2019 Year in Review

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2019

YEAR IN REVIEW


Friends, We are proud of CSG’s central role in advocating for a more sustainable Washington DC region. Our success in winning change has been recognized by the Council of Governments, the Catalogue for Philanthropy, and the Washington Business Journal. Our value proposition is a coherent vision and our unique combination of policy expertise, established reputation, relationships with officials and the media, commitment to partnerships, and over 24,000 person email list. Thanks to your generous personal support we have achieved a record of success in advocating for transit-oriented development, housing affordability, transit, and progressive transportation policies. Your support for our mission is more important than ever. With just 10 years to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions, CSG must lead the push for more homes close to jobs and transit, for more transit, and for walkable/bikeable communities. We must simultaneously fight the short-sighted push for highways that mean more driving, more traffic, and more emissions. CSG has always had terrific staff and our latest generation isn’t missing a beat. We live in an era of amazing, dedicated young people, in a region among the most diverse in the world. We will work together to win a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable future.

Stewart Schwartz Executive Director

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The Coalition for Smarter Growth is proud to be a mission-driven organization, working for walkable, inclusive, and transit-oriented communities in the Washington, D.C., region, and the land use and transportation policies and investments needed to make those communities flourish. Thank you to these photographers for the use of their wonderful images in this report: COVER: Rowhouse/ekelly80; PG 3 Boarding/Kara Young, CSG Staff/David Smart, metroway/Aimee Custis, circulator+bikes/Catalogue for Philanthropy, Green/Aimee Custis; PG 4 DC Comp plan map/DC Office of Planning, ADU/Cheryl Cort; PG 5 Bus lane/beyonddc on Flickr, Seminary Road/Alexis Glenn; PG 6 bus/Aimee Custis, Report card graphic/CSG; PG 7 Seminary Road/Alexis Glenn, Tour/Aimee Custis, Rendering/WMATA & City of Alexandria; PG 8 Street/Aimee Custis, Mosaic/EDENS; PG 9 Zoning/Dan Reed, Building/Cheryl Cort; PG 10 Dogue Creek/Betsy Martin, Vote/Abigail Zenner; Pg 11 Roundabout/Piedmont Environmental Council, Highway/formulanone on Flickr, Building/beyonddc on Flickr; PG 12 Claiborne Cooperative/City First, ADU/buildinganadu.com, ADU/Kate Jentoft-Herr; PG 13 ADU/buildinganadu.com, Arlandria Apts/Sonya Breehey, ribbon/Claire Jaffe; PG 14 Rushern Baker/Steve Agarwal, SGS/Hugh Kenny PEC, Dan Reed/David Smart, Report Event/Judith Fogel, bikes/Aimee Custis; PG 15 metro/Aimee Custis, LWV/Steve Agarwal, Happy Hour/ Partap Verma, Interview/Teddy Owusu, SGS/Hugh Kenny PEC; PG 16 speech/Stewart Schwartz, houses/Sonya Breehey, tour/Sonya Breehey; PG 17 presentation/Reinaldo Germano, map/Aimee Custis, tour/Stewart Schwartz; PG 18 walking/Marco Sanchez PEC; PG 20 strawberries/Aimee Custis, metro/Shawn Clover on Flickr, field/Piedmont Environmental Council, biking/angela n. on Flickr; PG 22 biking/Joe Flood on Flickr, sky/Rudi Riet, bikes/John J Young on Flickr; PG 23 bus/Kara Young, metro/Aimee Custis, flower/Bekah Richards on Flickr. Flickr photos licensed via Creative Commons or by permission via our Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool. 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.

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2019’s top stories

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Updating DC’s Comprehensive Plan In 2019, we were at the center of the battle for the future of DC. Would the updated Comp Plan ensure an inclusive city and provide the housing we need? CSG’s Policy Director, Cheryl Cort, brought all of her experience and relationships to bear as she partnered with housing advocates, met with multiple officials, and crafted and won language that made affordable housing and preventing displacement top priorities in the plan.

Accessory apartments in Montgomery County We teamed with Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland to win zoning changes in Montgomery County, making it easier for homeowners to add a backyard cottage or an apartment in their home. With so many people needing an affordable place to live, these accessory apartments are great for young people, an older family member, or downsizing empty nesters.


