2024 Annual Report

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Our Mission The Coalition for Smarter Growth advocates for walkable, bikeable, inclusive, and transit-oriented communities as the most sustainable and equitable way for the Washington, DC region to grow and provide opportunities for all.

Executive Director’s Note Dear Friends, For over 27 years, CSG has acted locally, working with you to shape a more sustainable, inclusive future. Earlier this year, we released our Blueprint for a Better Region – our updated, hopeful vision with a focus on creating inclusive, vibrant communities, housing for all, and convenient, sustainable transportation options. I encourage you to check out our video showcasing this vision at smartergrowth.net/blueprint.

We are incredibly grateful to you—our supporters and fellow advocates—who stand alongside us every day in pursuing this mission.

Our small but mighty team has been on the frontlines with you, securing vital wins like Metro funding, improving bus networks, safer streets for walking and biking, and more housing, including affordable housing. I couldn’t be prouder of the creativity, dedication, and successes of Cheryl, Sonya, Carrie, Ayesha, and Bill.

In a world with many challenges, we offer a positive vision and practical solutions. I hope that as you read our Year in Review, you’re inspired to continue supporting and partnering with our team to act locally for a better region.

All the best, Stewart

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Blueprint for a Better Region Traffic. Expensive housing. Dangerous streets for walking and bicycling.

Disappearing farms and forests. Climate change. It’s all interconnected.

Our Blueprint for a Better Region outlines a path forward for the D.C. region to be more sustainable and inclusive. Our vision is a network of vibrant, inclusive, walkable communities connected by frequent and reliable transit.

Visit the Blueprint for a Better Region webpage

Inclusive, vibrant communities • Guide new homes and businesses to existing communities with access to transit • Create compact, walkable, bike-friendly, mixed-use communities • Preserve rural farms, forests, and natural areas

Housing for all • Allow a variety of housing options • Preserve and build affordable housing

Safer streets, sustainable transit • Provide convenient, frequent, and reliable public transit • Invest in safe, comfortable walking and biking • Shift away from highways and arterial road expansion Coalition for Smarter Growth | Annual Report 2024 3

Future Plans Your support for our team will enable us to work with you on our Blueprint for a Better Region priorities in 2025:

Create inclusive, vibrant communities with good access to transit •

DC Comprehensive Plan rewrite: Ensuring the new plan creates more housing, especially near transit, and making it easier and less expensive to build new housing.

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Wisconsin Avenue corridor rezoning: Partnering with Ward3Vision and WIN Ward 3 to support more housing and affordable housing between the Friendship Heights and Tenleytown Metro stations.

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Prince George’s TOD: Supporting a strong Blue Line-Central Avenue Sector Plan for transitoriented communities, and retrofits for dangerous streets.

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Duke Street transit communities: Ensuring walkable and vibrant transit-oriented development is planned along the Duke Street Transitway corridor in Alexandria.

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Fairfax 15-minute communities: Supporting walkable, mixed-use development at the AT&T Oakton site and other commercial corridor transformations to create 15-minute walkable neighborhoods with great placemaking.

Provide abundant, affordable housing options in accessible locations for all •

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Regional housing supply and affordability: Partnering in finding the win-win state and local solutions to increase housing options in Virginia and Maryland via state legislation, incentives, inclusionary zoning, and trust funds.

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Alexandria Master Housing Plan update: Supporting solutions to address the city’s critical housing affordability challenge..

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Montgomery’s attainable housing: Supporting transitoriented development, medium-density multifamily housing, and missing middle housing options.

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Affordable housing vs highway expansion: Showing how expanded housing and dedicated affordable units near transit is not just an equity solution, but also a climate and transportation solution.

Offer convenient, safe, and sustainable transportation choices •

World-class transit: Serving on #DMVMoves and campaigning for a new transit vision and long-term dedicated funding for Metro and local transit systems.

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Progressive transportation in Maryland and Virginia: Winning reforms to state plans and funding to prioritize smart growth, fix-it-first, safety, transit, and climate goals.

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Offering alternatives to damaging highway expansion: Making the case for integrated land use/TOD, transit, demand management solutions.

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Safe streets for active transportation: Supporting transformation of suburban arterial roads including MDOT’s Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, People Before Cars in National Landing, progressive updates to Fairfax and Arlington transportation plans, and ActiveFairfax plan and complete streets guide.

