The Washington region has one of the greatest concentrations of garden apartments in the country. What can we learn from this humble form of housing?

Greater Greater Washington builds informed and civically engaged communities who believe in a growing and inclusive Washington region and speak up for livable communities for all.

Members of the public and DC public officials participated in the National Week Without Driving from October 1 to October 8, ...

Y’all, 70 degrees and sunny has been glorious this week. Makes it easy to find the beauty in the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool! Hirshorn garden. Image by Victoria Pickering licensed under ...

Housing planned for undeveloped part of Baltimore Peninsula. Proposed spa on Anacostia River faces DC Council questions. Retail center in Herndon sells for $28.2 million at foreclosure auction.

Needed homes haven’t yet materialized despite DC’s housing shortage, thanks to zoning and other issues. One small bright spot ...

Enjoy these five strange, weird, potentially scary (yet unlikely to be genuinely dangerous) things about the Washington region.

Amazon pivots to mixed-use instead of data centers in Ashburn. Zoning code simplification fails in Anne Arundel County. Downtown DC office sells at less than a third of 2013 price.

Don’t confuse a Texas bat city for a thunderstorm. Less driving correlated with fewer crash deaths. Chicago’s transit agency ...

Some sidewalks could skip public hearings under Montgomery County proposal. Housing, transportation feature in ANC races. Possible bus network merger draws skepticism from NoVa leaders.

Service cuts possible for Alexandria’s DASH bus. Compact homes draw interest from Prince George’s County executive. DC Council hearing features property tax, sales tax discussion.

Last Saturday afternoon, I went to see hardcore punk band Turnstile play a benefit concert for 60,000 people on the National Mall. And it felt…kind of normal?