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Better buses Regional and local bus systems carry nearly as many people each day as Metrorail, but our buses are stuck in traffic. Following our 2018 win for Metro funding, we’ve embarked on a multi-front campaign to win better buses: releasing a DC Bus Report Card; playing a leading role in the development and release of the regional Bus Transformation Project; and launching a campaign for bus priority lanes, route redesign, affordable fares, and faster boarding.

Safer streets We’re fighting for safer streets across the region. Our biggest win with local advocates came in Alexandria where we won City Council approval for a safety “road diet” for Seminary Road. In Loudoun, we’re still working against the odds for roundabouts and traffic calming for Route 15. In Montgomery, we cosponsored a Vision Zero town hall, and in Fairfax, we’re fighting for safer designs for Richmond Highway and Gallows Road.

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Safer streets, sustainable transportation Smart growth means transit and local street networks safe for walking and bicycling.

Better buses Our attention-grabbing DC Bus Report Card with MetroHero graded DC bus service as a “D,” but offered a menu of solutions. The July report release and bus forum garnered widespread media coverage and increased focus on DDOT’s H&I bus lane pilot study. Serving on the Executive Committee of the regional Bus Transformation Study, we ensured that dedicated bus lanes, route redesign, better customer information, faster boarding, and more affordable fares were among the top recommendations.

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A safer Seminary Road We scored a big victory for safer “complete streets” in September when the Alexandria City Council voted 4 to 3 to approve a “road diet” for Seminary Road. In the face of significant civic association opposition, CSG partnered with dedicated local bicycle and pedestrian safety advocates on a petition, alerts, and testifying at the 8-hour Saturday hearing — most moving were neighborhood children speaking with eloquence about how unsafe it was to walk or bicycle along Seminary. The Council approved conversion from 4 to 3 lanes, with dedicated bike lanes and pedestrian medians.

Richmond Highway In recent years, we led the fight for a bus rapid transit line to support walkable, transit-oriented development (TOD) along Richmond Highway (Route 1) in Fairfax. Yet, VDOT’s current proposed road design could present a barrier to pedestrians and successful TOD. CSG and partner groups are pressing the agency to design the roadway, not for 45 mph as planned but for safer 35 mph speeds with narrower travel lanes, shorter crossing distance, and plenty of safe pedestrian crossings.

Potomac Yard Metro This long-planned infill Metrorail station is key to over 7.5 million square feet of walkable, transit-oriented development. Concerns over the permanent loss of 1.5 acres of forested wetlands prompted significant opposition to the selected location, but for engineering, cost, and development reasons, this is the most viable location. As conservationists, we fight to protect wetlands, but here the net environmental benefits in reducing total regional land development, driving, and transportation greenhouse gas emissions outweighed the wetlands impact. Coalition for Smarter Growth | Annual Report 2019 7


Transit-oriented development Smart growth means community commitment to creating walkable, mixed-use, transit-accessible places.

Merrifield plan Retrofitting the suburbs to be more transit-oriented isn’t easy. We dove into Fairfax County planning for conversion of the old Exxon-Mobil office park buildings into a mixeduse research center for INOVA health. While we helped win open space and forest protection, strong stormwater requirements, an urban street grid, and expanded bicycle and pedestrian networks, the plan still overemphasizes road and intersection expansion and we had to press for study of bus rapid transit along Gallows Road.

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Prince George’s zoning rewrite Prince George’s continued its path to a modern zoning code that will foster walkable places and transit-oriented development. We’ve been there every step of the way, rallying supporters and urging the County Council to continue the process from zoning rewrite to countywide zoning map amendment. It’s not flashy, but these rules are the building blocks for creating the mixed-use places where people can walk, bicycle, and ride transit more often.

DC’s Comprehensive Plan The debate over the future of DC came to a head in the final council reviews of the Framework Element of the DC Comprehensive Plan. In recent years, court challenges have blocked thousands of new homes, including hundreds of affordable homes. That’s why we fought for and won critical language in the plan that: 1) prioritizes preserving and building more affordable housing and preventing the displacement of residents and 2) fixes the broken review process for Planned Unit

Developments (PUDs) so it can be more predictable, while prioritizing affordable housing and preventing displacement. Combining our policy expertise, relationships with officials, supporter base, and dedicated affordable housing partners, we were instrumental in winning these amendments for a more inclusive city. Looking ahead, we need to support the proposed Future Land Use Map, which identifies locations for more transit-accessible housing.