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Winning emergency Metro funding Metro is on the road to recovery thanks to Randy Clarke’s leadership and Metro’s board, management, and staff, but a major funding gap remains. CSG convened 19 groups in the ‘Fund Metro!’ coalition, leading efforts across the DMV to secure more funding. As advisors to the #DMVMoves task force, we’re helping shape a new transit vision and secure long-term transit funding.

Top Stories Celebrating the progress we made together in 2024.

Safer walking and biking in Northern Virginia CSG and local partners are making progress due to our advocacy. Alexandria started five complete streets projects and Fairfax drafted the ActiveFairfax plan for sidewalks, bike lanes, and trails. We’re working for safer streets in National Landing and collaborating on safe streets with Culmore’s Place Based Initiative and the Korean Community Services Center.

Wins for affordable housing in DC We helped win an 80-unit, all-affordable apartment near Takoma Metro, 100+ housing units at the U Street police and fire station, and 100-200 units at the Chevy Chase civic core. We also backed emergency legislation to save affordable housing providers from foreclosure.

Seeking more housing options in Montgomery County Working with Montgomery for All and partners, we won unanimous Planning Board approval of the Attainable Housing Strategies Initiative. The plan promotes transitoriented development and missing middle housing in some areas now zoned only for single-family. Amid community concerns, we’ll be seeking a winning formula.

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Inclusive, vibrant communities Growth and development should be focused in already established areas close to jobs and services, with access to nearby parks and trails.

A more inclusive Takoma Park, MD CSG testified and inspired public support for the Takoma Park Minor Master Plan Amendment – new mixed-use neighborhoods along Maple Ave and housing and retail at the former Washington Adventist Hospital site.

The Council approved the plan for a walkable, connected community with housing options, parks, and amenities.

Transforming an Oakton office campus CSG is supporting the transformation of the underutilized AT&T office in Oakton with its acres of parking, into a vibrant mixed-use community with affordable homes, bike/ped connections, retail, parks, and tree preservation. We hosted a walking tour, engaged our supporters, and addressed the concerns of neighbors.

Opportunities to live near Metro in Prince George’s We supported two important plans: the West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Plan for transitoriented development and diverse housing, and the Central Avenue–Blue/ Silver Line Corridor Sector Plan for zoning changes that would allow more housing, retail, services, public spaces, and urban street designs at three Metro stations.

Supporting downtown DC Prioritizing spaces for people over cars is a key to downtown’s future. We advocated for revitalization based on great placemaking with new parks, bike and bus lanes, street cafes, and office-to-residential conversions. Retention of the Gallery Place arena, Metro’s comeback, and progress on Union Station will all play key roles in the recovery.

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Housing for all Providing housing options that are accessible to people with a range of ages, incomes, and family sizes is key to diverse, vibrant communities.

Public land for public good in Franconia Amid fierce opposition to another critical affordable housing opportunity, CSG teamed with faith leaders and housing advocates to support mixed-income homes and amenities at the former Franconia Government Center. We turned out supporters, winning unanimous approval to transfer the county land to the housing authority for future affordable housing.

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Homes instead of parked cars We won DC’s approval of parking relief on the first 50 affordable housing units in projects near transit, and unanimous Montgomery County Council approval to eliminate minimum parking requirements for new homes near Red Line, Purple Line, and BRT stops. These changes will reduce costs and make it easier to build more affordable homes near transit.

Turning an old golf range into homes and a park We teamed with affordable housing, bike, and conservation groups, and local civic associations to win unanimous Fairfax County Board approval to convert the TopGolf site in Kingstowne into a new neighborhood, to include 174 new townhomes (18 affordable), a oneacre public park, tree preservation, new bike/ walking path, and better stormwater control.

Homes on faithowned land in Montgomery We helped secure the passage of ZTA 24-01 by the Montgomery County Council, making it easier for faith and private education institutions to build affordable housing on their land. This zoning change is a significant step toward increasing affordable housing.

Our supporters quickly mobilized, sending 250 emails to the Council through our alert in just five days!

Safer streets, sustainable transit By focusing on moving people instead of cars, we can offer more affordable and equitable access to opportunities, drive less, be healthier, and reduce pollution.

Reducing climate emissions from transportation in MD We joined partners advocating for the Transportation & Climate Alignment Act (TCA) which would require MDOT to measure climate emissions from its projects and consider more sustainable options.

The House passed the bill, but time ran out before a final vote in the Senate.

We’ll bring a bill back in 2025.

