Our 2015 “townhouse” thermometer. Original photo by ekelly80 on Flickr.

We didn’t actually build a townhouse. But you did give Greater Greater Washington enough last winter to beat our 2015 “townhouse thermometer” goal and raise $18,517 to help keep this blog going.

Thank you for investing in Greater Greater Washington! Now’s your chance to do it again.

Today is Greater Greater Washington’s 8th birthday, and we’re kicking off our 2016 reader drive. Between now and March 8, will you help us reach this year’s goal of $25,000?

Last year, your financial contributions helped make Greater Greater Washington the “Best Local Blog in the Washington Area,” according to Washingtonian Magazine!

Your support also allowed us to:

  • Publish more than 1,200 articles that reached 1.53 million unique readers
  • Host live chats with Paul Wiedefeld and Leif Dormsjo
  • Educate residents and policy-makers about important issues in housing, transportation, education, and more
  • Get a two-year grant and private donation to expand our work
  • Hire two full-time staff

In 2016, your gifts will help Greater Greater Washington:

  • Continue to bring you more, awesome content
  • Push for more content about Maryland, Virginia, and areas east of the Anacostia while keeping up everything we’re already talking about
  • Host “How to Blog” workshops to train new contributors
  • Organize even more happy hours and other social events to connect the Greater Greater Washington community offline
  • Experiment with new forms of content (maybe a podcast or video?)

We have grown a lot in the last year, thanks in large part to your financial support. Even though growing up means a bigger budget and funding from foundations and other sources, your financial support is still vital to Greater Greater Washington’s success.

Our foundation grants which will help us launch a new housing effort don’t cover all of what we need to run the blog, and in fact were based on an expectation that our support from readers would continue to grow. So if you enjoy Greater Greater Washington, please give today!

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.