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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I don't plan events just because. But what we've learned @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social over the last 10+ yrs of @plcc.bsky.social is that we are better when we are all working together & learning from each other. Please join us for this free eTOD event in Sept! www.umdsmartgrowth.org/affordable-c...

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Affordable & Connected Communities 2026 – NCSG

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Love seeing my @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social colleagues on GGWash!

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National Center for Smart Growth (at the University of Maryland) @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

We've been busy at the National Center for Smart Growth - check out our quarterly newsletter! ncsg-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/april-2026...

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April 2026 Newsletter

Join us May 8th for the PALS Showcase!

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National Center for Smart Growth (at the University of Maryland) @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Just out from NCSG Director @drkatehowell.bsky.social, NCSG faculty fellow Casey Dawkins and PhD Student Sophie McManus!

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Urban Affairs Association (UAA) @uaanews.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

📣🏆2026 Best Article in the Journal of Urban Affairs Award Recipients: Megan Hatch, Elora Lee Raymond, Ben Teresa, & Kathryn Howell urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/03/30/b... @meganehatch.bsky.social @benfteresa.bsky.social @drkatehowell.bsky.social @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social @eloralee.bsky.social

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Ronit Aviva Dancis @ronitadancis.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

In 2025, @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social & the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) released a State Housing Needs Assessment Report, updating the 2020 Housing Needs Assessment. Thread of highlights from the 2025 executive summary 1/n dhcd.maryland.gov/Documents/Re...

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Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

New Carrollton station is changing! 12/2, 2:30P, walk w/ us to see what's happening around this major transit hub. There's a lot to see & more on the way. This tour will give a bird's eye view & on-the-ground look. We've got Metro, MARC, Amtrak, Purple Line & lots of new buildings bit.ly/49Dn9Tu

New Carrollton Metro station - Metro train arriving at platform, new buildings in background. Photo credit: WMATA

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I love seeing my @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social colleagues talking about their brilliant work!

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Josh Linden @joshlinden.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

2025 MD Housing Needs Assessment is out! Lots of great analysis in there...among other things it highlights our ongoing mismatch of housing options, our severe gap at multiple affordability levels, and our need for more land zoned for higher densities Awesome work from @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

We're hiring a new policy associate @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social! We are looking for someone interested in community responsive policy work to support center initiatives. $65K-$80K, depending on experience. umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/d...

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Faculty Specialist

Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (MAPP) envisions a world where bold ideas and integrated disciplines converge to solve t...

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I should also mention that this special issue was guest edited by NCSG Faculty member @arielbphd.bsky.social who did an awesome job working with PRRAC to get a great group of essays together.

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National Center for Smart Growth (at the University of Maryland) @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

We are excited to get our first quarterly newsletter out! In it we highlight upcoming events in the center, new research and more! ncsg-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/april-2025...

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April 2025 Newsletter

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National Center for Smart Growth (at the University of Maryland) @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Looking for a reason to celebrate? Mark your calendars for the PALS (Partnership for Action Learning and Sustainability) Showcase open house to see what UMD Students + Community Partners have been doing this year May 8th, 11:30-2:00 arch.umd.edu/events/pals-...

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PALS 2025 Showcase | School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation

This event is open to the publicCome see the amazing work that UMD students from all different disciplines have completed as part of the Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS) progra...

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National Center for Smart Growth (at the University of Maryland) @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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PALS 2025 Showcase | School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

On a @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social lunch field trip for riverdalerestautantweek.org to Maria Bonita Restaurant. @plcc.bsky.social

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Over the past 18 months of directing @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social I've gotten to know more and more amazing Purple Line businesses. Supporting businesses like these is part of an anti-displacement agenda. Related, it's Riverdale Restaurant Week riverdalerestaurantweek.org

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Riverdale Restaurant Week

Riverdale Restaurant Week.

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

The Purple Line Corridor Coalition was one of the reasons I was excited about running NCSG. The commitment to coalition building, meaningful engagement in policy & practice and the intentional base in lived experience is powerful and is changing the conversation in MD. Please drop in & support us.

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National Center for Smart Growth (at the University of Maryland) @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

A new piece from NCSG Assoc. Dir. @nick-finio.bsky.social on anticipatory effects of the Purple Line Construction in Maryland. It illustrates a clear need for ongoing partnership between multi-sector partnerships through groups like @plcc.bsky.social journalper.substack.com/p/suburban-d...

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Suburban Dreams or Gentrification Nightmares?

The Purple Line's Big Impact

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Great work out of @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social's Small Business Anti-Displacement Network - they have been working with communities across the country to better understand ways to keep preserve businesses that are often keepers of culture and gathering spaces.

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National Center for Smart Growth (at the University of Maryland) @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

NCSG Fac. & SBAN Dir. Willow Lung-Amam on the impact of deportations in MD communities "What I fear for communities like Langley Park are not just the level of deportations…but the larger sense that that community doesn’t matter or that the people in it don’t matter" cnsmaryland.org/2024/12/03/t...

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Trump’s mass deportations could hit Maryland economy, experts warn

Throughout his campaign for a second term, President-elect Donald Trump promised his administration would carry out the largest mass deportation operation in American history. Experts say this move…

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National Center for Smart Growth (at the University of Maryland) @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

NCSG Faculty member @arielbphd.bsky.social offers 4 key lessons on the ways education and community development can be mutually reinforcing from work in Baltimore City. Tl;DR: build shared goals, acknowledge the past, build deep partnerships & make anti-displacement housing policy central.

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National Center for Smart Growth (at the University of Maryland) @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Assoc. Dir. Nick Finio's new paper examines costs & benefits of TOD in MD. Evidence suggests that the benefits of the Purple Line may be imbalanced against costs. Coalitions pushing for TOD must be more inclusive of equity & affordable housing. @plcc.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Cheryl Cort @cherylcort.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Parking cashout! Speaking of parking, did you know that DC requires employers to offer alternatives to a paid parking space? Not clear the Bowser administration is ensuring that employers know about reporting on compliance by 1/15/25. Look how easy the portal is! Make sure your boss knows about it.

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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

We're publishing brief observations on repair from dozens of leading public scholars, practitioners, and thinkers (with yet more to come!). Check out "Field Notes: Repair" on our website: placesjournal.org/series/field-notes-repair/.

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Capping the AM w/a dynamic Blue-Purple panel moderated by Chelsea Allinger (ggwash) with Del. Jazz Lewis, Robert Goldman (MHP), Ramon Jacobson (LISC DC), Carlos Perozo (Long Branch business association) & Reemberto Rodriguez ( @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social ). Asking how we start w/community for eTOD.

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Kate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Excited to co-host Tracking Equity @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social w/LISC DC, MHP & Wells Fargo. Sheila Somashekhar @plcc.bsky.social kicks us off with a lightening Ted talk

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National Center for Smart Growth (at the University of Maryland) @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Please join us at The Anacostia Building for Tracking Equity with out co-hosts LISCDC, MHP and Wells Fargo where we'll discuss how coalitions are working in MD for equitable TOD. 11/19, 10-12. RSVP here: app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/...

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National Center for Smart Growth (at the University of Maryland) @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Excited about this grant awarded to Purple Line Corridor Coalition focused on the development of an anti-displacement plan for affordable housing, business and culture along the Purple Line, which opens in 2027. today.umd.edu/1-6m-fta-gra...

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$1.6M FTA Grant Aims to Support Communities Along Purple Line Route

UMD-led Anti-Displacement Project to Boost Affordable Housing, Preserve Green Space and Cultural Heritage

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