Safer streets for Prince George’s County We won Urban Street Design Standards, convened a Complete Streets training for staff and officials, and cohosted a walk audit with Central High School, Del. Kent Roberson, and MDOT. We identified dangerous conditions students face walking to school and suggested safer street designs.

Defending good policies and pushing good projects in VA CSG challenged efforts to undermine the state’s nationally recognized “Smart Scale” project prioritization system, which recognizes the value of accessible land use. We rallied local jurisdictions to protect future Metrorail on the Wilson Bridge, and advocated for new bus rapid transit including the Route 7 BRT.

Changing regional transportation priorities We generated record comments and testified on the region’s Visualize 2050 transportation plan, winning reduction in new interchanges, highway and arterial widening projects – from 900 new lane miles down to 700.

However, officials refused to model a smart growth/ transit plan that would perform better and reduce our climate emissions.

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Education & Engagement Smart growth means informed and engaged advocates shaping the future of our community.

Fairfax Healthy Communities meetings and presentations

Webinar: Launch of our Blueprint for a Better Region

Montgomery for All meetings and presentations

Webinar: Metro’s 2025 Better Bus Network

RISE Prince George’s meetings, presentations and meetups Forum: University of Maryland student affordable housing with UMD students Workshop: Complete Streets for Prince George’s County Happy hour: An Inclusive Ward 3 with Ward3Vision, WIN Ward 3 & DC YIMBYs Happy hour: RISE Prince George’s and Prince George’s Planning Director Lakisha Hull Happy hour: Water Park in National Landing Panelist: Accessory dwelling units – supporting a changing demographic Webinar: Affordable Housing Financing 101

Webinar: MD Transportation & Climate Alignment Act Webinar: Winning Safer Streets for Prince George’s Bus tour: Arlington Missing Middle housing (with GGWash) Walking tour: Ashton-Sandy Spring attainable housing (with GGWash) Walking tour: AT&T Oakton redevelopment Walking tour: A safer Central Avenue for Prince George’s Walking tour: More housing options in Silver Spring, Ashton, and Friendship Heights Walking tour: Silver Spring’s Aquatic Center + the Leggett

More Highlights We’re honored to work with so many great advocates, business leaders, and officials for a more inclusive and sustainable region.

In May, we honored Metro General Manager, Randy Clarke, with our Livable Communities Leadership Award and launched our Blueprint for a Better Region.

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In October, we hosted Smart Growth Social where Montgomery County Councilmember Fani-González shared her vision for creating diverse, welcoming, transit-oriented communities.

Speaking Up We speak up in favor of smart growth projects and policies, while encouraging our supporters to do so as well. We also oppose projects that undermine a sustainable region.

2024 Master Plan of Highways and Transitways (MoCo, Comment)

E-bike rebate and voucher program (MD, Support)

Reducing parking requirements for affordable housing near transit (DC, Comment)

I-495 Southside express lanes and widening, May and June (Regional, Oppose)

Eliminating parking requirements near transit (MoCo, Support)

School facilities and public safety surcharges (PGC, Support)

Affordable Housing at the Franconia Government Center (Ffx, Support)

Elm Gardens redevelopment (DC, Support)

Silver Spring mixed-use development at Georgia & Cameron (MoCo, Support)

Alexandria West development (Alx, Support)

FY25 Budget for Dept. of Housing and Community Development (MD, Support)

Attainable Housing Strategies Initiative (MoCo, Support)

FY25 Capital Budget & FY25-30 Capital Improvements Program (MoCo, Comment)

Better Bus Service Act of 2024 (MD, Support)

FY25 Operating Budget (MoCo, Comment)

Better Buses coalition letter on summer Red Line closures (MoCo, Comment)

Hearing on Dept. of Housing and Community Development (DC, Comment)

Brightseat Tech Park (PGC, Support) Chevy Chase DC rezoning (DC, Support)

Housing Expansion and Affordability Act (MD, Comment)

COG-WMATA letter on long-term Metro funding (Regional, Support)

Housing on faith-owned land (MoCo, Support) Implement Plan 2035 (PGC, Support)

Complete streets projects on five corridors (Alx, Support)

Legislation for federal operating funding for transit (Fed, Support)

Data center zoning update (Ffx, Comment)

Low-Income Housing Tax Credits – bond cap crisis (DC, Comment)

DDOT Director, Sharon Kershbaum, confirmation resolution (DC, Comment)

