Trees Matter Presents: Green Cities Summit | Hosted by Montgomery Parks and Casey Trees

Wednesday, December 4 | 8am - 5pm | Kellogg Conference Center

Calling all arborists, landscape industry and environmental professionals, engineers, designers, housing developers, and interested citizens! Join Montgomery Parks and Casey Trees at the eighth annual conference to learn new techniques and concepts to help trees thrive in our built environment.

Hear from keynote speakers Sonja Duempelmann, author of Seeing Trees: A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin; Michael Dirr, author of Manual of Woody Landscape Plants; and many more industry leaders. Explore the Summit’s full schedule and array of break-out sessions.

Reserve your spot today! Discounts are available to nonprofits, students, and MAC-ISA members. Breakfast, lunch, and a happy hour are included with your registration.

We’re sharing this event through a sponsored listing agreement with Casey Trees. We offer this advertising option to organizations holding relevant programs in the greater Washington region. Sponsored listings help fund our work, while also spreading the word about opportunities to learn more about urbanism. See the full list of GGWash sponsors online.

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Wednesday, November 20

Lunch and learn, and lament the difficulties of regulation: What are the regulatory and policy challenges facing local governments and residents in our city transportation systems today? Join the lawyers of the DC Bar and local transportation experts and advocates to talk about it over lunch.

Doors open at 11 am. Lunch and networking begins at 12 pm. Program content starts at 12:15 pm, and you can find more information and pre-register here. Food is available on a first-come, first-served basis. DC Bar, 901 4th St NW, Washington DC.

But whyyyyyy does it cost so much? What makes local infrastructure so expensive? Are there ways to trim cost but maintain quality? To solicit community input and still proceed expeditiously? Join a panel of public and private-sector experts hosted by GW’s Center for Washington Studies, and moderated by Washington Post’s Bob McCartney, to talk about it. You can find more information here.

Thursday, December 12

Crack the code on bus advocacy: Whether you’ve already devoured “Better Buses, Better Cities” (check out our review), or it’s on your holiday reading or gifting list, mark your calendar as the author Steven Higashide comes to DC to talk about applying the book’s principles in the Washington region, from the Bus Transformation Project to more local service. The lecture begins at 6:30 pm, and is at the Georgetown School of Continuing Studies at 640 Massachusetts Ave NW in Washington, DC. Registration is free.

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Jane Fiegen Green was the Development Director at Greater Greater Washington from 2018 to 2020. With a PhD in history and a background in association management for a scholarly society of historians, she worked to bring sustainable revenue streams to support GGWash’s news and advocacy. She lives in the Pentagon City neighborhood of Arlington with her husband and son.