Mark your calendars! Greater Greater Washington turns one year old on Thursday, February 5th. And to celebrate, you’re all invited to a first birthday party that evening.

Also, you can help me organize it. The first task is to find a good location, probably a bar or restaurant. Ideally, it’ll be near Metro and many Metro rail & bus lines accessible to people from all across the region. Downtown DC is probably best, but I’m open to other locations. I need a place that has a room we can use, where we can have some brief speeches from invited guests, and where otherwise people can get food and drink and talk.

If you have suggestions, please weigh in. And mark your calendars!

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.