Celebrate our 2nd birthday in Silver Spring on Feb. 16th

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Celebrate our 2nd birthday in Silver Spring on Feb. 16th

by David Alpert • January 27, 2010 1:24 pm

Greater Greater Washington launched in February of 2008, and on February 16th, we'll be celebrating the end of a successful second year.

Photo by KCIvey.

Greater Greater Washington is a regional site, concerned as much with walkable communities and sustainable transportation in the suburbs as in downtown DC.

Montgomery County has been at the center of many urbanist debates in the last year, including White Flint, Gaithersburg West, the Purple Line, the Corridor Cities Transitway, BRT, affordable housing in Rockville, I-270 and the ICC, the Medical Center secret-or-not-secret underpass, the Silver Spring library skybridge, garage construction in Bethesda, and more.

Those are some of the reasons we'll be celebrating in Montgomery County, at McGinty's in downtown Silver Spring, just a few blocks from the Silver Spring Metro. (Google Maps shows the station in the wrong place; ~~it's~~ You can exit in the direction north of the tracks, closer to that MARC symbol.)

Come to the upstairs bar area from 6:30-9:30 to meet your fellow readers, commenters, contributors, and a few local officials.

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David Alpert is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Greater Greater Washington and Greater Greater Education. He worked as a Product Manager for Google for six years and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He loves the area which is, in many ways, greater than those others, and wants to see it become even greater.

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One thing to note, February 2010 also marks the 32nd Anniversary for when the Silver Spring station opened (along with Brookland, Fort Totten and Takoma) --- in fact, it was the first station to open in Maryland and marked the first time that all three "players" (DC, MD & VA) had operating Metro stations --- just thought you'd like to know

by coneyraven on Jan 27, 2010 3:02 pm • link • report

No way that Marc symbol is a more accurate station representation than the Metro "M".

by jeadly on Jan 27, 2010 3:18 pm • link • report

David, I would not mind meeting you and other smart folks like Thayer and Alex B, but I must admit that there have been some very unfriendly commentors on this blog of late and it does not seem like a very good idea.

Civil debate or airing of ideas is one thing- but downright insulting insinuations are not exactly what I thrive upon.

by w on Jan 27, 2010 4:05 pm • link • report

Civil debate or airing of ideas is one thing- but downright insulting insinuations are not exactly what I thrive upon.

Come now, I don't recall any comments that seem threatening in any way. Timidity will get you nowhere!

I'd attend too, but I'll be in Chicago. That and I'm afraid of w's reaction when he encounters my Saeco jersey, and the impeccable development of my athletic glutes.

by oboe on Jan 27, 2010 4:34 pm • link • report

I'll hover around, make snide, sniping comments and then run off into the shadows.

by MPC on Jan 27, 2010 4:37 pm • link • report

Don't forget to ask permission from you mom, MPC.

by Neil Flanagan on Jan 27, 2010 4:45 pm • link • report

Only after I'm finished with yours.

by MPC on Jan 27, 2010 4:48 pm • link • report

oboe is on fire today haha.

by Teo on Jan 27, 2010 4:48 pm • link • report

its on my swimming night (Tues).

by Bianchi on Jan 27, 2010 5:01 pm • link • report

Looking forward to it!

by Matt Glazewski on Jan 27, 2010 7:43 pm • link • report

A caveat for Metro riders: you want to exit on the SOUTH side of Colesville road, and walk adjacent to the construction site for the Sarbanes Transit Center.

Sorry to disappoint Shoup fans, but the Wayne Avenue garage (between Georgia and Fenton) and the Ellsworth Garage (between Fenton and and Cedar) have free parking if you leave after 8 pm.

I look forward to seeing everyone there!

by Dave Murphy on Jan 28, 2010 12:09 am • link • report

Then I assume next year will be in NoVa?

by Fake David Alpert on Jan 28, 2010 1:41 am • link • report

@Dave Murphy: I'm one of Shoup's fans. I don't think there's anything in the theory that dictates how much off-street parking should be as long as building it isn't required by the government and on-street parking is priced appropriately.

Those spaces are probably paid during the day and less than full at night, so free might be the right price that uses their capacity.

If businesses want to build parking and subsidize it, that's their right. The fact that spaces cost $50,000 or more, each, in an urban environment should be enough to keep the number of spaces to a rational level.

by Michael Perkins on Jan 28, 2010 8:10 am • link • report

Michael: Those are all municipal garages. Free might be the right price since the garages aren't full, but they're not full because enormous public subsidy went into building them.

by David Alpert on Jan 28, 2010 8:12 am • link • report

Looking forward to the celebration. Congratulations, GGW!

by Tina on Jan 29, 2010 1:04 pm • link • report