Jane Green
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Washington, DC, United States
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The Coronavirus is robbing me of what I love about urbanism
Arlington, where I have lived since 2015 was the largest metro area I had ever lived in. My family had limited private space, but we embraced it because it pushed us out into the community. Spending so much time in the neighborhood has made Arlington feel like home. But social distancing has taken all of this away. → Read More
Events: Join Georgetown University for a webinar to explore its Master’s in Urban & Regional Planning
Join Georgetown University for a webinar from 12-1 pm on Friday, October 25 to find out how its Master’s in Urban & Regional Planning will prepare you to solve the critical challenges facing urban communities around the world. → Read More
We’re down to the last $676! Donate now before the end of our fall member drive.
October 16 is the last day of our fall member drive. We are so close to reaching our goal for new member donations. And we’re still looking to have many of our current Neighbors to renew their membership for the coming year. → Read More
How GGWash is engaging readers, and other insights from our 2019 Reader Survey
In August, we conducted our annual Reader Survey to learn more about the people who visit this site and what you think about our activities and our mission. This year, we reached our goal with 1,152 responses, including 985 who stuck with the survey all the way to the end. → Read More
Events: Get ready for DC’s first Open Streets event on Georgia Avenue
Come out to DC’s first Open Streets event, learn global best-practices to solve complex urban challenges, understand how the experience economy intersects with multifamily, and more this week. → Read More
Have you met your fellow GGWash readers in real life?
GGWash Neighbors get free, discounted, or early-bird tickets to these events. Will you join the Neighborhood to support our work and connect with our community? We’d love to see you at our next social event, the GGWash Neighborhood Mixer on November 7, to celebrate the first year of the Neighborhood program. → Read More
Join the GGWash Neighborhood and enjoy our content online and on your wall
Join our GWash Neighborhood membership program and receive our 2020 calendar for free. → Read More
Our reader survey closes August 30. Please give us your feedback today!
Greater Greater Washington is proud to be an online community for people in the Washington region to engage with urbanism. For 11 years, we’ve been educating you about transportation and housing policy, while giving you opportunities to put your beliefs into action. And now we want to hear what you love about the site and what we can do to improve our work. → Read More
How can dockless scooters make transportation more equitable in DC?
Over the past year or so dockless bicycles and scooters have cropped up all over the District, though they tend to concentrate downtown. How could these “micromobility” services make it easier for residents to get around in historically underinvested areas? One company has some ideas. → Read More
This day in greater Washington? Help us make the 2020 GGWash Calendar
Last October, we launched the GGWash Neighborhood, our membership program that provides financial support for our work while giving readers new ways to connect with each other and our content. After eight months, we have over 550 Neighbors and have raised over $54,000 to support the blog. Thank you to everyone who joined! → Read More
Our Neighborhood stepped up! Now party with us!
We’ve canvassed our virtual neighborhood asking you to support GGWash in 2019, and thanks to the support of over 300 donors and a total of $16,988.92, we’ve exceeded our goal! → Read More
Just $853 left and then we celebrate!
Reaching our goal of $15,000 and 250 new members means GGWash will start 2019 on good financial footing as we work to educate and engage residents from across the region. → Read More
Neighborhood Spotlight: Embrace “geekiness of all stripes”
Robb Dooling is a particularly engaged urbanist. He’s a member of DC’s Multimodal Accessibility Advisory Council, which advocates for better transit and public spaces for people with disabilities. In 2018, he was elected as an serves as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for 6C06 in NoMa and Old City. → Read More
Neighbor Spotlight: “GGWash was my teacher and my community”
Rita has global experience with urbanism, and now she’s applying her skills in Washington, DC. She answered some questions about what she’s learned. → Read More
Neighbor spotlight: “Learn something unique and ridiculously arcane” about Metro
David Breisch loves GGWash because it helps him “learn something unique and ridiculously arcane” about the Metro system. We take that as a compliment! He’s hopeful about the urbanist future of his neighborhood of Fort Totten, and when he’s not working as the Director of Marketing Technology for Destinations International, he volunteers as a WABA ambassador. → Read More
Are you ready to celebrate with GGWash?
GGWash is celebrating 11 years as a community of engaged readers and advocates who are working to make this great region even greater through walkable urban places. → Read More
Have a question for DC’s Planning Director, Andrew Trueblood? Come to our GGWash Open Forum!
In her second inaugural address, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser set a goal of adding 36,000 new housing units in the District by 2025. DC is working on updating the Comprehensive Plan, the document that guides growth and change throughout the District. Responsibility for these significant goals falls on Andrew Trueblood, nominated by Bowser to head the DC Office of Planning. → Read More
Fairfax County’s leadership will soon be very different. Help us make sure it stays urbanist-friendly.
The coming big challenges for Fairfax County include continuing Tysons’ shift toward walkable urbanism and bringing a similar change to the Route 1/Richmond Highway corridor in the county’s southeast. The county will face ongoing debates over adding housing in areas near new and existing transit, such as Reston. → Read More
Won’t you be our Neighbor? Introducing our new GGWash membership program!
GGWash has thrived for more than 10 years thanks to our volunteers and the enthusiasm of our readers. It also takes staff time and other resources to keep it going. Now, we are excited to launch a new membership program that will both build community among our readers and provide year-round financial support for our news and advocacy. It’s called The GGWash Neighborhood. → Read More
Ask Arlington leaders to support more basement apartments and lower parking minimums
We need the voice of urbanists throughout the Arlington region to let the County Board know that we value forward-looking policies to expand affordable housing and transit-oriented communities. → Read More