From bike lanes to Metro, Greater Greater Washington helps drive the conversation about transportation in our region. We could be saying more about housing, and you can help make it happen.

There’s lots to say about all kinds of types of housing all over DC. Can you help us say it? Photo by Matt B on Flickr.

When I first heard about Greater Greater Washington, it was because of one our major political wins: the day thousands of readers saved the streetcar. There have been many others, all possible because we’ve built a platform and place to educate residents around issues that affect the places we live. This blog has become a powerful tool for information, argument, and action.

Our blog is growing in many ways, and one place we can afford to grow substantially right now is our focus on housing and development. What role can we play in shaping the conversation around housing in our region? What are the questions we want answered, the issues we want explored?

Write about housing for us

I’m constantly meeting with people across this city to discuss housing, and all the time, they say something like, “You know what I would love to read about? ______.”

My answer is always the same: “Sounds like a great GGWash post! When can you write a draft?”

We have staff now at Greater Greater Washington, but we don’t have staff writers! Our blog is sustained through the volunteers who recognize a story worth telling, and write it down. In the last quarter of this year alone we had 76 unique contributors help us build an archive of arguments, stories and issues that affect our region.

This upcoming Thursday, April 28th, from 6:30-8:30 we are hosting a workshop to help boost our coverage on housing. It will be our first in-person chance to explain a little of our thinking about what Greater Greater Washington can do about housing in the region, as well as a training for individuals and organizations who have similar visions and want to better engage our blog space with their ideas and stories.

Please fill out this form if you’re interested in coming! We’ll be in basement room A-9 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library.

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David Whitehead was the Housing Program Organizer at Greater Greater Washington from 2016 to 2019.  A former high school math teacher and a community organizer, David worked to broaden and deepen Greater Greater Washington’s efforts to make the region more livable and inclusive through education, advocacy, and organizing. He lives in Eckington.