credits –bond cap crisis (DC, Comment)
Priority Climate Action Plan (VA, Comment)
Proposed NVTC FY24-25 Work Plan and Strategic Research Plan (VA, Comment)
Proposed townhouse moratorium in Prince George’s County (PGC, Oppose)
Reducing parking requirements for affordable housing near transit (DC, Comment)
School facilities and public safety surcharges (PGC, Support)
Silver Spring mixed-use development at Georgia & Cameron (MoCo, Support)
Takoma Park Minor Master Plan (MoCo, Support)
TopGolf redevelopment (Ffx, Support)
TPB greenhouse gas reduction strategy implementation study (Regional, Comment)
Transportation and Climate Alignment Act (MD, Support)
Transportation climate change commitments by the TPB, Jan., Feb., July (Regional. Comment)
Visualize 2050 Air Quality Conformity scope of work (Regional, Comment)
Visualize 2050 regional transportation plan, March, April, July and Sept. (Regional, Comment)
West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sector Plan (PGC, Support)
WMATA Board: FY25 Budget (MD and VA, Comment)
Partnerships
We believe in the strength of partnerships.
*This list does not include all of CSG’s partnerships
DC Housing Priorities Coalition, advocating for inclusive housing and land use policies
Fairfax Healthy Communities, linking conservation, housing, climate, transportation, and equity organizations
Liveable Alexandria and the Alexandria Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee, committed to affordable housing, transit-oriented communities, transit, and safe streets
Maryland Advocates for Sustainable Transportation (MAST), promoting transit and transit-oriented development alternatives to highway expansion
Montgomery for All, a community-led group for sustainable and inclusive land use, transportation, and housing policies
Montgomery Housing Alliance, teaming affordable housing providers and advocates
Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance, promoting healthy, sustainable, equitable communities to meet diverse housing needs
People Before Cars, working for a walk/bike/ transit-friendly National Landing
RISE Prince George’s, building shared, sustainable prosperity through safe, walkable, inclusive and transit-oriented communities
Smart Growth America, Transportation for America, National Transit Justice Coalition, for livable places, healthy people, shared prosperity, and safe, affordable, sustainable transportation
Virginia Conservation Network, coordinating the state’s conservation movement
Ward3Vision, Cleveland Park Smart Growth, and Washington Interfaith Network (WIN), community-led groups supporting an inclusive Ward 3 and city
Staff
Stewart Schwartz
Executive Director
Who we are Champions
Cheryl Cort Policy Director
Carrie Kisicki
Montgomery Advocacy Manager
Council
Allison Davis Washington, D.C. Metro
Sonya Breehey
Northern Virginia Advocacy Manager
Andrew Aurbach Communications consultant and media producer
Anya Kamara Somerset Development Company
Christopher Miller President, The Piedmont Environmental Council
Dan Reed Greater Greater Washington
Jody Taylor-Fisher NeoNiche Strategies
Lee Farmer VHB
Linda Bailey Former Executive Director, NACTO
Rodney Harrell, PhD AARP
Ronald Eichner New Legacy Partners
Ayesha Amsa
Communications and Fundraising Manager
Bill Pugh
Senior Policy Fellow
Our Parent Organization
The Coalition for Smarter Growth is grateful to our parent organization, The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Warrenton, Virginia. PEC provides accounting, tax reporting, and human resources support, and segregates contributions made to CSG. Copies of PEC’s most recent audited financial statements and IRS Form 990, which incorporates the activities of CSG, are available online at pecva.org/donate. For more information, please contact us at (202) 675-0016.
*Champions Council business affiliations are for reference only and do not imply endorsement
Thank you to these photographers for the use of their wonderful images in this report:
COVER: Front cover/Hugh Kenny, Pledge/Hugh Kenny, Ride under towers/Emma K Alexandra, Biking in NoVa/Hugh Kenny, People-friendly Wisconsin Ave/Albert Ting (Friendship Heights Alliance), Attainable housing/Montgomery County, King St Metro/Hugh Kenny, Chevy Chase/DC Office of Planning, AT&T Oakton/EYA, TOD in Prince George’s/PGC Planning, Downtown DC/ Chadisia Stadler, Franconia Gov Center/Fairfax County, Parking/Bossi, TopGolf/EYA, Faith ZTA/Benjamin Sky Brandt, The Flash/BeyondDC, Envision Rt 7/NVTC, Metroway/BeyondDC, Complete Streets workshop/Seth Grimes, LC24/Hugh Kenny, SGS24/Marco Sanchez, Franconia vote/Seth Grimes, Listening session/Benjamin Sky Brandt, Takoma Park hearing/Benjamin Sky Brandt, Prince George’s happy hour/Seth Grimes, May meeting/Virginia Conservation Network, W3VWIN happy hour/Tom Hier, CSG staff headshots/Hugh Kenny. All other photos not listed here are CSG file photos by CSG staff. For hyperlinks to the original photos on Flickr, please contact our office.
