Posts by Tony Byrne — Guest Contributor

Tony Byrne is a resident of Silver Spring. Tony is an IT analyst and sustainability advocate, trying to make a better world for future generations. 

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  How do we have a national conversation about zoning reform?

  PoliticsOpinionBy Tony Byrne (Guest Contributor) May 2, 2024

  YIMBY wins keep racking up across the United States. Yet any national conversation about the movement has to acknowledge some critical dilemmas that make it hard to offer a universal “solution” to how to run or win a pro-housing campaign.   Keep reading…

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  What a neighborhood survey can teach about Thrive 2050

  PlanningOpinionBy Tony Byrne (Guest Contributor) April 13, 2022 10

  In February, the North Woodside Community Association in Silver Spring held a public forum and distributed an online survey about the neighborhood’s orientation toward the proposed Montgomery County Thrive 2050 General Plan. Most noteworthy is that proponents of Thrive outnumbered opponents by a margin of two-to-one.  Keep reading…