Speaking Up! We regularly speak up in favor of smart growth projects and policies at public hearings, while encouraging our supporters to do so as well. Here are a few from this past year:

Grosvenor Metro Station Montgomery housing moratorium (opposed) Potomac Yard Metro Station National Landing Bus rapid transit on MD-355

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More open space, less sprawl Smart growth means protecting our forests and farms from sprawl, and protecting our water and our future.

The Council of Governments supports more housing near transit Our 22-year presence at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) has borne fruit in recent years with the adoption of the smart growth Region Forward vision (2010) and the Visualize 2045 (2018) transportation plan which make transit-oriented development our regional priority. This year, COG jurisdictions agreed to plan for far more housing close to jobs and transit (75% of new growth directed to activity centers) in order to address housing needs and reduce long-distance driving.

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Route 15 and rural scenic byways We are continuing our assistance to local advocates in the Route 15 fight in Loudoun. Proposals to widen Route 15 to four lanes while retaining traffic lights will not only make it less safe but will induce more traffic volume and likely tie into speculative land development. We commissioned independent consultants who demonstrate that two lanes with roundabouts and traffic calming will be safer and more cost-effective and enhance historic tourism. As a result of our advocacy, the state is now studying this alternative for rural two-lane scenic byways across Virginia.

I-495 and I-270 toll expansion The State of Maryland has pressed forward with proposed widening and tolling for the Capital Beltway (I-495/95) and I-270, despite the destructive impacts on parkland, stormwater, and air quality. We’ve coordinated with partners and local residents to push for a more sustainable alternative centered on transit, demand management, and transit-oriented land use. We came together with the League of Women Voters of Maryland and Sierra Club Maryland Chapter to create the Maryland Advocates for Sustainable Transportation (MAST) coalition, now with 16 co-signers, who believe Maryland’s future must be focused on 21st century transit-oriented solutions.

Warehouse or walkable town center? When a massive warehouse distribution center was proposed on a site planned to be part of the mixed-use Westphalia town center, local residents cried foul. CSG joined local residents in pressing the Prince George’s Planning Board to reject the 19-acre warehouse and its 1,800 surface parking spaces as incompatible with the town center plan. We suggested alternative sites better suited to industrial uses. While the county approved the out of character use, the collective outcry prompted the future tenant to withdraw. Coalition for Smarter Growth | Annual Report 2019 11


Affordable housing Smart growth means using every tool we have to ensure people have safe, affordable places to live.

Accessory apartments in DC Our workshops, online forum, and fact sheets are making it easier to plan, design, finance, permit, and build an accessory apartment in DC. We’ve attracted hundreds of interested homeowners and funding from a grant, which will go to our partners at United Planning Organization. CSG is subcontracted to UPO to write how-to guides and jointly host forums to assist low- to moderate-income homeowners. DC has responded by seeking ways to improve the process, and the buzz we’ve created is encouraging other jurisdictions to ease requirements for accessory apartments.

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Accessory apartments in Montgomery County Accessory apartments increase the number and diversity of housing options. In Montgomery County, where 47 percent of the housing stock is detached, single family homes, CSG joined Habitat for Humanity in advocating for a zoning amendment making accessory apartments easier for homeowners to provide. Among other changes, it removed prohibitions on accessory cottages in small lot single family zones and on lots less than one acre. We later hosted a community workshop with experts on permitting, licensing, architecture, and other aspects of building an accessory dwelling.

Affordable housing and Amazon With Amazon’s selection of Arlington for its HQ2, CSG and housing partners issued a joint letter pressing state and local governments for stronger policies and funding for affordable housing. While Arlington and Virginia made additional funding commitments, they fall far short of what’s needed, as is also the case in Fairfax and Alexandria. We are also pressing Amazon and private developers to commit to helping meet the need.

