Posts tagged Smart Growth
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Breakfast links: Metro money
More revenue ideas; Two Metro employees accused of stealing; CCT likely to be BRT; Shields up; Historic track preservation; Maryland smart growth tools not enough; Tenleytown Safeway still gets opposition; What crazy drivers do; The smaller American home; And…. Keep reading…
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Parking-free, mixed-use building is right for Tenleytown
Douglas Development wants to rebuild Tenleytown’s long-vacant Babe’s Billiards into a mixed-use development with 60 residential units and ground floor retail space. Perhaps most significantly, Douglas wants to build no parking at all on the site. The once-popular neighborhood nightspot has been shuttered for several years, despite its location just a few… Keep reading…
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Do Arlington candidates only like smart growth in theory?
Every Democratic candidate running for Arlington County Board claims to support smart growth. But when smart growth runs up against single-family homeowners’ interests, are they willing to make tough choices? At a recent forum, statements from most candidates weren’t promising. The board has an open seat since Barbara Favola was elected to the state senate… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better taxis for a better tomorrow
Taxis get all shook up; Commuter benefit likely ending; VRE seeks more funding; Virginia budget boosts roads; O’Malley signs PlanMaryland; Waterfront plans roil Alexandria; Parking meters draw Petworth’s ire. Keep reading…
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Smart growth milestones of 2011: Steps forward and back
For smart growth, 2011 has been a year of continued progress. But it has also seen a few steps in the wrong direction. What are the top 5 milestones of 2011? This year, we saw DC host Rail~Volution and saw forward-thinking planning in the region’s largest suburbs. But we also felt the pain from poor office location decisions from the Department of Defense and the Virginia DOT’s… Keep reading…
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New skyscraper will raise the roof on White Flint
For most of the past 3 decades, the tallest skyscraper in Montgomery County has been Gaithersburg’s 275 foot tall Washingtonian Tower. Earlier this year, Washingtonian Tower was eclipsed by the 289 foot tall North Bethesda Market. Now, developers in White Flint are proposing another, even taller tower. Oh, and it’s crazy-looking:… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pointing fingers
Official scapegoats Smart Growth; Leggett reprimands council; Election results still not all in; DNC contradicts DC Democrats; Charters gain increasing share; All options on the table for the FBI’s HQ; Are the police choking or pushing?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time to start planning for growth
Washington will grow no matter what; Money talks; Tysons Corner does its part; Repubs demand more spending; Cross the virtual tunnel; Trail costs jump; Shout it from the treetops; Movie popcorn gets even more expensive; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Life getting easier for littlest peds
Walk to School [Every]Day; Kids will walk safer in PG; Zipcar parks elsewhere; Leggett hot for sprawl; Geoff catches a bicycle thief; Eastern Market vendors fear rent increases; MoCo politicos resents gerrymandering; Help with the zoning rewrite… for money; And…. Keep reading…
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Gaithersburg residents create own plan for smart growth
Filling a void of vision for a livable, sustainable future for Gaithersburg, my neighbors and I created our own plan for managing growth along the MD-355 corridor. It was met with great interest by City officials, who are trying to figure out what to do with it. Along Montgomery County’s MD 355/Metro Red Line Corridor, a string of walkable town centers surrounding Metro… Keep reading…