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You’re the key to make Greater Greater Washington last a long time. We need your help.
Do you want Greater Greater Washington to be around for a long time? I do! If that’s going to happen, to be perfectly honest: we need your financial support now. Last year’s reader drive brought in $15,000, including larger-dollar donors who contributed to a matching program we did. We raised about $10,000 in business support. With that, we hired Jonathan Neeley… Keep reading…
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Help us fund live event coverage
This past year, we hosted live chats with DC’s leading mayoral candidates. A lot of you said you found them useful. Next year we’d like to do even more live chats, but we need your help. You got to ask questions, questions that no one else was asking, which we posed to Muriel Bowser and David Catania. Many of you said you found out information that helped you decide who to… Keep reading…
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Greatest Greatest Hits: Your favorite posts of 2014
Greater Greater Washington published 1,272 posts and 2,189 Breakfast Links (so far) in 2014. What were your favorites? Here are the ones that racked up the most pageviews, comments, tweets and likes, as well as some of our contributors’ favorites. Most commented: Year after year, posts about cyclist behavior or misbehavior always get the most comments. And that’s… Keep reading…
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Help us grow greater with a gift this December
What’s the deal with zoning? Why is transit so critical? How would our region look if we dreamed big? Which local candidates favor bicycle infrastructure? How do charter schools relate to DCPS? These are the kinds of questions that inspired David Alpert to start Greater Greater Washington in 2007. Since then, it has grown to include many voices and become a go-to source… Keep reading…
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Can you help us revamp our servers and software?
You may have noticed that Greater Greater Washington has been sporadically inaccessible over the last week or so. Unfortunately, our server and dated code running the site are starting to fall over. It’s probably time (or past time) to switch over to a new platform. Keep reading…
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Please welcome our new Associate Editor, Jonathan Neeley!
Greater Greater Washington is pleased to welcome Jonathan Neeley as our Associate Editor! As our one paid staff member, Jonathan will be editing posts from our excellent team of volunteer contributors. We asked him to introduce himself below. Hi, readers! I’m Jonathan Neeley and I’m the new Associate Editor at Greater Greater Washington. I’m really, really… Keep reading…
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We’re looking to hire a Greater Greater fundraiser
Running a blog is a labor of love, and Greater Greater Washington’s mostly volunteer team sure loves to labor. But our wonderful volunteers can’t do everything, so to keep the blog growing we’re looking to hire a paid Development Associate to help raise funds. You may recall that in February we held our first-ever reader drive to great success. As we’ve… Keep reading…
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Join us at the 2014 Smart Growth Social
For October, the Greater Greater Washington happy hour comes to DC’s Eastern Market, with a twist. We’re joining up with the Coalition for Smarter Growth for their 2014 Smart Growth Social where you can enjoy drinks and pupusas and talk with Gabe Klein! The event is at Eastern Market, 225 7th St SE, from 6:30-8:30 pm on Wednesday, October 15. It does require a $25 ticket,… Keep reading…
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Join us for happy hour in Silver Spring
With summer coming to a close, it’s time to resume our regular happy hour series. Join us at Denizens Brewing Company in Silver Spring next Wednesday, September 10 from 6 to 8 pm. This month, we’re headed to Denizens Brewing Company, the new brewery and beergarden in South Silver Spring, for drinks, food, and conversation on an outdoor patio within sight of the Red… Keep reading…
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A summer break, and then some changes
Greater Greater Education will be on hiatus until August 19th because I’ll be out of town. When I return, there will be a few changes. Keep reading…