Meeting DC’s housing needs The update to the DC Comprehensive Plan has been a fight for enough housing supply and for affordable housing preservation and inclusion to prevent displacement. Our intervention in the last few months was essential to winning language that made housing, affordable housing preservation, inclusionary zoning, and prevention of displacement priorities in the new plan and in planned unit developments (PUDs).

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We honored former Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker with our Livable Communities Leadership Award in April

More Highlights from 2019 We are honored to work with so many great advocates, business leaders, and officials for a more inclusive and sustainable region.

Dan Reed made a moving speech about inclusion and housing for all at our Smart Growth Social in October

In July our DC Bus Report Card event attracted 100 attendees

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comments from supporters and activists were sent to local, state, and regional decision makers this year via CSG’s online action tools.

We honored the League of Women Voters chapters of the National Capital Area with our Community Hero Award in April

In July, our Montgomery County happy hour in Silver Spring attracted both veteran and new generation activists

The prestigious Catalogue for Philanthropy has named us “one of the best” communitybased nonprofit organizations every year since 2004

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mentions of CSG in the media so far this year on transportation, land use, and housing issues, plus four appearances on WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi Show

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Education and Engagement Smart growth means informed and engaged advocates shaping the future of our community.

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Our 2019 education events From walking tours to panel discussions, book talks, and informative happy hours, we host events to inform and inspire community members. This year we’ve also been called upon to share our experience with other regions. Smart growth talk for Charlottesville & Albemarle League of Women Voters

Montgomery County TOD tour for Sacramento Council of Governments

Smart growth presentation to UMD students

Downtown Richmond, VA walking tour with Partnership for Smarter Growth

Montgomery County accessory dwelling unit workshop with Habitat for Humanity D.C. Bus Report Card Metro Maryland forum with MetroHero Fairfax County stormwater forum Montgomery County with Audubon activist happy hour Naturalist Society West Falls Church & Railroad Cottages Better Buses, Better Cities – a book talk walking tour with author Steven Advocating for Higashide and coregional smart sponsors Smart growth - remarks to Growth America, Cumberland Region Island Press, and Tomorrow in Nashville Georgetown University Urban and Regional D.C. accessory Planning Program dwelling unit workshops with United Planning Organization Kentlands/Lakelands walking tour with CNU-DC

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Who we are Staff

Stewart Schwartz Executive Director

Cheryl Cort Policy Director

Jane Lyons

Sonya Breehey

Teddy Owusu

Gillian Wagner

Maryland Advocacy Manager

Northern Virginia Advocacy Manager

Communications and Engagement Manager

Operations and Fundraising Manager

Champions Council We sincerely thank our Champions Council, an accomplished team that advises the Coalition for Smarter Growth to help us carry out our mission. Our Champions Council includes experienced leaders across business, development, housing, transportation, media, and academic fields.

Andrew Aurbach

Communications consultant & media producer

Jim Campbell

Somerset Development

Allison Davis

Washington Metro

Ronald Eichner

New Legacy Partners

Rodney Harrell, PhD

AARP

Steven E. Jones

CPA, MSOD

We look forward to adding new members to our Champions Council in 2020, particularly to restore its gender diversity!

Robert Puentes

Eno Center for Transportation

Dan Reed

Toole Design Group

Douglas Stewart

Fairfax City Citizens for Smarter Growth

Champions Council business affiliations are for reference only and do not imply endorsement.

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.

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2018 Financial report Sources of organizational support Foundations

$306,000

47.4%

Individuals

$176,463

27.4%

Corporate and organizational

$104,067

16.1%

$58,496

9.1%

$645,026

100%

$468,261

77.8%

Fee-for-service TOTAL

Operating expenditures Personnel and related costs

Salaries and benefits for staff

$3,785

0.6%

$472,046

78.4%

Advertising

$6,462

1.1%

Meetings and conferences

Consultants and professional fees Subtotal, Personnel

General Expenses

$7,897

Hosted events

1.3%

$14,088

2.3%

Rent and occupancy

$48,784

8.1%

Communications

$23,347

3.9%

Travel

$5,793

1%

Printing and copying

$3,466

0.6%

$13,650

2.3%

$1,876

0.3%

Supplies and equipment Dues, subscriptions, insurance Misc (Bank charges, fees)

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$4,822

0.8%

Subtotal, General expenses

$130,185

21.6%

TOTAL

$602,231

100%

FY2019 numbers are not yet available at print deadline, as our fiscal year ends on December 31.


