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Hello friend,
I was “that kid” in high school: the one who got yelled at for drawing houses and city plans in class; who wrote a term paper on the Kentlands; who developed a crush on the guy in renderings [[link removed]] for the then-proposed DC Streetcar. I didn’t know what urban planning *~was~*, but I knew I was into it, and at 18 I started writing a blog about it. When I learned about GGWash, I was so excited to meet people who cared about the same things I did. It was a small community, but I had found my home.
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Here's a picture of me with then-Congressman Al Wynn, who spoke to my school in 2003 and they wrote about it in the Gazette
Flash forward to today, when as part of my job I talk to high school and college students several times a year, and I’m always blown away to hear they’re “into” urban planning. Being into this stuff is…normal now? I talked to one student this summer who says “maybe 70%” of his high school is into urban planning.
What changed? One thing most of these kids have in common is they read GGWash. Every day for 15 years we’ve written something about urbanism and what’s going on in this place, bit by bit making the case for the world we want to see – shaping it – and celebrating it. That small community that began with a group of volunteer writers in 2008 has grown into a movement. An entire generation of young people grew up with us and now they’re joining the fight, advocating for free bus service [[link removed]] or equitable schools [[link removed]] , or starting careers in the planning field, including as our interns!
Are you “that kid”? We hope you’ll consider applying for an internship with GGWash in the future!
If, like me, you were “that kid” once upon a time and want to pay it forward, I hope you’ll consider contributing to GGWash monthly. Our goal is to welcome 65 new recurring donors by the end of August. Will you be one of them?
Join today! [ggwash.org/neighborhood]
[[link removed]] Dan Reed
Regional Policy Director
P.S. It's baaack! The third annual GGWash Fall Mixer [[link removed]] is on September 27! Grab your tickets for this fun, family-friendly night out in support of our work.
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