Posts by Tracy Hadden Loh — Board of Directors
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Could you be one of our next board members?
As we’ve evolved, we’ve realized we’re missing a few key perspectives and skill sets on our board of directors. To that end, we’re hoping to welcome three to five new members. Keep reading…
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Why it’s OK to turn back Metrorail’s Yellow Line
While proposed changes to the Yellow Line feel like a service cut, more Green Line trains will make up the difference. Keep reading…
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We want YOU for the GGWash Board of Directors
Greater Greater Washington is growing its Board of Directors and looking for new members. Could you be one of them? Keep reading…
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On being Asian American in public spaces (and everywhere else)
Racist microaggressions happen to people every day, but GGWash’s Board Chair Tracy Hadden Loh reflects on how a particular incident forced her to connect the dots of her past with the long legacy of racism towards Asian Americans in the region and beyond. Keep reading…
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Please welcome Chelsea Allinger, GGWash’s new executive director
GGWash chose not to endorse Chelsea Allinger when she ran for ANC 1D05 in 2018. We’ve taken a second look, and today we are thrilled to announce that she will become our new executive director. Keep reading…
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This weird fruit is native to North America and an ‘ecological anachronism’
I was standing in a parking lot in Montgomery County on Saturday when something big and hard hit the ground near me with a loud cracking sound. What had fallen next to me was a Maclura pomifera, otherwise known as the Osage orange. I picked it up, and so began a lesson in the native fruit trees of North America and the eccentricities of our local ecology. Keep reading…
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Environmentalists and development: a complex relationship in a hyperbolic election season
In election races in DC, Maryland, and Virginia, candidates are claiming they “support the environment” or “are for smart growth.” Some of those candidates also seem to be against most development while others are more supportive. It’s hard to make sense of all this. What’s the green view of growth? Keep reading…
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What if DC were all single-family houses?
American urbanists are starting to realize there’s a problem with single-family-exclusive zoning. But is it a problem in DC? For a thought experiment, let’s turn it around: what if all residential land in the District allowed nothing but single-family homes? Keep reading…
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The Washington Post wants to widen Maryland highways with toll lanes - but who do they represent?
Maryland Senate Bill 229 proposes to extend to the entire state a right which is currently granted only to the nine counties of the Eastern Shore—local veto power over the construction of new toll facilities. Unfortunately, the Washington Post Editorial Board attacked SB 229 as being against the will of the people in a piece that was short on facts and long on rhetoric. Keep reading…
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Partap’s the perfect planning pick for Montgomery County
The Montgomery County Council will vote soon to select a new member of the influential Planning Board, as well as for its chair. We think the council should re-appoint chair Casey Anderson, and for the open seat, select Silver Spring resident Partap Verma. Keep reading…