This year, my dog and I became members of a not-so-exclusive club: the 60,000 pedestrians who will be injured in a car crash each year. In the process of writing about this I get stuck: I want to ...

It’s an unprecedented private investment.” “The District is only paying for general infrastructure.” “The stadium will prevent housing development delays.” These, and other defenses of reinstalling ...

Every so often, a news story surfaces from your hometown that makes you cringe. If you spent any significant part of your upbringing in the exurbs–places like Warren County, Virginia, 70 miles west of ...

Many camps have weighed in on the National Park Service’s proposal to end the reversible lanes on Rock Creek & Potomac ...

Making it easier to build more, smaller houses would bring down home prices and help bring back the starter home. Here’s how.

This year, Mayor Muriel Bowser asked the DC Council for $856 million in public funds to subsidize a new Commanders stadium. We think the real price paid by taxpayers will be more like…$6 billion.

Over the break, our staff and board are sharing their favorite posts from this year, GGWash Picks, in case you missed them the first time around. See you in 2026! During the holidays while GGWash’s ...

From pushing for Maryland housing targets, to spearheading the Week Without Driving, securing zoning reform in Montgomery County, and opposing the RFK Stadium deal, and so much testimony in so many ...

Washingtonians in 1860 could take trains directly to Baltimore and from there to Philadelphia, Harrisburg, or the trans-Appalachian West. A journey from Alexandria to Richmond, however, required a ...

Nonprofit renovates vacant homes in southwest Baltimore. Downtown DC office building hits foreclosure. Apartment building proposed in Vienna’s MetroWest.

Rail took a while to reach Northern Virginia. The railroad first reached Washington, DC in 1835, but it would be another twenty-six years before the line was extended across the Potomac.

Behind every GGWash blog post, advocacy action alert, and event, there’s…a budget spreadsheet. Our executive director Chelsea Allinger dives into our 2026 financial outlook to explain what it takes to ...