2023 Financial Report
Sources of organizational support
FY2024 numbers are not yet available at print deadline, as our fiscal year ends on December 31.
Operating expenditures
2023 Contributions
We are incredibly grateful to the foundations, organizations, firms, and every one of the individual donors who make our work possible. We are able to list within available space 339 donors whose contributions of $100+ we received between January 1 and December 31, 2023.
Smart Growth Guardians
$20,000+
Christine & Fred
Andreae
Energy Foundation
Land Family Foundation
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Prince Charitable Trusts
Share Fund
Smart Growth Defenders
$5,000-$19,999
Tony Byrne
David M. Schwarz
Architects
EYA Fivesquares Development
JBG SMITH
Just Strategy
Summit Foundation TransitCenter
Joan Kasprowicz
New Legacy Partners
Mark Ohrstrom
George Ohrstrom II
Jean Perin
Rebecca Tapick
John Torti
Jennifer & Sandy Williams
Smart Growth Champions
$2,500-$4,999
David Alpert
John (Jay) Evans
Evans & Allen
Greenberg
Federal Realty Investment
Ed Fendley
Michael Fine
Harriet Tregoning & Geoffrey Anderson
Somerset Development Company
Stantec
Torti Gallas + Partners
ZGF Architects
Smart Growth Stewards
$1,000-$2,499
AARP
Anonymous
Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing
Andrew Aurbach
Laurence Aurbach
Boston Properties
James Campbell
Combined Federal Campaign
Matthew Dalbey
Elizabeth Dalgliesh
Allison Davis
DC Association of Realtors
Charles Denney
Mitch Diamond
Eastbanc
Enterprise
Community Partners
Jim Epstein
Lee Farmer
Foursquare ITP
Gables Construction
Greater Washington
Board of Trade
Tom Gutierrez
Bart Harvey
Melane & Tom Hoffmann
Holland & Knight
Steven Jones
Anya Kamara
Ana Karimi
Lerch, Early, & Brewer
Bonnie Mattingly
Diana Mendes
National Housing Trust
NeoNiche Strategies
NRP Group
Joy Oakes
Saul Urban
Joseph Schiarizzi
Denise Schlener
Jim Sebastian
SJG Properties
Douglas Stewart
Stout & Teague
The Traffic Group
University of Maryland
VHB
Bob Ward
WC Smith
Zach Weinstein
Smart Growth Patrons
$500-$999
AHC
Marc Bendick Jr
Kaid Benfield
Jason Broehm
Mary Campbell
Carr Properties
Carol Chiasson
Rachel & Steve Davis
George Degarmo
Brian & Bee
Ditzler
Donohoe Development Company
James Durham
Peggy Duxbury & Stephen Metruck
Fehr & Peers
Neal Fitzpatrick
Rachel Flynn
Christopher Forinash
Nancy Fox
Ralph Garboushian
Golden Triangle BID
Jim Gray
Rodney Harrell
Michael Hechter
Joe Kakesh
David Kaplan
KGP Design Studio
Klein Hornig
Jimmy Li
Macerich
Joe McAndrew & Jessica Bloomfield
Barbara McCann
Tom Metcalf
Anita Morrison
Nelson\Nygaard
Jeffrey Norman
Northern Virginia
Affordable Housing Alliance
Richard Price & Lena O’Rourke
Partners for Economic Solutions
Perkins Eastman
Shelley Poticha
Molly Pugh
Michael Replogle
Karina Ricks
Barbara Sanders
Gregory Sanders
Conor Shaw
Sierra Club
Maryland Chapter
Leslie Steen
Sally Stolz
Mark Stout
ULI Washington
Frederick Wagg
Wesley Housing
Yvette White & David Wagoner
Ashley Wiltshire
Bruce Wright
WSP
Smart Growth Advocates
$250-$499