2018 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 335 donors whose contributions of $100+ we received between January 1 and December 31, 2018. Smart Growth Guardians $20,000+

The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Share Fund

Marcia DeGarmo

Rebecca and Jeff Tapick

EastBanc, Inc.

Smart Growth Champions

Prince Charitable Trusts

$2500-$4999

The Summit Foundation

AARP

TransitCenter

Smart Growth Defenders $5000-$19,999 Akridge David Alpert Christine Andreae The Bozzuto Group The Campbell Foundation David M. Schwarz Architects EYA Fivesquares Development Gilbert’s Corner LLC HNTB Corporation HR&A Advisors, Inc. JBG SMITH Properties Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership National Association of Realtors George Ohrstrom II Mark Ohrstrom Jean Perin Bill & Molly Pugh

American Public Transportation Association Jim Campbell and Nancy Hooff Cooper Carry The Chevy Chase Land Company New Legacy Partners Sierra Club DC Chapter StonebridgeCarras, LLC John and Valerie Wheeler ZGF Architects LLP

Smart Growth Stewards $1000-$2499 Anonymous Madhav Acharya Andrew Aurbach Tad Baldwin Elizabeth Barrett Matthew Carver Payton Chung Crystal City BID Allison Davis

Elmo Foundation Jay Evans Foursquare ITP Jim Gray Greater Washington Board of Trade Tom Gutierrez

Smart Growth Patrons $500-$999 AHC Inc. Geoff Anderson Laurence Aurbach Capitol Riverfront BID Cunningham | Quill Architects

Bart Harvey

Charles Denney

Hines Interests Limited Partnership

Mitchell Diamond Bee Ditzler

Hoffman Madison Waterfront

DowntownDC BID

Steve Jones

Fehr & Peers DC

Joe Kakesh

Jay Fisette

David Kaplan

Ralph Garboushian

LCOR Inc.

Hamel Builders

Lerch Early & Brewer

The Henry Foundation

Linowes and Blocher LLP

Claire Jaffe

Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc.

JUMP

Perkins Eastman

Kittelson and Associates, Inc.

Richard Price Revenue Authority of Prince George’s County Mark Ryan

Chris Leinberger Level 2 Development LLC Lyft, Inc. Diana Mendes

Rob Sheehan Don & Tina Slater Toole Design Group John Torti Torti Gallas + Partners WC Smith

Franklin Kaid Benfield

Tom Metcalf Christopher G. Miller Robert Moler Anita Morrison NoMa BID

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Jeffrey Norman Partners for Economic Solutions Mary “Merrily� Pierce Alex Posorske Will Reckley Renaissance Planning Barbara Sanders Gregory Sanders Margaret Schoap Lee Schoenecker Sierra Club Mt. Vernon Group SJG Properties Nancy Soreng Stantec Jeb Stenhouse Douglas Stewart Stout and Teague The Traffic Group, Inc. Uber Technologies, Inc. Urban Land Institute Wesley Housing Development Corporation Gerry Widdicombe Robert Wulff Christopher Zimmerman Mariia Zimmerman

Smart Growth Advocates $250-$499 Anonymous Paul Angelone Anne Ambler Shalom Baranes Ellen Bass T. David Bell Jason Broehm James Brown Nicholas Burger car2go Otto Condon Julie Coons Stephen Crim Rosalyn Doggett Melissa Dorn Edmondson & Gallagher Property Services, LLC Dan Emerine Sean Emerson James Feldman Nancy Fox Kristin Frontiera Bill Gallagher John Goodman Daniel Guilbeault Robert Hartt Michael Hechter