Takoma Park Minor Master Plan (MoCo, Support) TopGolf redevelopment (Ffx, Support) TPB greenhouse gas reduction strategy implementation study (Regional, Comment) Transportation and Climate Alignment Act (MD, Support) Transportation climate change commitments by the TPB, Jan., Feb., July (Regional. Comment) Visualize 2050 Air Quality Conformity scope of work (Regional, Comment)

Priority Climate Action Plan (VA, Comment)

Delaying implementation of the modern zoning ordinance (PGC, Oppose)

Proposed NVTC FY24-25 Work Plan and Strategic Research Plan (VA, Comment)

Department of Housing and Community Development budget (DC, Comment)

Proposed townhouse moratorium in Prince George’s County (PGC, Oppose)

Visualize 2050 regional transportation plan, March, April, July and Sept.

(Regional, Comment) West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sector Plan (PGC, Support) WMATA Board: FY25 Budget (MD and VA, Comment)

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Partnerships We believe in the strength of partnerships.

RISE Prince George’s, building shared,

sustainable prosperity through safe, walkable, inclusive and transit-oriented communities

*This list does not include all of CSG’s partnerships

DC Housing Priorities Coalition, advocating for inclusive housing and land use policies

Fairfax Healthy Communities, linking

Smart Growth America, Transportation for America, National Transit Justice Coalition,

conservation, housing, climate, transportation, and equity organizations

for livable places, healthy people, shared prosperity, and safe, affordable, sustainable transportation

Liveable Alexandria and the Alexandria Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee,

Virginia Conservation Network, coordinating the state’s conservation movement

committed to affordable housing, transit-oriented communities, transit, and safe streets

Maryland Advocates for Sustainable Transportation (MAST), promoting transit and

transit-oriented development alternatives to highway expansion

Montgomery for All, a community-led group for sustainable and inclusive land use, transportation, and housing policies

Montgomery Housing Alliance, teaming affordable housing providers and advocates

Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance, promoting healthy, sustainable, equitable communities to meet diverse housing needs

People Before Cars, working for a walk/bike/ transit-friendly National Landing

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Ward3Vision, Cleveland Park Smart Growth, and Washington Interfaith Network (WIN), community-led groups supporting an inclusive Ward 3 and city

Who we are Staff

Stewart Schwartz

Cheryl Cort

Carrie Kisicki

Sonya Breehey

Ayesha Amsa

Bill Pugh

Executive Director

Policy Director

Montgomery Advocacy Manager

Northern Virginia Advocacy Manager

Communications and Fundraising Manager

Senior Policy Fellow

Champions Council

Our Parent Organization

Allison Davis

Washington, D.C. Metro

Andrew Aurbach

Communications consultant and media producer

Anya Kamara

Somerset Development Company

Christopher Miller

President, The Piedmont Environmental Council

Dan Reed

Greater Greater Washington

Jody Taylor-Fisher

NeoNiche Strategies

Lee Farmer

VHB

Linda Bailey

Former Executive Director, NACTO

The Coalition for Smarter Growth is grateful to our parent organization, The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Warrenton, Virginia. PEC provides accounting, tax reporting, and human resources support, and segregates contributions made to CSG. Copies of PEC’s most recent audited financial statements and IRS Form 990, which incorporates the activities of CSG, are available online at pecva.org/donate. For more information, please contact us at (202) 675-0016.

Rodney Harrell, PhD

AARP

Ronald Eichner

New Legacy Partners

*Champions Council business affiliations are for reference only and do not imply endorsement

Thank you to these photographers for the use of their wonderful images in this report: COVER: Front cover/Hugh Kenny, Pledge/Hugh Kenny, Ride under towers/Emma K Alexandra, Biking in NoVa/Hugh Kenny, People-friendly Wisconsin Ave/Albert Ting (Friendship Heights Alliance), Attainable housing/Montgomery County, King St Metro/Hugh Kenny, Chevy Chase/DC Office of Planning, AT&T Oakton/EYA, TOD in Prince George’s/PGC Planning, Downtown DC/ Chadisia Stadler, Franconia Gov Center/Fairfax County, Parking/Bossi, TopGolf/EYA, Faith ZTA/Benjamin Sky Brandt, The Flash/BeyondDC, Envision Rt 7/NVTC, Metroway/BeyondDC, Complete Streets workshop/Seth Grimes, LC24/Hugh Kenny, SGS24/Marco Sanchez, Franconia vote/Seth Grimes, Listening session/Benjamin Sky Brandt, Takoma Park hearing/Benjamin Sky Brandt, Prince George’s happy hour/Seth Grimes, May meeting/Virginia Conservation Network, W3VWIN happy hour/Tom Hier, CSG staff headshots/Hugh Kenny. All other photos not listed here are CSG file photos by CSG staff. For hyperlinks to the original photos on Flickr, please contact our office.

