Hi Friend,

Happy New Year! I hope you had a good holiday or at least are looking forward to a fresh start in a new year.

As many of you know, we had our end-of-year fundraising campaign through December, with a goal of raising $12,000, and a $10,000 match from our board. With your help, we not only met the number, we smashed it. When we came back to the office on January 5, our mail contained even more gifts. Adding that, our total raised jumped from $18,383 to an astonishing $30,314. And with the board's match, that's $40,314. That amount is the equivalent of what it takes to run the blog for almost 3 months. Thank you so much!

Coming up this month: Our GGWash standing monthly happy Hour returns. This month we are cohosting with Congress for New Urbanism's Mid-Atlantic chapter. We're excited to share space and ideas with them at Sonny's on January 21.

We are also bringing a Maryland happy hour to Prince George's County on January 28. The General Assembly legislative session will soon be underway and we're itching to tell you what we've been up to.

Read more below.

---------------------------
Upcoming Events
---------------------------
GGWash Monthly Happy Hour [[link removed]]
Wednesday, January 21, 6:00pm–8:00pm
Sonny's Pizza 3120 Georgia Ave NW, DC [[link removed]]
Join us every third Wednesday, for a GGWash casual meetup. This month, we'll be cohosting our monthly happy hour with the Congress for New Urbanism's Mid-Atlantic chapter [[link removed]] . We hope to see you there!

Prince George's Happy Hour [[link removed]]
Wednesday, January 28, 6:00pm–8:00pm
Denizens Brewing 4550 Van Buren St, Riverdale, MD [[link removed]]
Join us on January 28 at Denizens Brewing in Riverdale to socialize with fellow lovers of urbanism, housing density, public transit and land use policy. Hear about what we've been up to in Maryland.

---------------------------
Get Involved
---------------------------
Join our Breakfast Links team! [[link removed]]
Our Breakfast Links Curators kickstart each day at GGWash, working with our editors to select six to 10 engaging stories that provide a snapshot of recent local urbanist news. One of our fantastic volunteers is leaving this spring. We'd love to welcome a new volunteer to help us fill that shift starting in March. Maybe it can be you?

Volunteer to write the next Junctions word puzzle!
Junctions is a weekly word puzzle that plays with urban and Washington region themes (examples here) [[link removed]]. Creating GGWash Junctions is fun and easy, and playing is even more fun when diverse authors with diverse brains create them! If you're interested in submitting a puzzle, email [email protected] to collaborate! We will train volunteers in a brief virtual meeting.

Events: 2025 photo year-in-review [[link removed]]
Check out a year of GGWash events in photographs. Submit your urbanist event below for your chance to be included in our calendar and possibly a future Events Post!

Get on the Community Calendar - Get in an Events Post [[link removed]]
Have a great event in the DMV that aligns with our focus on transportation, land use, and housing? Submit it to our calendar using this form [[link removed]] . Your event may end up in a future events post. Submissions may be edited for context and clarity, or denied should they fall too out of scope. Event posts go out generally every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month: please submit by the week before to be considered for inclusion in our events posts.

---------------------------
ICYMI
---------------------------
A look at GGWash’s 2026 budget — and how you can help [[link removed]]
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 keep GGWash running.

What we advocated for in 2025 [[link removed]]
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 public hearings, 2025 has been a big year for GGWash’s advocacy work.

Do Something #104: So long, 2025 [[link removed]]
This week: 2025 is almost over, finally! Alex and Dan talk about what they’re doing over the holidays, and what they’re looking forward to in 2026.

GGWash Staff Picks for 2025 [[link removed]]
During the holidays while GGWash’s office was closed, we shared our favorite posts from 2025. See them all here [[link removed]] .

Happy 2026! Let's make it a good one.

All the best,
Tricia Chicka
Engagement Associate

[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]

Looking for ways to support GGWash? Become a monthly donor! [[link removed]]
If you ever need to update your email preferences or check your donation history, you can do so here [[link removed]] or drop us an email at [email protected] [[email protected]] . Thank you for your support of GGWash!

Greater Greater Washington is a registered 501(c)4 organization; contributions are not tax deductible.

Greater Greater Washington
80 M Street SE
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20003
United States

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe: [link removed] .