Karen Abrams
Dean Amel
Linda Bailey
Kelley Banks & Heather Holub
Dan Behrend
David Bell
Matthew Bell
Marlene Berlin
Cemile Bingol
Jeff Blum
Angel Braestrup
Hilary Chapman
Raka Choudhury
Otto Condon
Jim Dougherty
Mike Doyle
Brittney Drakeford
Robert Duffy
Ron Eichner
John Eltzroth
Sean Emerson
Jim Feldman
Miti Figueredo
Jay Fisette
Steve & Marie
France
Janet Gallant
Sol Glasner
Parris Glendening
John Goodman
Steven Greenwaters
Charles Grymes
Daniel Guilbeault
Tracy Hadden Loh
Larry Huffman
Mary Hynes
Michael Jelen
Lee Kimball
Robert Klein
Steve Knight
Stella Koch
Marc Korman
Dave Levy
Roger Lewis
Josephine Liu
Jacob Mason
Patricia Munoz
Randall Myers
Bonnie O’Day &
Robert Hartt
Peter Pennington
Erica Penttila
Mary Pierce
Alex Posorske
Tom Quinn
Stephen Repetski & Payton Chung
Deana Rhodeside
Alexis Rieffel
Hans Riemer
Ileana Schinder
John Schisler
Margaret Schoap
Stewart Schwartz
Robert Sheehan
Carl Shoolman
Haris Siddiqui
Nancy Soreng
Timothy Stevens
Michael Swartz
Jane Thurber
Leslie Tourigny
Walter P. Moore
Matt Welbes
John & Val Wheeler
Stuart Whitaker
Carey Whitehead
Daniel Winston
Frederick Wu
Samuel Zimbabwe
Christopher
Zimmerman
Smart Growth Supporters
$100-$249
Chelsea Allinger
Adrienne Ameel
Alia Anderson
Anonymous via Catalogue for Philanthropy
Logan Arkema
Ryan Arnold
Susan Auerhan
Scott Barstow
Ellen Bass
Jamie Baxter
Margaret Boles
Daniel Brezina
Marney Bruce
Carolynn Brunette
Nick Burger
Russell Burnett
Jamie Butler
Lora Byala
Christoph Casati
Stephen Cerny
Michael Chernicoff
Michael Crispino
Donald Cuming
Ralph Cunningham
Warren Davis
Rosalyn Doggett
Lee Epstein
Brandon Estela
John Fay
Al Francese
Alison Gillespie
Dannielle Glaros
Hester Graves
Seth Grimes
Peter Harnik
Peter Hawley
Seth Heald
Jurretta Heckscher
John Hillegass
Michelle Hutcherson
Joseph Jakuta
David Joseph
Susan Kimmel
Julia Koster
Barbara Kraft
Jonathan Krall
Ruth Kroeger
Terri & George Lamb
Celeste Land
Dan Lantner
Douglas Larson
Sam Leverenz
Brian Levy
Ivy Main
Andrew Malone
Rebecca Mann
Christine Matthews
Kate Mattice
Kathy McGuire
Helen McIlvaine
Sarah McMeans
Chris Miller
Matt Miller
Laura Miller Brooks
Karl Moritz
Paul Mortensen
Allen Muchnick
Lowell Nelson
Carolina Oliveri
Christopher Orvin
Brandi Panbach
Jim Parajon
Jonathan Parker
Robert Peck
Andrew Pendleton
Mark Perreault
Mark Phillips
Martha Polkey
Adam Pollock
Eric Poole
Paula Posas
James Pritchard III
Claire & Eric Randall
Sanjida Rangwala
Dan Reed
Graham Reid
Karen Remer
Ainsley Rhodes
Christina Ritchie
Jonathan Rogers
Thomas Ross
Douglas Ryan
Rick Rybeck
Laurie-Anne Sayles
Mark Scheufler
Ari Schnitzer
Matthew Schuneman
Dave Sears
Steven Segerlin
William Sellers
Nick Sementelli
Rosemary Sheridan
Peter Siderovski
Smart Growth
America
Wade Smith
Jeff Speck
Franklin Spielberg
Matthew Steil
Laura TeKrony
Meredith Upchurch
Patricia Waddy
Matthew Watson
Hannah Weiss
Bri West
JoDee Winterhof
Patrick Wise
Paul Zeisset
Jim Zook
Glenn MacCullough
Casey Anderson
Anonymous
Melissa Kim
Robert Puentes
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