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2023 Financial Report Sources of organizational support Foundations

$365,626

54.1%

Individuals

$231,995

34.3%

Corporate and organizations

$78,426

11.6%

TOTAL

$676,047

100%

$519,891

77.3%

FY2024 numbers are not yet available at print deadline, as our fiscal year ends on December 31.

Operating expenditures Salaries and benefits for staff Consultants and professional fees

$74,942

11.1%

Administrative

$38,823

5.8%

Communications

$20,015

3.0%

Hosted events

$19,126

2.8%

TOTAL

$672,797

100%

Net

$3,250

2023 Contributions We are incredibly grateful to the foundations, organizations, firms, and every one of the individual donors who make our work possible. We are able to list within available space 339 donors whose contributions of $100+ we received between January 1 and December 31, 2023.

Smart Growth Guardians $20,000+ Christine & Fred Andreae Energy Foundation Land Family Foundation The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts Share Fund Summit

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Foundation TransitCenter

New Legacy Partners

Evans & Allen Greenberg

Mark Ohrstrom

Federal Realty Investment

Smart Growth Defenders

George Ohrstrom II

$5,000-$19,999

Rebecca Tapick

Tony Byrne David M. Schwarz Architects EYA Fivesquares Development JBG SMITH

Jean Perin John Torti Jennifer & Sandy Williams

Smart Growth Champions $2,500-$4,999

Just Strategy

David Alpert

Joan Kasprowicz

John (Jay) Evans

Ed Fendley Michael Fine Harriet Tregoning & Geoffrey Anderson Somerset Development Company Stantec Torti Gallas + Partners ZGF Architects

Smart Growth Stewards

Elizabeth Dalgliesh

Bart Harvey

Allison Davis

$1,000-$2,499

DC Association of Realtors

Melane & Tom Hoffmann

AARP

Charles Denney

Steven Jones

Anonymous

Mitch Diamond

Anya Kamara

Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing

Eastbanc

Ana Karimi

Enterprise Community Partners

Lerch, Early, & Brewer

Jim Epstein

Bonnie Mattingly

Lee Farmer

Diana Mendes

Foursquare ITP Gables Construction

National Housing Trust

Greater Washington Board of Trade

NeoNiche Strategies NRP Group

Tom Gutierrez

Joy Oakes

Andrew Aurbach Laurence Aurbach Boston Properties James Campbell Combined Federal Campaign Matthew Dalbey

Holland & Knight

Saul Urban

David Kaplan

Linda Bailey

Jacob Mason

Joseph Schiarizzi

KGP Design Studio

Patricia Munoz

Denise Schlener

Klein Hornig

Kelley Banks & Heather Holub

Jim Sebastian

Jimmy Li

Dan Behrend

Logan Arkema

SJG Properties

Macerich

David Bell

Bonnie O’Day & Robert Hartt

Douglas Stewart

Joe McAndrew & Jessica Bloomfield

Matthew Bell

Peter Pennington

Susan Auerhan

Marlene Berlin

Erica Penttila

Scott Barstow

Stout & Teague

Randall Myers

The Traffic Group

Barbara McCann

Cemile Bingol

Mary Pierce

University of Maryland

Tom Metcalf

Jeff Blum

Alex Posorske

Anita Morrison

Angel Braestrup

Tom Quinn

VHB

Nelson\Nygaard

Hilary Chapman

Bob Ward

Jeffrey Norman

Raka Choudhury

Stephen Repetski & Payton Chung

WC Smith

Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance

Otto Condon

Zach Weinstein

Smart Growth Patrons $500-$999 AHC Marc Bendick Jr Kaid Benfield Jason Broehm

Richard Price & Lena O’Rourke Partners for Economic Solutions

Jim Dougherty Mike Doyle Brittney Drakeford Robert Duffy Ron Eichner

Perkins Eastman

John Eltzroth

Shelley Poticha

Sean Emerson

Molly Pugh

Jim Feldman

Michael Replogle

Miti Figueredo

Karina Ricks

Jay Fisette

Barbara Sanders

Anonymous via Catalogue for Philanthropy Ryan Arnold

Ellen Bass Jamie Baxter Margaret Boles Daniel Brezina

Deana Rhodeside

Marney Bruce

Alexis Rieffel

Carolynn Brunette

Hans Riemer

Nick Burger

Ileana Schinder

Russell Burnett

John Schisler Margaret Schoap Stewart Schwartz Robert Sheehan Carl Shoolman Haris Siddiqui