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Paula Hirschoff

Bob Summersgill

Alex Horowitz

Harriet Tregoning

Larry Huffman

Prem Vadlamudi

Harry Jaffe

Robert Ward

Lee Alice Kimball

Carol Wayman

Susan Kimmel

Bruce Wright

Steve Knight

Nicholas Zabriskie

Stella Koch

Abigail Zenner

Celeste Land

Sam Zimbabwe

Dan Lantner Jenifer Madden Benjamin Mainwaring Jacob Mason Joe McAndrew and Jessie Bloomfield Edward McMahon William Millar Mobility Lab Walter P. Moore Joy Oakes Chris Orvin Mark Perreault Tom Quinn Rhodeside & Harwell, Inc. Hope Richardson John Schisler Denise Schlener Peter Shapiro Christopher Slatt Jeff Speck Leslie Steen

Smart Growth Supporters $100-$249

Jameel Alsalam Dean Amel Regina Arlotto Loreen Arnold Susan Auerhan Ronit Aviva Dancis Kelley Banks Jamie Baxter Anne Beals Chuck Bean Matthew Bell Marc Bendick, Jr Marlene Berlin Greg Billing Jeffery Blum Margaret Boles Liz Borkowski


Rich Bradley

Margot Finn

Roger Lewis

Ron Sanseverino

Kendra Briechle

Marie France

Holly Lincoln

Ileana Schinder

Colin Browne

Al Francese

Brian Lomax

Ari Schnitzer

Marney Bruce

Michele Gehshan

Glenn Maccullough

Matt Schuneman

Marlene Burkgren

Reinaldo Germano

Joy Markowitz

David Sears

Betty Byrne Ware

Dannielle Glaros

Christine Matthews

Jim and Katie Sebastian

Mary Campbell

Sol Glasner

Barbara McCann

Steven Seelig

Christoph Casati

Oscar Gonzalez

Eileen McCarthy

Rosemary Sheridan

Stephen Cerny

Peter Gorman

Ellen McCarthy

Betsy Sherman

Sivakumar Chandran

Sonia Gutierrez

Alanna McKeeman

Ross Simons

Hilary Chapman

Rodney Harrell

Andrew McRoberts

Veronica Sloan

Owen Chaput

Benjamin Harris

Deirdre Middleton (Farrell)

Wade and Berta Smith

Marcie Cohen

Peter Hawley

Matthew Miller

SmithGroup

Ann Cook

David Hicks

Christopher Mrstik

Gregory Snyder

Steven Crutchfield

Thomas Hier

Pat Munoz

Don Cuming

Michael Holtzhiemer

Randall Myers

Southern Environmental Law Center

Adam Davis

Mary Hynes

Lowell Nelson

Steve Davis

Mark Irvine

Mark Obrinsky

Susan and Edward Demers

Judith Jones

James O’Connell

Robert Doubek

Kamm Architecture

Kirsten Oldenburg

Mort Downey

Ryan Keefe

Elisa Ortiz

Jim Durham

Robert Klein

Robert Peck

Laura Ehle

Matthew Koch

Neal Peirce

Mircea Enache

Larysa Kurylas

Andrew Pendelton

Jim Epstein

Aaron Landry

Peter Pennington

Lee Epstein

Christopher Langford

Ilana Preuss

Lance Eubanks

Douglas Larson

Robert Puentes

Samuel Feldman

Ed Lazere

Michael Replogle

Eddie Fendley

Samuel Leverenz

Lynn Richards

David Fields

Brian Levy

Michael Rodriguez

Miti Figueredo

Dave Levy

Thomas Ross

Frank Spielberg Matthew Steil Timothy Stevens Douglas Stewart Frances Stewart Laura Tekrony Jane Thurber Kyle Walton Steve Wardell Jeremy Welsh-Loveman Martha Wingfield Daniel Winston Erika Yalowitz Dmitriy Zakhrarov

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Keep us working for smart growth. For walkable, inclusive, transit-accessible communities. We are proud to be a results-driven organization committed to promoting a sustainable vision of where and how the Washington DC region should grow. We’ve been recognized multiple times as one of the region’s best nonprofits by the prestigious Catalogue for Philanthropy — that means you can trust us to spend your dollars carefully to support our programs. Your donation is important to us! You can donate online anytime at smartergrowth.net/donate. If you have questions or are interested in using a donor advised fund, donating stocks, making a planned gift, setting up an employer matching program, or donating in honor or in memory of someone, please contact our development team at donations@smartergrowth.net or (202) 657-0016.

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