Jamie Butler Lora Byala Christoph Casati Stephen Cerny Michael Chernicoff

Nancy Soreng

Michael Crispino

Timothy Stevens

Donald Cuming

Gregory Sanders

Steve & Marie France

Michael Swartz

Ralph Cunningham

Conor Shaw

Janet Gallant

Jane Thurber

Warren Davis

Sierra Club Maryland Chapter

Sol Glasner

Leslie Tourigny

Rosalyn Doggett

Parris Glendening

Walter P. Moore

Leslie Steen

John Goodman

Matt Welbes

Lee Epstein

Sally Stolz

Steven Greenwaters

John & Val Wheeler

Mark Stout

Charles Grymes

Stuart Whitaker

ULI Washington

James Durham

Daniel Guilbeault

Carey Whitehead

Frederick Wagg

Peggy Duxbury & Stephen Metruck

Tracy Hadden Loh

Daniel Winston

Wesley Housing

Larry Huffman

Frederick Wu

Fehr & Peers

Yvette White & David Wagoner

Mary Hynes

Samuel Zimbabwe

Hester Graves

Neal Fitzpatrick

Ashley Wiltshire

Michael Jelen

Seth Grimes

Rachel Flynn

Bruce Wright

Christopher Zimmerman

Christopher Forinash

WSP

Mary Campbell Carr Properties Carol Chiasson Rachel & Steve Davis George Degarmo Brian & Bee Ditzler Donohoe Development Company

Nancy Fox Ralph Garboushian Golden Triangle BID Jim Gray Rodney Harrell Michael Hechter Joe Kakesh

Smart Growth Advocates

Lee Kimball Robert Klein Steve Knight Stella Koch

Smart Growth Supporters

Brandon Estela John Fay Al Francese Alison Gillespie Dannielle Glaros

Peter Harnik Peter Hawley Seth Heald Jurretta Heckscher

Marc Korman

$100-$249

$250-$499

Dave Levy

Chelsea Allinger

Michelle Hutcherson

Karen Abrams

Josephine Liu

Adrienne Ameel

Joseph Jakuta

Dean Amel

Glenn MacCullough

Alia Anderson

David Joseph

Anonymous

Melissa Kim

Casey Anderson

Roger Lewis

John Hillegass

Susan Kimmel

Claire & Eric Randall

Julia Koster

Sanjida Rangwala

Barbara Kraft

Dan Reed

Jonathan Krall

Graham Reid

Ruth Kroeger

Karen Remer

Terri & George Lamb

Ainsley Rhodes

Celeste Land

Christina Ritchie

Dan Lantner

Jonathan Rogers

Douglas Larson

Thomas Ross

Sam Leverenz

Douglas Ryan

Brian Levy

Rick Rybeck

Ivy Main

Laurie-Anne Sayles

Andrew Malone

Mark Scheufler

Rebecca Mann

Ari Schnitzer

Christine Matthews

Matthew Schuneman

Kate Mattice

Dave Sears

Kathy McGuire

Steven Segerlin

Helen McIlvaine

William Sellers

Sarah McMeans

Nick Sementelli

Chris Miller

Rosemary Sheridan

Matt Miller

Peter Siderovski

Laura Miller Brooks

Smart Growth America

Karl Moritz Paul Mortensen Allen Muchnick Lowell Nelson Carolina Oliveri Christopher Orvin Brandi Panbach Jim Parajon Jonathan Parker Robert Peck Andrew Pendleton Mark Perreault Mark Phillips Martha Polkey Adam Pollock

Wade Smith Jeff Speck Franklin Spielberg Matthew Steil Laura TeKrony Meredith Upchurch Patricia Waddy Matthew Watson Hannah Weiss Bri West JoDee Winterhof Patrick Wise Paul Zeisset Jim Zook

Eric Poole Paula Posas James Pritchard III Robert Puentes

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We proudly look forward to continuing to support your organization and its mission.” – Summit Foundation “CSG’s work is so important for the region. And if the number of interviews on local NPR stations is a measure of trust in an organization’s effectiveness, CSG has a platinum rating! Thank you to you and the team for all that you do.” – Carey Whitehead, attorney for affordable housing

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